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Sign in to saveSumbe, formerly Novo Redondo, is a city located in west central Angola. It is the administrative capital of Cuanza Sul Province. In 2014 its population was 279,968.
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Sumbe is a city in Angola, serving as the capital of Cuanza Sul Province. Established in 1889, the municipality covers an area of 4,638 square kilometers. Population figures for the city vary by source, with estimates ranging from 205,832 to 279,968 residents.
Located in the Africa/Luanda time zone, Sumbe sits at an elevation reported between 0 and 10 meters above sea level. The city is home to educational institutions such as the Escola do Ensino Secundário do Kwanza Sul, Comandante Kassange.
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Place details
- Locality
- Sumbe
- Region
- Cuanza Sul
- Country
- Angola
- Population
- 205,832
- Timezone
- Africa/Luanda
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Sumbe
- Settlement.other_name
- Novo Redondo
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Angola
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Cuanza Sul
- Settlement.area_land_km2
- 4638
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 0
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2014
- Settlement.population_total
- 279968
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 5.5
- Settlement.population_urban
- 205832
- Settlement.blank_name
- Climate
- Settlement.blank_info
- BSh
- Lighthouse.embed
- yes
- Lighthouse.qid
- Q106880888
- Lighthouse.yearbuilt
- 1889 (first)
via Wikipedia infobox
Travel guide
Understand
The name "Sumbe" derives from the Kimbundu word "cussumba", which in Portuguese means "to buy". The place where the city of Sumbe is located has always been a place of commercial exchange between the peoples of the interior and the coast: salt and fish, as well as the fabrics brought by the Europeans, served for a long time to feed this commercial circuit, which also involved the sale of black slaves.
The economy of the area is essentially based on fishing, maritime and river activities (mainly in the Quicombo district), and small-scale farming, especially corn, potatoes and horticulture, as well as cattle and goat farming.
Quicombo Bay and the beaches that border it are a source of tourist income.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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