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Huambo
Huambo, Angola · Africa
About Huambo
Huambo sits on the route: 30 minutes from Calima.
Huambo is in Angola, with about 600,000 people. The nearest town is Calima, about 15 km away.
Huambo, formerly Nova Lisboa (English: New Lisbon), is the third-most populous city in Angola, after the capital city Luanda and Lubango, with a population of 710,000 (2024) in the city and a population of 836,293 in the municipality of Huambo (Census 2024). The city is the capital of the province of Huambo and isRead more
located about 220 km E from Benguela and 600 km SE from Luanda. Huambo is a main hub on the Caminho de Ferro de Benguela (CFB) (the Benguela Railway), which runs from the port of Lobito to the Democratic Republic of the Congo's southernmost province, Katanga. Huambo is served by the Albano Machado Airport (formerly Nova Lisboa Airport).
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Huambo is in Huambo, Angola, about 15 km from Calima.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 595,304
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Angola
- Region
- Huambo
- Timezone
- Africa/Luanda
- Coordinates
- -12.7761, 15.7392
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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