Luanda (ago)

Luanda

Luanda ranks 336th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Tours, Nancy, France, and Metz. Memorable people born in Luanda include José Eduardo dos Santos, José Águas, and Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos. Memorable people who died in Luanda include Alexandre do Nascimento, Holden Roberto, and Georg Marcgrave. Luanda has been the birth place of many soccer players, and handball players and the death place of many politicians, and religious figures. Luanda is located in Angola.

Luanda is the capital and largest city of Angola. It is Angola's primary port, and its major industrial, cultural and urban centre. Located on Angola's northern Atlantic coast, Luanda is Angola's administrative centre, its chief seaport, and also the capital of the Luanda Province. Luanda and its metropolitan area is the most populous Portuguese-speaking capital city in the world and the most populous Lusophone city outside Brazil. In 2020 the population reached more than 8.3 million inhabitants. Read more on Wikipedia