A city of west-central Angola on Lobito Bay, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the country's chief port. Population: 207,000.
Lobito
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A city of west-central Angola on Lobito Bay, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the country's chief port. Population: 207,000.
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Lobito (lōbē'tō, lʊvē'tō), city (1983 est. pop. 150,000), W central Angola, on the Atlantic Ocean. Angola's most important port after Luanda, it is also a road hub and the western terminus of the trans-African Benguela railroad, which connects the port with the mines in the Congo and Zambia. The city is built mainly on reclaimed land. The harbor, protected by a sandbar, is among the best on Africa's west coast, but the Angolan civil war, which closed the railroad, caused the port to fall largely into disuse. Lobito was founded by the Portuguese in 1843. The completion of the railroad from Benguela in 1929 made Lobito an important commercial center and Angola's chief port, but it declined in the 1970s due to damage of port facilities during the war of independence from Portugal.
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| Coordinates: 12°22′S 13°32′E / 12.367°S 13.533°E | |
| Country |  Angola |
| Province | Benguela Province |
| Elevation | 456 ft (139 m) |
| Population (2005) | |
| - Total | 207,957 |
| Time zone | WAT (UTC+1) |
Lobito is a town and municipality in Benguela Province in Angola.[1]
It dates from 1905 and owes its existence to the bay of the same name having been chosen as the sea terminus of the Benguela railway to the far interior, passing through Luau to Katanga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The city is located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. The population is about 207,957 (2005).
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History
Portuguese rule
Lobito, was built on a sandspit and reclaimed land, with one of Africa’s finest natural harbours, protected by a 5 km long sandspit. The old council (concelho) was created in 1843 by the Portuguese administration. The town was also founded in 1843 by order of Maria II of Portugal, and its harbour works were begun in 1903. Large developments, however, were not stimulated until the completion in 1928 of the important Benguela Railway, which connected Portuguese Angola with the Belgian Congo. Under Portuguese rule, the port was one of Angola’s busiest, exporting agricultural produce from the interior and handling transit trade from the mines of southeastern Belgian Congo and of Zambia. Fishing, tourism and services were also important. The carnival in Lobito was also one of the most renowned and popular in Portuguese Angola.[2]
After independence from Portugal
After the April 25, 1974 Carnation Revolution in Lisbon, Angola was offered independence. Lobito’s port activities were highly limited by disruptions to railway transit and high insecurity during the Angolan Civil War (1975–2002). With peace and stability, in the 2000s the Lobito started a process of reconstruction and resumed its path to development.
References
- ^ "City councils of Angola". Statoids. http://www.statoids.com/yao.html. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
- ^ LobitoAnosOuro.wmv, a film of the Lobito in Portuguese Angola, before independence from Portugal.
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