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Lubango
Lubango A residential area in Lubango.

Lubango

Angola
Also known as: Sá da Bandeira
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Lubango, city, southwestern Angola, about 100 miles (160 km) east of Moçâmedes (formerly Namibe), to which it is linked by rail. The city was originally established in 1885 as a settlement for colonists from the Madeira Islands. It lies at an elevation of 5,774 feet (1,760 metres) in a valley of the Huíla Plateau and is surrounded by a scenic park spreading up the mountain slopes. The city, once the major centre of Portuguese settlement in the interior of southern Angola, is built in a Portuguese style of architecture, with a cathedral, commerce hall, industrial hall, and secondary school. Lubango is served by an airport and the Moçâmedes Railway. Pop. (2014) 600,751.

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