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Benguela Airport
Benguela Airport ( pt, Aeroporto de Benguela - 17 de Setembro) is an airport serving Benguela, the capital city of Benguela Province in Angola. The Benguela non-directional beacon (Ident: BG) is located on the field. Airline and destination See also * List of airports in Angola * Transport in Angola Transport in Angola comprises: Roads Walking home.jpg, Walking home on EN 105. Tired are they.jpg, Donkey-drawn carts. Transportation Jingu.jpg, Three-wheeled motorcycles. The riches transportation.jpg, Trucks. Midd Town Luanda.jpg, Automobil ... References External links * OpenStreetMap - Benguela Airports in Angola [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benguela
Benguela (; Umbundu: Luombaka) is a city in western Angola, capital of Benguela Province. Benguela is one of Angola's most populous cities with a population of 555,124 in the city and 561,775 in the municipality, at the 2014 census. History Portuguese rule Benguela was founded in 1617 as ''São Felipe de Benguela'' by the Portuguese under Manuel Cerveira Pereira, 8th Governor of Angola (1604–1607). It was long the centre of an important trade, especially in slaves to Brazil and Cuba. Ships anchored about off the shore, in depths of and transferred loads to smaller boats which used five or six jetties in the town. However, the nearby deep-water sheltered harbour of Lobito was a much larger port. Besides the churches of S. Felipe and S. António, the hospital, and the fortress, as of 1911 there were 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 beach of Baia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angola
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Capital City
A capital city or capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, Department (country subdivision), department, or other subnational entity, usually as its seat of the government. A capital is typically a city that physically encompasses the government's offices and meeting places; the status as capital is often designated by its law or constitution. In some jurisdictions, including several countries, different branches of government are in different settlements. In some cases, a distinction is made between the official (constitutional) capital and the seat of government, which is List of countries with multiple capitals, in another place. English language, English-language news media often use the name of the capital city as an alternative name for the government of the country of which it is the capital, as a form of metonymy. For example, "relations between Washington, D.C., Washington and London" refer to "United Kingdom–United States rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benguela Province
Benguela ( umb, Luombaka Volupale) is a province of Angola, situated in the west of the country. It lies on the Atlantic Ocean, and borders the provinces of Cuanza Sul, Namibe, Huila, and Huambo. The province has an area of and its capital is Benguela. According to the 2014 census, there were 2,231,385 inhabitants in the province. The current governor of Benguela is Isaac dos Anjos. History In the 16th-century there existed a Kingdom of Brnguela. It's ruler first contacted agents of the Portuguese government in 1586 after Dias de Novais had defeated the forces of the ruler of Ndongo. A Portuguese attempt to contact the rulers of Benguela failed in 1587. As of 1600 the ruler of Benguela was Hombi a Njimbe (sometimes Anglacized as Hombiangymbe). The kingdom at that time stretched from the headwaters of the Cuvo River to the Longa River, covering the northwestern highlands of what is today Angola. This area at the time was primarily Umbundu speaking. The Portuguese crown crea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Non-directional Beacon
A non-directional beacon (NDB) or non-directional radio beacon is a radio beacon which does not include directional information. Radio beacons are radio transmitters at a known location, used as an aviation or marine navigational aid. NDB are in contrast to directional radio beacons and other navigational aids, such as low-frequency radio range, VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) and tactical air navigation system (TACAN). NDB signals follow the curvature of the Earth, so they can be received at much greater distances at lower altitudes, a major advantage over VOR. However, NDB signals are also affected more by atmospheric conditions, mountainous terrain, coastal refraction and electrical storms, particularly at long range. The system, developed by United States Air Force (USAF) Captain Albert Francis Hegenberger, was used to fly the world's first instrument approach on May 9, 1932. Types of NDBs NDBs used for aviation are standardised by International Civil Aviation Organizat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fly Angola
