Bocoio is a town and

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

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 ...

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. Its administrative capital is Tchissandji. The municipality had a population of 164,685 in 2014. It is located in the northeast side of the province, 106 km from the capital city, 75 km west of the railway city of

Lobito Lobito is a Municipalities of Angola, municipality in Angola. It is located in Benguela Province, on the Atlantic Coast north of the Catumbela Estuary. The Lobito municipality had a population of 393,079 in 2014. History The city was founded in ...

and 75 km east of the municipality of Balombo. The town used to be called Vila Sousa Lara during the colonial period having been established in 1827 by a Mr. Fernando, the first chefe do posto (''town council chief'') to be appointed.

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Populated places in Benguela Province Municipalities of Angola 1827 establishments in the Portuguese Empire {{Angola-geo-stub