Santa Clara (Angola)

Santa Clara
	Santa Clara
	Santa Clara
Coordinates	17 ° 24 ′ S , 15 ° 53 ′ E Coordinates: 17 ° 24 ′ S , 15 ° 53 ′ E
Basic data
Country	Angola
province	Cunene
Município	Namacunde
ISO 3166-2	AO-CNN
Comuna	Namacunde

Santa Clara is a small town in southern Angola . It is located 45 km south of the provincial capital Ondjiva . The most important border crossing between Angola and Namibia is located in the village . On the Namibian side, the name of the local settlement Oshikango is often used as a name for the border crossing. The Namibian dollar is also a valid currency in this city .

Since the Angolan authorities made it easier for foreign visitors to issue visas from March 30, 2018, the number of border crossings in Santa Clara has increased from 44,473 to 265,156 in the first 10 months of the year. Most of the foreigners came from Namibia (30%), South Africa (27%), Zimbabwe (13%) and Mozambique (10%), followed by Brazil, Belgium, Germany, Portugal, Cabo Verde, Mauritius, São Tomé e Príncipe, Botswana, South Korea, United States, Argentina, Uruguay, Canada, Chile and Cuba.

traffic

In addition to the road that crosses the border there, the construction of a railway connection is planned for the future, which will also cross the border here and meet the Benguela Railway in the Huíla province . On the Namibian side, the railway line has been completed right up to the state border.

The long-distance buses from Grupo SGO drive to the place. Since October 2018, the Angolan company Macon has also operated a long-distance bus connection to Luanda and Windhoek .

administration

Santa Clara is a town in the municipality and county of Namacunde , in the province of Cunene .

Individual evidence

↑ Isenção de vistos propicia aumento do movimento migratório na fronteira Angola / Namíbia angop.ao , November 12, 2018, accessed on July 4, 2019
^ Joost De Raeymaeker: À Descoberta De Angola . 1st edition, Verlag LeYa , Alfragide 2012, p. 174 ( ISBN 978-989-741-009-3 )
↑ Macon inaugura rota Luanda-Windhoek correiokianda.info , October 17, 2018, accessed on July 3, 2019.

[1] Isenção de vistos propicia aumento do movimento migratório na fronteira Angola / Namíbia angop.ao , November 12, 2018, accessed on July 4, 2019

[2] Joost De Raeymaeker: À Descoberta De Angola . 1st edition, Verlag LeYa , Alfragide 2012, p. 174 ( ISBN 978-989-741-009-3 )

[3] Macon inaugura rota Luanda-Windhoek correiokianda.info , October 17, 2018, accessed on July 3, 2019.