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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] |
Angola Map
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Empresa Nacional De Exploração De Aeroportos E Navegação Aérea
Empresa Nacional de Navegação Aérea - Empresa Pública - ENANA (National Air Navigation Company - Public Company) is a publicly owned company operating the airports in Angola and controlling the civil air traffic in Angola. The company was created by decree No. 14 on February 13, 1980, separating the day-to-day operations from the ''Direcção Nacional da Aviação Civil'' (National Directory of Civil aviation, Civil Aviation) within the transport ministry. ENANA is a ''Empresa Publica'' under the transport ministry. The predecessor of ENANA was created on May 11, 1955, by the Colonial history of Angola, Portuguese colonial administration of Angola. See also * List of airports in Angola References External links ENANA website Aviation in Angola Air navigation service providers {{Angola-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 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] |
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] |
Andulo Airport
Andulo Airport is an airport serving Andulo, a city in Bié Province, Angola. 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 - Andulo Airports in Angola Bié Province {{Angola-airport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bié Province
Bié is a province of Angola located on the Bié Plateau in central part of country. Its capital is Kuito, which was called Silva Porto until independence from Portugal in 1975. The province has an area of and a population of 1,455,255 in 2014. The current governor of Bié is José Amaro Tati. Geography Bié has boundaries with the province of Malanje, to the northeast with the province of Lunda Sul, to Moxico, to the south with Cuando Cubango and to the west with the provinces of Huila, Huambo and Cuanza Sul. Climate The climate of Bié is cool and abundant rainfall makes it possible to farm maize, sugar cane, rice, coffee and peanuts. Its ground is among the most fertile in Angola. History The province was once an important commercial link between the Portuguese traders at the port of Benguela on the Atlantic Ocean and the Ovimbundu in the interior. The capital and other cities in the province remain important commercial centers in Angola. Origins of Jonas Savimbi Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andulo
Andulo is a town and municipality in Bié Province in Angola. The municipality covers an area of , with a Population of 258,161 in 2014. It is bordered to the north by the municipality of Mussende, to the east by the municipalities of Luquembo and Nharea, to the south by the municipalities of Cunhinga Cunhinga is a town and municipality in Bié Province in Angola , national_anthem = "Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion = , religi ..., Mungo and Bailundo and west by the municipalities of Cela and Quibala. History Andulo was promoted to the category of town on July 3, 1971 and on this date an annual festival is held to celebrate the event. 2008 incident In September 2008, Islamic extremists rioted in the city, attacking the property of Christians and murdering the young daughter of a deacon. References Populated places in Bié Province Municipalities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambriz Airport
Ambriz Airport is an airport serving Ambriz, Angola. The Ambriz non-directional beacon is north of the airfield. 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 OpenStreetMaps - Ambriz Airports in Angola {{Angola-airport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengo Province
Bengo is a province of Angola. Its capital is Caxito. It has an area of 31,371 square kilometres, and its population as of the 2014 Census was 356,641. The province was created in 1980 by dividing the original province of Luanda into Bengo and a new smaller province of Luanda. Geography The province is bordered by the provinces of Zaire to the North, Uige to the Northeast, Cuanza Norte to the East, and Cuanza Sul to the South. It has two western coastal stretches along the Atlantic Ocean, and forms an enclave around the national capital's province of Luanda. The Kissama National Park and the Kibinda Forest Reserve are here. The province also has a number of lakes, most of them are in the municipalities of Dande and Icolo and Bengo. There are lagoons at Panguila and Ibendoa, Cabiri and Ulua do Sungui. Municipalities Since the territorial reform of July 2011 The Angolan National Assembly approved a law on July 27, 2011 reorganizing the territorial subdivisions of Luanda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambriz
Ambriz is a village and municipality in Bengo Province, Angola. It is located 127 km from the town of Caxito. It borders the municipality of N'zeto, Zaire Province, to the north and the municipality of Dande to the south. Demographics The population of Ambriz totals 20,000, of whom the majority are Bakongo; there are also Portuguese descendants, and people of mixed Portuguese-African ancestry. The population includes people of the Ovimbundu and Kimbundu ethnic groups. Economy Fishing is the traditional activity and low-scale agricultural activity. In the past, Ambriz had an oil and gas platform assembly yard (PETROMAR), which was destroyed during warfare in 1992. The base is being reconstructed. In 2007, an Angolan-Portuguese company announced plans to build a biodiesel plant to be fueled by palm oil. Transportation The village has a small port and an airport with an unpaved runway. See also *List of lighthouses in Angola This is a list of lighthouses in Angola. Lightho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Runway
According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface (often asphalt concrete, asphalt, concrete, or a mixture of both) or a natural surface (sod, grass, soil, dirt, gravel, ice, sand or road salt, salt). Runways, as well as taxiways and Airport apron, ramps, are sometimes referred to as "tarmac", though very few runways are built using Tarmacadam, tarmac. Takeoff and landing areas defined on the surface of water for seaplanes are generally referred to as waterways. Runway lengths are now International Civil Aviation Organization#Use of the International System of Units, commonly given in meters worldwide, except in North America where feet are commonly used. History In 1916, in a World War I war effort context, the first concrete-paved runway was built in Clermont-Ferrand in France, allowing local company Michelin to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
