Luanda, Angola


🇦🇴 Luanda is the capital and largest city in 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. Among the oldest colonial cities of Africa, it was founded in January 1576 as São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda by Portuguese explorer Paulo Dias de Novais. The city served as the centre of the slave trade to Brazil before its prohibition. At the start of the Angolan Civil War in 1975, most of the white Portuguese left as refugees, principally for Portugal. Luanda's population increased greatly from refugees fleeing the war, but its infrastructure was inadequate to handle the increase. This also caused the exacerbation of slums, or musseques, around Luanda. The city is undergoing a major reconstruction, with many large developments taking place that will alter its cityscape significantly. The industries present in the city include the processing of agricultural products, beverage production, textile, cement, newly car assembly plants, construction materials, plastics, metallurgy, cigarettes and shoes. The city is also notable as an economic centre for oil, and a refinery is located in the city. Luanda has been considered one of the most expensive cities in the world for expatriates. The inhabitants of Luanda are mostly members of the ethnic group of the Ambundu, but in recent times there has been an increase of the number of the Bakongo and the Ovimbundu. There exists a European population, consisting mainly of Portuguese. Luanda was the main host city for the matches of the 2010 African Cup of Nations.

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Luanda is rated Gamma - by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) which evaluates and ranks the relationships between world cities in the context of globalisation. Gamma level cities are cities that link smaller economic regions into the world economy.

Luanda is rated D by the Global Urban Competitiveness Report (GUCR) which evaluates and ranks world cities in the context of economic competitiveness. D cities are regional hub cities. Luanda was ranked #417 by the Nomad List which evaluates and ranks remote work hubs by cost, internet, fun and safety. Luanda has a population of over 2,570,000 people. Luanda also forms the centre of the wider Luanda metropolitan area which has a population of over 8,300,000 people. Luanda is ranked #952 for startups with a score of 0.109.

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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Luanda has links with:

🇧🇷 Belo Horizonte, Brazil 🇬🇼 Bissau, Guinea-Bissau 🇺🇸 Houston, USA 🇵🇹 Lisbon, Portugal 🇲🇴 Macau, Macao 🇲🇿 Maputo, Mozambique 🇵🇹 Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal 🇵🇹 Porto, Portugal 🇧🇷 Salvador, Brazil 🇸🇹 São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe
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Antipodal to Luanda is: -166.753,8.818

Locations Near: Luanda 13.2469,-8.8176

🇦🇴 Viana 13.367,-8.9 d: 16  

🇦🇴 Belas 13.265,-8.998 d: 20.2  

🇦🇴 Cacuaco 13.483,-8.667 d: 30.9  

🇦🇴 N'dalatando 14.917,-9.3 d: 191  

🇦🇴 Ambaca 15.367,-8.183 d: 243.6  

🇨🇩 Matadi 13.467,-5.817 d: 334.6  

🇦🇴 Cabinda 12.183,-5.55 d: 381.8  

🇦🇴 Lobito 13.533,-12.367 d: 395.9  

🇦🇴 Benguela 13.417,-12.55 d: 415.4  

🇨🇩 Mbanza-Ngungu 14.867,-5.25 d: 435.1  

Antipodal to: Luanda -166.753,8.818

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🇺🇸 Lihue -159.35,21.967 d: 18352.5  

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🇺🇸 Honolulu -157.85,21.3 d: 18331.1  

🇺🇸 Pearl City -157.969,21.394 d: 18329.8  

🇺🇸 Mililani -158,21.433 d: 18328  

🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 18290.5  

🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 18289.7  

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🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 18277.5  

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