Fly Angola (FLA), stylized FLУ AO Angola, is a privately owned airline based in the country of Angola, specifically at Quatro de Fevereiro Airport in the nation's capital, Luanda. It is established in September 2018 by a "Portuguese agency" and "backed up" by Angolan investment firm Gestomobil. The airline flies to Angola's provincial capitals from its hub. Fleet As of June 2020, the airline only owns one Embraer EMB-145 LR registered D2-FDF filled with 50 standard economy class in a 1-2 configuration, with a second one planned to be ordered once the airline has secured its own Air Operator's Certificate. It is said that the motive behind the single-aircraft order is as a "trial." The airline was planning in late 2019 to buy a 30-seat Embraer EMB-120. The airline's services are performed by a local partner, Angolan airline AeroJet, which owns Fly Angola's AOC. Destinations Fly Angola operates domestic flights from Luanda to four major cities. COVID-19 pandemic Fly Ango ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quatro De Fevereiro Airport
Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport ( pt, Aeroporto Internacional 4 de Fevereiro, sw, Uwanja wa Ndege wa Kimataifa wa Quatro de Fevereiro), is the main international airport of Angola. It is located in the southern part of the capital Luanda, situated in the Luanda Province. ''Quatro de Fevereiro'' means 4th of February, which is an important national holiday in Angola, marking the start of the armed struggle against the Portuguese colonial regime on 4 February 1961. In 2009, about 1.8 million passengers were counted. History The construction of the airport began in 1951, in order to serve the capital of the former-Portuguese Overseas Province of Angola. It was inaugurated in 1954, by the Portuguese President Craveiro Lopes, which in his honor, the airport was named ''Aeroporto Presidente Craveiro Lopes'' (President Craveiro Lopes Airport). In August, September, and October 1975 the airport hosted tens of thousands of mostly white Portuguese Angolans fleeing to Lisbon (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Airports In Angola
This is a list of airports in Angola, sorted by location. Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean. The exclave province of Cabinda has a border with the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Angola is divided into eighteen provinces and 163 municipalities. The country's official language is Portuguese and its capital is Luanda. __TOC__ Airports Airport names shown in bold indicate the facility has scheduled passenger service on a commercial airline. The airports are managed by the company Empresa Nacional de Exploração de Aeroportos e Navegação Aérea (ENANA - National company to manage airports and air navigation). References See also * Empresa Nacional de Exploração de Aeroportos e Navegação Aérea E.P. * National Air Force of Angola * Transport in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transport In Angola
Transport in Angola comprises: Roads Walking home.jpg, Walking home on EN 105. Tired are they.jpg, Donkey-drawn carts. Transportation Jingu.jpg, Three-wheeled motorcycles. The riches transportation.jpg, Trucks. Midd Town Luanda.jpg, Automobiles in Luanda. The Nowhere road.jpg, New highway (2019). Railways There are three separate railway lines in Angola: * Luanda Railway (CFL) (northern) * Benguela Railway ( CFB) (central) * Moçâmedes Railway ( CFM) (southern) Reconstruction of these three lines began in 2005 and they are now all operational. The Benguela Railway connects to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Waterways * 1,300 km navigable (2008) :''country comparison to the world:'' 36 Pipelines * gas, 2 km; crude oil 87 km (2008) In April 2012, the Zambian Development Agency (ZDA) and an Angolan company signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to build a multi-product pipeline from Lobito to Lusaka, Zambia, to deliver various refined produ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Airports In Angola
This is a list of airports in Angola, sorted by location. Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean. The exclave province of Cabinda has a border with the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Angola is divided into eighteen provinces and 163 municipalities. The country's official language is Portuguese and its capital is Luanda. __TOC__ Airports Airport names shown in bold indicate the facility has scheduled passenger service on a commercial airline. The airports are managed by the company Empresa Nacional de Exploração de Aeroportos e Navegação Aérea (ENANA - National company to manage airports and air navigation). References See also * Empresa Nacional de Exploração de Aeroportos e Navegação Aérea E.P. * National Air Force of Angola * Transport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
