Belas, Luanda

Belas is a city and one of the nine municipalities that make up the province of Luanda, as per the new administrative division of the province (the others being, Luanda, Cazenga, Cacuaco, Viana, Icolo e Bengo and Quiçama).

Belas
Municipality
Country	Angola
Province	Luanda
Ponta das Palmeirinhas Lighthouse
Constructed	1889 (first) 1936 (second)[1]
Foundation	concrete base
Construction	steel skeletal tower (current) steel skeletal tower (first) cast iron skeletal tower (second & third) [1]
Height	27 metres (89 ft) (current) 27 metres (89 ft) (first) 23 metres (75 ft) (second) [1]
Shape	quadrangular skeletal tower with balcony and light (current) square pyramidal skeletal tower atop a 1-storey building (first) octagonal pyramidal skeletal tower with balcony and lantern (second) [1]
Power source	solar power
Operator	Instituto Marítimo e Portuário de Angola
First lit	1889
Focal height	40 metres (130 ft) (current)[2]
Range	21 nautical miles (39 km; 24 mi)[2]
Characteristic	Fl W 4.5s.[2]
Angola no.	PT-5250[1]

Belas was created by an administrative reform voted by the Angolan parliament on March 31, 2011.^[3] The administrative center is neighborhood Quilamba and the municipality administrator is Mrs. Joana Antónia Quintas.

Geography

The municipality of Belas has an area of 1,046 km² (404 sq mi).

Demography

The municipality has a population of 1,271,854 (2019)^[4] with a population density of 1,216/km².

Administrative Division

Commune	Area	Pop	Neighb	Vil
Benfica	361km2	274,742	23	6
Camama	146km2	631,741	28
Futungo de Belas	20.7km2	70,157	12
Ilha do Mussulo	41.3km2	7,798	7
Barra do Cuanza	382km2	5,779	6
Quilamba	30.5km2	56,183
Ramiros	85.9km2	28,708	6

See also

• List of lighthouses in Angola

References

1. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Angola". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
2. List of Lights, Pub. 113: The West Coasts of Europe and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Azovskoye More (Sea of Azov) (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2016.
3. "Criado município de Belas em Luanda" [Municipio Belas created in Luanda]. Angop (in Portuguese). Luanda, Angola. 31 March 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
4. Citypopulation.de Population of provinces and municipalities of Angola

External links

• Official Government Page

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