Porto Alexandre, occasionally known in English as ''Port Alexander'', is a bay in

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. It is located in the

Namibe Province Namibe Province is a Provinces of Angola, province of Angola. Under Portuguese Angola, 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 Namibe, Mo ...

Geography

Porto Alexandre is a very well-sheltered bay of the South Atlantic Ocean. The bay is facing east, with high sandstone cliffs rising from the Ponta do Porto, the promontory guarding the eastern end of the harbour located at the end of the protecting

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. ''Saco da Baleia'' is a bay located west of the western end of the spit. The town of

Tômbua Tômbua, formerly known as Porto Alexandre, is a city and municipality in Angola, in Namibe Province. The municipality has a population of 55,494 and the city has a population of 46,573 in 2014. It is located on the shore of Porto Alexandre, an im ...

is located on the southern shore of the bay. It was formerly a

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port, but currently it is an important harbor for oil production and fishing in the area. The port has refrigeration facilities installed with

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assistance at the Tombwa canning factory.Economic Report on Angola by the South African government
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Bays of the Atlantic Ocean Bays of Angola {{angola-geo-stub

Geography

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