Lobito

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Lobito
Lobito (Angola)
Lobito
Lobito
Coordinates 12 ° 22 ′  S , 13 ° 32 ′  E Coordinates: 12 ° 22 ′  S , 13 ° 32 ′  E
Symbols
coat of arms
coat of arms
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Basic data
Country Angola

province

Benguela
Município Lobito
ISO 3166-2 AO-BGU
Comuna Lobito
surface 3648 km²
Residents 324,050 (2014)
density 88.8  Ew. / km²
founding 1843
politics
mayor Amaro Ricardo Segunda
Satellite photo of Lobito
Satellite photo of Lobito

Lobito is a city and district ( concelho ) in the Angolan province of Benguela and is located on the Atlantic coast .

The district was founded in 1843 and elevated to a city ( Cidade ) in 1903 . Lobito is about 35 km north of the coastal city and provincial capital Benguela . It has 324,050 inhabitants (as of 2014).

The city of Lobito has the second largest port in the country. The port of Lobito is located on the back of an elongated peninsula, the Restinga, in a closed, sheltered bay. In addition to the historic governor's palace, the Restinga also houses other buildings belonging to former or still wealthy citizens. At the tip of the peninsula there is a fine sandy beach and bathing areas as well as some restaurants for leisure activities.

Restinga Peninsula in Lobito 2001

history

Lobito port facilities 2001

The area around Lobito was from neighboring Catumbela located on the eponymous river Catumbela populated. Catumbela existed as a place before Lobito and the first ships came into the river mouth to pick up goods. Lobito was built on a sand bank and lies on a bay with a natural harbor protected by a 5 km long dune tongue (Restinga). The first city council was set up in 1843 by the colonial Portuguese administration on the instructions of the royal family (Maria II of Portugal). The port of Lobito has been in operation since 1903 and the region’s important railway line, the Benguela Railway, since 1928, which connected Angola , which was then Portuguese with the former Belgian Congo and Zambia . Under Portuguese administration, the port was a center for the export of agricultural goods, ores and copper . Tourism also gained a certain importance during this period. After the Carnation Revolution in Portugal and independence from Angola , the Benguela Railway became increasingly unreliable as the main feeder for export items, because the civil war that flared up again and again (1975-2002) meant that regular transports were no longer available. The track and the port fell into disrepair. However, the port and railway were quickly rebuilt in the peace process after 2002 and today they are practically the lifeline of this Angolan city and region.

administration

The old coat of arms of Lobito

Lobito is the seat of a district of the same name ( Município ) in the province of Benguela . The district covers an area of ​​3,648 km² and has around 805,000 inhabitants (2011 estimate). From now on, the 2014 census should provide reliable population figures.

Three municipalities (Comunas) make up the Lobito district:

Economy and Transport

In addition to some off-shore activities for oil drilling off the coast, there is fishing and a constantly growing freight traffic for the supply of the hinterland.

The Benguela Railway starts in the port of Lobito and connects the Angolan port with the intermediate stations Huambo and Cuito with the copper province Katanga (sometimes called Shaba ) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo , formerly Zaíre, and also with the railways of Zambia , Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and South Africa. The railway line was almost completely destroyed during the almost 30-year Angolan civil war and has been under permanent restoration since 2001. The section from 500 km to Cuito was the first to go into operation, since the inauguration of the bridge over the Kasai on August 13, 2014, the entire railway line to the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been working again. The newly built main station in Lobito was inaugurated on August 27, 2012. It has sidings for six trains at the same time. In addition to a connection to the port (7 km) and to Benguela (27.3 km) there is a double-track connection to Catumbela Airport (19.6 km).

The port with its 8 berths was expanded in 2008–2014 and provided with a new quay wall of 314 m. It has a draft of 15.2 m. Due to the tendency towards containerization , old warehouses were demolished and the entire quay area re-asphalted. The construction of a bridge over the Rio das Cuculas made it easier for heavy haulage trucks to enter the area. Additional industrial trucks have been procured and an additional container terminal and a hinterland depot are to be built. A number of modernization projects are being carried out here by Chinese construction companies. The port would like to become the "Container Hub Port" on the West African coast and also take over containers from and for other ports from large ocean-going vessels. Here one thinks in particular of the continuously congested port of the capital Luanda .

The Catumbela Airport is located 12 km from the city center. It has a runway of 3700 m length. It was completed in 2012 and should be certified for international flights to Lisbon , among others, from the end of 2019 .

Sports

AC Lobito , founded in 1970, played several times in the first Angolan football league, the Girabola . In 2014 he rose again to the Girabola. The club plays its home games at the Estádio do Buraco with 15,000 seats.

Football clubs existed in Lobito before, according to FC Lobito. José Águas , who later became the Portuguese international and European Cup winner in 1961 and 1962 with Benfica Lisbon , played there from 1948 to 1950.

climate

Lobito
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Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm
Source: wetterkontor.de
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Lobito
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 28.8 29.8 30.4 30.2 28.2 25.0 23.3 23.2 24.4 26.6 28.3 28.5 O 27.2
Min. Temperature (° C) 21.6 22.4 23.2 23.4 21.3 18.2 16.8 16.5 17.9 20.3 21.8 21.7 O 20.4
Precipitation ( mm ) 10 35 111 55 5 0 0 0 2 10 18th 22nd Σ 268
Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 5.7 6.7 6.3 6.6 6.3 5.4 3.9 4.1 4.8 4.6 5.5 5.6 O 5.4
Rainy days ( d ) 2 2 7th 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 4th Σ 26th
Water temperature (° C) 24 25th 25th 26th 23 20th 18th 19th 21st 22nd 23 24 O 22.5
Humidity ( % ) 77 76 77 79 79 79 80 81 80 80 78 77 O 78.6
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Pedro Couceiro (2010)

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Lobito  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Article dated September 3, 2013 on the mayor's appeal for more support on the 100th anniversary of Lobitos' elevation to the city , state news agency ANGOP , accessed on April 28, 2014
  2. ↑ a b Short profile of Lobito County at www.guiaturismodeangola.com, accessed on April 28, 2014
  3. ↑ Inaugurada estação central ferroviária do Lobito angop.ao , August 27, 2012, accessed on March 22, 2020 (Portuguese)
  4. ↑ REABILITAÇÃO E AMPLIAÇÃODO PORTO DO LOBITO (PDF) alv2.pt , accessed on April 15, 2020 (Portuguese)
  5. ↑ Certificação do Aeroporto Internacional da Catumbela abre a rota Lisboa / Benguela mercado.co.ao , March 10, 2019, accessed on May 8, 2019.