Belas, Luanda

Belas
Municipality
Country Angola
ProvinceLuanda
Ponta das Palmeirinhas Lighthouse Edit this at Wikidata
Constructed1889 (first)
1936 (second)[1]
Foundationconcrete base
Constructionsteel skeletal tower (current)
steel skeletal tower (first)
cast iron skeletal tower (second & third) [1]
Height27 metres (89 ft) (current)
27 metres (89 ft) (first)
23 metres (75 ft) (second) [1]
Shapequadrangular skeletal tower with balcony and light (current)
square pyramidal skeletal tower atop a 1-storey building (first)
octagonal pyramidal skeletal tower with balcony and lantern (second) [1]
Power sourcesolar power Edit this on Wikidata
OperatorInstituto Marítimo e Portuário de Angola Edit this on Wikidata
First lit1889 Edit this on Wikidata
Focal height40 metres (130 ft) (current)[2]
Range21 nautical miles (39 km; 24 mi)[2]
CharacteristicFl W 4.5s.[2]
Angola no.PT-5250[1]

Belas is a city and one of the nine municipalities that make up the province of Luanda, as per the new administrative division of the province (the others being, Luanda, Cazenga, Cacuaco, Viana, Icolo e Bengo and Quiçama).

Belas was created by an administrative reform voted by the Angolan parliament on March 31, 2011.[3] The administrative center is neighborhood Quilamba and the municipality administrator is Mrs. Joana Antónia Quintas.

Geography

The municipality of Belas has an area of 1,046 km2 (404 sq mi).

Demography

The municipality has a population of 1,271,854 (2019)[4] with a population density of 1,216/km2.

Administrative Division

Commune Area Pop Neighb Vil
Benfica 361km2 274,742 23 6
Camama 146km2 631,741 28
Futungo de Belas 20.7km2 70,157 12
Ilha do Mussulo 41.3km2 7,798 7
Barra do Cuanza 382km2 5,779 6
Quilamba 30.5km2 56,183
Ramiros 85.9km2 28,708 6

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Angola". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b c List of Lights, Pub. 113: The West Coasts of Europe and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Azovskoye More (Sea of Azov) (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2016.
  3. ^ "Criado município de Belas em Luanda" [Municipio Belas created in Luanda]. Angop (in Portuguese). Luanda, Angola. 31 March 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  4. ^ Citypopulation.de Population of provinces and municipalities of Angola

8°59′54″S 13°15′54″E / 8.9983°S 13.2650°E / -8.9983; 13.2650


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