Benguela, beautiful port city in Angola, Baia Azul, railway station,
Benguela is a city in western Angola that lies on the bay of the same name and is one of Angola's most populous cities. Benguela was once among the grimmest slave ports on earth...it is estimated that as many as four million slaves were shipped out of Angola or died in raids, on marches to the coast, or at sea. according to Paul Theroux (Th last train to zona verde).
Benguela, a Portuguese fort from 1587 was founded in 1617 by the Portuguese under Manuel Cerveira Pereira. It was a centre of slave trading. Besides the churches of S. Felipe and S. António, the hospital, and the fortress, there were, as of 1911, only a few stone-built houses. A short way beyond Benguela is Baía Farta, where salt was manufactured and sulphur was extracted. Close to Baia Farta was the most beautiful beach of Baia Azul. The city prospered and grew in the following decades. The Benguela Railway was built in the early 20th century by Portugal to connect the city and Lobito to the interior, and it achieved great success when linked to the Copperbelt of Katanga, DR Congo and Zambia. Starting in the early 20th century, Benguela attracted, developed, and retained quality businesses and professionals into its thriving and growing economy. Sisal and fishing industries expanded and the financial, construction and services market boomed until 1974.
During the Angolan civil war, the Benguela Railway was closed with a short distance of 30 km remaining operation.
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The town is served by the Benguela Railway.
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Lobito, Angolese city, Benguela Railway, Catumbela Estuary, sandspit, harbour, port
Lobito is a town and municipality in Benguela Province in Angola.[1] It is located on the Atlantic Coast north of Catumbela Estuary. 177
It dates from 1905 and owes its existence to the bay of the same name having been chosen as the sea terminus of the Benguela railway to the far interior, passing through Luau to Katanga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The city is located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. The population is 324,050 (2014) in an area of 3,648 km². The municipality consists of the communes Canjala, Egipto Praia and Lobito.[2]
The city was founded on September 2, 1913 and holds an annual celebration for the occasion.
Portuguese rule[edit]
Lobito, was built on a sandspit and reclaimed land, with one of Africa’s finest natural harbours, protected by a 5 km long sandspit. The old municipality (concelho) was created in 1843 by the Portuguese administration. The town was also founded in 1843 by order of Maria II of Portugal, and its harbour works were begun in 1903. Large developments, however, were not stimulated until the completion in 1928 of the important Benguela Railway, which connected Portuguese Angola with the Belgian Congo. Under Portuguese rule, the port was one of Angola’s busiest, exporting agricultural produce from the interior and handling transit trade from the mines of southeastern Belgian Congo and of Northern Rhodesia. Fishing, tourism and services were also important. The carnival in Lobito was also one of the most renowned and popular in Portuguese Angola.[3] It wasn't until 1843 that Maria II of Portugal approved the birth of the town, which had by then been known as Catumbela das Ostras (Catumbela of Oysters)[4]
After independence from Portugal[edit]
Port of Lobito
After the April 25, 1974 Carnation Revolution in Lisbon, Angola was offered independence. Lobito’s port activities were highly limited by disruptions to railway transit and high insecurity during the Angolan Civil War (1975–2002). With peace and stability, in the 2000s, Lobito started the process of reconstruction and resumed its path to development.
Climate[edit]
[hide]Climate data for Lobito
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 35.0
(95) 35.0
(95) 34.4
(93.9) 35.6
(96.1) 33.3
(91.9) 33.3
(91.9) 28.9
(84) 29.4
(84.9) 28.3
(82.9) 30.6
(87.1) 33.9
(93) 32.8
(91) 35.6
(96.1)
Average high °C (°F) 28.3
(82.9) 29.4
(84.9) 30.6
(87.1) 30.0
(86) 28.3
(82.9) 25.6
(78.1) 23.3
(73.9) 23.3
(73.9) 24.4
(75.9) 26.1
(79) 28.3
(82.9) 28.3
(82.9) 27.2
(81)
Daily mean °C (°F) 25.3
(77.5) 26.4
(79.5) 27.2
(81) 27.0
(80.6) 25.0
(77) 22.2
(72) 20.3
(68.5) 20.0
(68) 21.4
(70.5) 23.3
(73.9) 25.3
(77.5) 25.3
(77.5) 24.1
(75.4)
Average low °C (°F) 22.2
(72) 23.3
(73.9) 23.9
(75) 23.9
(75) 21.6
(70.9) 18.9
(66) 17.2
(63) 16.7
(62.1) 18.3
(64.9) 20.6
(69.1) 22.2
(72) 22.2
(72) 20.9
(69.6)
Record low °C (°F) 13.3
(55.9) 16.1
(61) 18.9
(66) 18.3
(64.9) 13.9
(57) 12.8
(55) 10.6
(51.1) 11.7
(53.1) 12.8
(55) 13.9
(57) 16.1
(61) 17.2
(63) 10.6
(51.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 20.3
(0.799) 38.1
(1.5) 119.4
(4.701) 53.3
(2.098) 2.5
(0.098) 0.0
(0) 0.0
(0) 1.3
(0.051) 2.5
(0.098) 30.5
(1.201) 25.4
(1) 61.0
(2.402) 354.0
(13.937)
Source: Sistema de Clasificación Bioclimática Mundial[5]
Transportation[edit]
Lobito is the terminus of the Benguela Railway
Port[edit]
The Port of Lobito is located in Lobito Bay on a sandspit approximately 4.8 km long. The port is administered by the Empresa Portuaria do Lobito. The Port of Lobito handles 2,000,000 tonnes of cargo and 370 ships annually, and along with economic development in the Benguala region, port facilities are under expansion.[6]
Airports[edit]
Lobito does not have its own airport. The city is located 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) from Catumbela Airport and 33 kilometres (21 mi) from Benguela Airport.[6]
International Relations[edit]
Lobito is twinned with:
Portugal Sintra, Portugal
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Cycling Angola
Cycling 2800 KM in Angola in February and March 2014, the most positive surprise among my whole Trans-African journey.
This video features the 12-hour chata trip around the Congo river mouth between Cabinda and Soyo, the sand road until N'zeto, the new roads in the mountains of Quibaxe and Golungo Alto, the non-existent roads and dugout canoe passages in the Landos around Kixinge and Longanhia, the mountain roads around Uku-Seles, Lubango, its carnival, Christo-rei and Tundavala, the Serra-da-Leba road, the last rains of the rainy season in the Cunene province around Otchinjau, and some big caterpillars.
What the video doesn't say is that with Dave (at 16:15), we needed 2-3 hours to clean the sticky mud from the 50-meter stretch between our tents and the gravel road. Nor does it say that I have been taken to police stations almost every day for looking suspicious (and for being a cycle-tourist, or for taking pictures (for example, of the valley at 10:10) without authorization).
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