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Map of Trans-African Highways.PNG, Map of Trans-African Highways.
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, Automobiles in
The old airport in Luanda, Quatro de Fevereiro Airport, will be replaced by the new Dr. Antonio Agostinho Neto International Airport.
Roads
Two trans-African automobile routes pass through Angola: * the Tripoli-Cape Town Highway * the Beira-Lobito HighwayLuanda
Luanda ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Angola, largest city of Angola. It is Angola's primary port, and its major industrial, cultural and urban centre. Located on Angola's northern Atlantic coast, Luanda is Ang ...
.
The Nowhere road.jpg, New highway (2019).
Railways
There are three separate railway lines in Angola: *Luanda Railway
The Luanda Railway (sometimes called Angola Railway) is a single-track Cape gauge railway line from the Angolan capital of Luanda to Malanje. A branch line departs the railway at Zenza do Itombe for Dondo. The line is operated by the state o ...
(CFL
The Canadian Football League (CFL; , LCF) is a professional Canadian football league in Canada. It comprises nine teams divided into two divisions, with four teams in the East Division and five in the West Division. The CFL is the highest pr ...
) (northern);
* Benguela Railway
The Benguela Railway () is a 3 ft 6 in gauge railways, Cape gauge railway line that runs through Angola from west to east, being the largest and most important railway line in the country. It also connects to Tenke, Democratic Republic of the C ...
( CFB) (central), operated by the Lobito Atlantic Railway joint venture;
* Moçâmedes Railway ( CFM) (southern);
Reconstruction of these three lines began in 2005 and they are now all operational. The Benguela Railway
The Benguela Railway () is a 3 ft 6 in gauge railways, Cape gauge railway line that runs through Angola from west to east, being the largest and most important railway line in the country. It also connects to Tenke, Democratic Republic of the C ...
connects to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Republic of the Congo), is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is t ...
.
Waterways
* 1,300 km navigable (2008) :''country comparison to the world:'' 36Pipelines
* gas 352 km; liquid petroleum gas 85 km; crude oil 1,065 km (2013) In April 2012, the Zambian Development Agency (ZDA) and an Angolan company signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to build a multi-product pipeline fromLobito
Lobito is a 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 1843 and owes its existe ...
to Lusaka, Zambia, to deliver various refined products to Zambia.
Angola plans to build an oil refinery in Lobito in the coming years.
Ports and harbors
The government plans to build a deep-water port atBarra do Dande
Barra do Dande is a town, with a population of 75,000 (2014), and a commune in the municipality of Dande, province of Bengo, Angola.
It is located at the mouth of the Dande River.
The government plans to build a deep-water port at Barra do Dan ...
, north of Luanda, in Bengo province near Caxito.
Merchant marine
* ''total:'' 58 :''country comparison to the world:'' 115 * ''by type:'' cargo 13, oil tanker 8, other 37 (2008)Airports
* 102 (2021)
The old airport in Luanda, Quatro de Fevereiro Airport, will be replaced by the new Dr. Antonio Agostinho Neto International Airport.
Airports – with paved runways
* ''total:'' 30 * ''over 3,047 m:'' 5 * ''2,438 to 3,047 m:'' 8 * ''1,524 to 2,437 m:'' 12 * ''914 to 1,523 m:'' 4 * ''under 914 m:'' 1 (2008)Airports – with unpaved runways
* ''total:'' 181 (2008) * ''over 3,047 m:'' 2 * ''2,438 to 3,047 m:'' 5 * ''1,524 to 2,437 m:'' 32 * ''914 to 1,523 m:'' 100 * ''under 914 m:'' 42 (2008)Angolan Airlines
* TAAG Angola Airlines *Sonair
SonAir Airline Services, S.A. (), commonly known as SonAir was established as DAR (Direcção de Aeronaútica) on 10 October 1979, is a venture of the Angolan national petroleum company Sonangol Group.
Operations
It provides helicopter services ...
* Fly Angola
Heliports
* ''total:'' 1 (2021)References