Viana, Luanda

Viana
City and province
Acail metallurgical industry, in the Viana Industrial Sector, in 2010
Acail metallurgical industry, in the Viana Industrial Sector, in 2010
Viana is located in Angola
Viana
Viana
Viana's location in Angola
Coordinates: 08°54′09″S 13°22′20″E / 8.90250°S 13.37222°E / -8.90250; 13.37222
CountryAngola
ProvinceLuanda Province
Established13 December 1963
Population
 (2024)[1]
 • Total
865,863
Time zoneUTC+1:00 (WAT)

Viana is a city and one of the nine municipalities that make up the province of Luanda in Angola. Viana lies 15 to 30 kilometers east as a suburb of the capital Luanda and had a population of 865,863 at the 2024 census,[1] including about 6,000 long-term refugees primarily from Katanga Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The city was founded on 13 December 1963.

Administrative divisions

The municipality of Viana is made up of three communes:

Transportation

Near Viana the new airport of Luanda, the Angola International Airport, will be built by the Chinese company China International Fund. Because of financial problems the project is on hold.

Viana is served by a station on the northern line of Angolan Railways (CFL).

It is to become a dry port.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Instituto Nacional de Estatística (2026). Resultados Definitivos do Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação 2024 – Província de Luanda (PDF) (Report) (in Portuguese). Luanda: Instituto Nacional de Estatística. p. 30.
  2. ↑ Railways Africa (2015-07-27). "Angolan Railway Serves Dry Port". Retrieved 2017-07-10.