Transport in Angola
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Transport in Angola comprises:


Roads

Two trans-African automobile routes pass through Angola: * the Tripoli-Cape Town Highway * the Beira-Lobito Highway 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
Luanda 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 ...
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) (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
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Waterways

* 1,300 km navigable (2008) :''country comparison to the world:'' 36


Pipelines

* 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 from
Lobito 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 at
Barra 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 ...
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Heliports

* ''total:'' 1 (2021)


References

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