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Sumbe
Sign in to saveSumbe, formerly Novo Redondo, is a city located in west central Angola. It is the administrative capital of Cuanza Sul Province. In 2014 its population was 279,968.
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Place details
- Locality
- Sumbe
- Region
- Cuanza Sul
- Country
- Angola
- Population
- 205,832
- Timezone
- Africa/Luanda
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Sumbe
- Settlement.other_name
- Novo Redondo
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Angola
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Cuanza Sul
- Settlement.area_land_km2
- 4638
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 0
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2014
- Settlement.population_total
- 279968
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 5.5
- Settlement.population_urban
- 205832
- Settlement.blank_name
- Climate
- Settlement.blank_info
- BSh
- Lighthouse.embed
- yes
- Lighthouse.qid
- Q106880888
- Lighthouse.yearbuilt
- 1889 (first)
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 279968
- Area
- 4638
- Elevation
- 0
- Image
- Rural village near Sumbe, Angola.jpg
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- inception
- 1889-00-00
- Commons category
- Sumbe
- P12749
- Piadena
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Travel guide
Understand
The name "Sumbe" derives from the Kimbundu word "cussumba", which in Portuguese means "to buy". The place where the city of Sumbe is located has always been a place of commercial exchange between the peoples of the interior and the coast: salt and fish, as well as the fabrics brought by the Europeans, served for a long time to feed this commercial circuit, which also involved the sale of black slaves.
The economy of the area is essentially based on fishing, maritime and river activities (mainly in the Quicombo district), and small-scale farming, especially corn, potatoes and horticulture, as well as cattle and goat farming.
Quicombo Bay and the beaches that border it are a source of tourist income.
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Sumbe, formerly Novo Redondo, is a city located in west central Angola. It is the administrative capital of Cuanza Sul Province. In 2014 its population was 279,968.
== Geography == Sumbe municipality stretches, North until the Queve river, West until the Balombo river, West limited by the Atlantic Ocean and East to the Conda Municipality.
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