Welwitschia Mirabilis International Airport ( pt, Aeroporto Internacional Welwitschia Mirabilis) is an airport serving the
Atlantic
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe an ...
port city of
Moçâmedes
Moçâmedes is a city in southwestern Angola, capital of Namibe Province. The city's current population is 255,000 (2014 census). Founded in 1840 by the Portuguese colonial administration, the city was named Namibe between 1985 and 2016. Moçà ...
, the capital of
Namibe Province
Namibe Province is a province of Angola. Under Portuguese rule it was the Moçâmedes District. It has an area of 57,091 km2 and had a 2014 census population of 495,326. The port and city of Moçâmedes is the capital of the province with a ...
in
Angola
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. The runway is south of the city.
Airlines and destinations
See also
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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
Walking home.jpg, Walking home on EN 105.
Tired are they.jpg, Donkey-drawn carts.
Transportation Jingu.jpg, Three-wheeled motorcycles.
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Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin; Gagarin's first name is sometimes transliterated as ''Yuriy'', ''Youri'', or ''Yury''. (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space. T ...
References
External links
OurAirports - Namibe*
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Welwitschia Mirabilis
''Welwitschia'' is a monotypic gymnosperm genus, comprising solely the distinctive ''Welwitschia mirabilis'', endemic to the Namib desert within Namibia and Angola. ''Welwitschia'' is the only living genus of the family Welwitschiaceae and ord ...
Namibe Province
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