Mussulo
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Mussulo (Portuguese: Ilha do Mussulo) is a peninsula located in south of Luanda Province, Angola. It was part of the municipality of Mussulo, province of Luanda, but was later made a municipality. It is actually a spit created by sediments from the Cuanza River, moved north by the Benguela Current. It is about 30 km long, at most 3 km wide, and at the narrowest parts in the south of the peninsula, less than 100 metres.
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- Settlement.name
- Mussulo
- Settlement.official_name
- Ilha do Mussulo
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Mussulo, Angola.jpg
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 43.03
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2024 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 15,283
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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Mussulo (Portuguese: Ilha do Mussulo) is a peninsula located in south of Luanda Province, Angola. It was part of the municipality of Mussulo, province of Luanda, but was later made a municipality. It is actually a spit created by sediments from the Cuanza River, moved north by the Benguela Current. It is about 30 km long, at most 3 km wide, and at the narrowest parts in the south of the peninsula, less than 100 metres.
Mussulo is linked to land at the Ponta das Palmeirinhas, the westernmost point of Luanda province.
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