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Luanda

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Place details

Locality: Luanda
Region: Luanda
Country: Angola
Population: 2,776,168
Timezone: Africa/Luanda

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Key facts

Settlement.mapframe wikidata: no
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Luanda in Angola
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.pushpin_map: Angola#Africa
Settlement.pushpin_relief: 1
Settlement.mapframe: no
Settlement.name: Luanda
Settlement.settlement_type: Capital city
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Luanda
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_date

Key dates

Inception: 1575

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Luanda
Demonym: Luandaise
Country: Angola
Located in: Portuguese Angola
Official language: Portuguese
Population: +2081000
Area: +113000000
Elevation: +6
Time zone: UTC+01:00
Body of water: Atlantic Ocean
Capital of: Luanda Province

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Contents

History
Portuguese colonization
Estado Novo
Independence
21st century
Geography
Human geography
Metropolitan Luanda
Districts
Climate
Climate change
Demographics
Places of worship
Culture
Economy
Transport
Railway
Airports
Port
Road transport
Public transport
Education
Higher education
Sports
International relations
Twin towns – Sister cities
References
Bibliography
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Luanda is the capital and largest city of Angola. It is Angola's primary port, and its major industrial, cultural and urban centre. Located on Angola's northern Atlantic coast, Luanda is Angola's administrative centre, its chief seaport, and also the capital of the Luanda Province. Luanda and its metropolitan area is the most populous Portuguese-speaking national capital in the world and the most populous Lusophone city outside Brazil. In 2024 the population reached more than 8.8 million inhabitants (a third of Angola's population).

Among the oldest colonial cities of Africa, Luanda was founded in January 1576 as São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda by Portuguese explorer Paulo Dias de Novais, being occasionally called "Leonda" or "St Paul de Leonda" by non-Portuguese sources. The city served as the centre of the slave trade to Brazil before the institution was prohibited.