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Sun, 4:54 AM GMT+1Africa/LuandaCityCapital
Luanda
8.84° S, 13.23° E
- Population
- 5,172,900
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 1 of 13
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 13 cities of Angola in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Angola, so this is not a national ranking.
- Time zone
- Africa/Luanda
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Practical bearings for Luanda, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Luanda have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
The Portuguese named the city São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda, later shortened to "Luanda." The name may derive from a Bantu word meaning "tax" or "duty," referring to local people paying their dues to the king of the Congo.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person