Luau Airport ( pt, Aeroporto de Luau) is an airport serving
Luau, a municipality in the
Moxico Province
Moxico (Portuguese spelling) or Moshiko (Bantu spelling) is the largest province of Angola. It has an area of , and covers 18% of the landmass of Angola. The province has a population of 758,568 (2014 census) and a population density of approxim ...
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Angola
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. It is near the border between Angola and the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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In February, 2015,
Luau International Airport was opened by Angolan President,
José Eduardo dos Santos
José Eduardo dos Santos (; 28 August 1942 – 8 July 2022) was the president of Angola from 1979 to 2017. As president, dos Santos was also the commander-in-chief of the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) and president of the People's Movement for ...
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The new airport is west of Luau Airport.
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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 ...
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Transport in Angola
Transport in Angola comprises:
Roads
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Tired are they.jpg, Donkey-drawn carts.
Transportation Jingu.jpg, Three-wheeled motorcycles.
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References
External links
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OpenStreetMap - Luau
Airports in Angola
Moxico Province
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