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Lubango
Sign in to saveLubango, formerly known as Sá da Bandeira, is a municipality in Angola, capital of the Huíla Province, with a population of 890,384 in 2024. The city center had a population of 600,751 in 2014 making it the second-most populous city in Angola after the capital city Luanda.
Lubango is the capital city of Huíla Province in Angola and the country's second-largest city by population, with nearly 900,000 residents as of 2024. The city, formerly called Sá da Bandeira, is an important urban center in Angola after the capital, Luanda.
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Place details
- Locality
- Lubango
- Region
- Huíla
- Country
- Angola
- Population
- 600,751
- Timezone
- Africa/Luanda
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Lubango
- Settlement.other_name
- Sá da Bandeira
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Angola
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Angola
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Angola
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Huíla
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1,486
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2024 Census
- Settlement.population_total
- 890,384
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.timezone
- WAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Lubango
- Population
- 903564
- Area
- 3147
- Elevation
- 1718
- Image
- Lubango.jpg
- Dialing code
- 612
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- Commons category
- Lubango
- inception
- 1885-00-00
- native label
- Lubango
- P12749
- July 12
via Wikidata · CC0
Travel guide
Understand
Lubango has one of the coolest climates in Angola, due to its southerly position and high altitude, above 1700 m.
Go next
Head west to the coastal city of Namibe
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Article
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Portuguese rule
- Post independence
- Economy
- Transport
- Education and science
- Climate
- Notable citizens
- See also
- References
- External links
Lubango, formerly known as Sá da Bandeira, is a municipality in Angola, capital of the Huíla Province, with a population of 890,384 in 2024. The city center had a population of 600,751 in 2014 making it the second-most populous city in Angola after the capital city Luanda.
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