Luau, Moxico Leste Province, Angola
🇦🇴 Luau is a town and municipality in Angola in the province of Moxico Leste on the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo.
History Until independence, the town was called Teixeira de Sousa, having been named after the Portuguese Prime Minister António Teixeira de Sousa. The town once had a population of nearly 90,000 due to its creation as a stopping point on the Benguela railway, which continued east to cross the nearby Luao River and enter Dilolo, where it connected to the Katanga rail network. It was developed as a railroad town by Sir Robert Williams, a friend of Cecil Rhodes.
The town has downsized considerably since independence.
Transport The Benguela railway connects Luau with the port of Lobito, Angola to the rich minerals of the Katanga province of the then Belgian Congo. The railway and town were very successful until the Angolan Civil War, when the infrastructure of Angola, as well as most industry, ceased to be productive. As a result of the war, there are also considerable amounts of mine-fields around the town, making transportation and development considerably difficult. After the war, the railway was slowly rebuilt, and the first train reached Luau in August 2013.
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Luau has a population of over 113,722 people. Luau also forms one of the centres of the wider Moxico Leste Province which has a population of over 318,582 people. Luau is situated near Cazombo.
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🇧🇷 Senhor do Bonfim -10.455
🇧🇷 Lago de Palmas -10.183
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🇿🇦 Oudtshoorn 22.241
🇵🇱 Sokołów Podlaski 22.25
Locations Near: Luau 22.2167,-10.7
🇦🇴 Cazombo 22.9,-11.9 d: 152.8
🇦🇴 Luena 19.906,-11.792 d: 279.7
🇦🇴 Lucapa 20.733,-8.417 d: 301.5
🇨🇩 Kolwezi 25.468,-10.718 d: 355.2
🇨🇩 Kamina 24.983,-8.733 d: 373.8
🇦🇴 Dundo 20.833,-7.367 d: 400.6
🇨🇩 Tshikapa 20.8,-6.417 d: 501.1
🇨🇩 Mbuji-Mayi 23.601,-6.138 d: 529.6
Antipodal to: Luau -157.783,10.7
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🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 18891.8
🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 18877.6
🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 18873.4
🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 18873.2
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🇺🇸 Mililani -158,21.433 d: 18821.4