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Luanda (/luˈændə, -ˈɑːn-/, Portuguese: [luˈɐ̃dɐ]) is the capital and 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 Angola's administrative centre, its chief seaport, and also the capital of the Luanda Province.
4 days ago · Most of Luanda’s sizable Portuguese population left the city before Angola was granted independence from Portugal in 1975. The city’s population swelled dramatically during Angola’s civil war (1975–2002)—especially after 1992—as refugees fled from warfare in rural areas.
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Jul 1, 2023 · Luanda, the capital of Angola, is a vibrant city with a rich blend of African, Portuguese, and Brazilian cultures. It offers stunning beaches, lively music, and a bustling culinary scene. Luanda is a city of history and growth, with a strong sense of community and a rich cultural heritage.
Forget Lisbon or Brasilia: with a population of more than six million, Luanda is the world’s most populous Portuguese-speaking capital city. (The population swelled during Angola’s 27-year civil war, when millions of refugees moved to the relative safety of the city.)
Luanda and its metropolitan area is the most populous Portuguese-speaking capital city in the world and the most populous Lusophone city outside Brazil, with over 8.3 million inhabitants in 2020. The city was founded as São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda (St. Paul de Loanda) by the Portuguese explorer Paulo Dias de Novais in 1575.
Luanda was Portuguese Angola's administrative center from 1627, except for the period from 1640 to 1648, when the Dutch ruled Luanda as Fort Aardenburgh. The city served as the center of a large slave trade from ca. 1550 to 1836. It is estimated that three million slaves were shipped from Angola.
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Luanda was founded in 1575 under the name São Paulo de Loanda by a hundred families of settlers and four hundred soldiers. Two forts were constructed in the early 17th century and the city became Portuguese Angola's administrative centre in 1627. From the late 16th century until 1836, Luanda was the port where nearly all slaves bound for ...
