Belas, Luanda Explained

Belas

Settlement Type:

Municipality

Pushpin Map:

Angola

Pushpin Label Position:

right

Pushpin Mapsize:

300

Pushpin Map Caption:

Location in Angola

Subdivision Type:

Country

Subdivision Name:

Angola

Subdivision Type1:

Province

Subdivision Type2:

Municipality

Subdivision Name1:

Luanda

Module:

Embed:	yes
Qid:	Q106136314
Yearbuilt:	1889 (first) 1936 (second)^[1]
Foundation:	concrete base
Construction:	steel skeletal tower (current) steel skeletal tower (first) cast iron skeletal tower (second & third)
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)
Height:	27m (89feet) (current) 27m (89feet) (first) 23m (75feet) (second)
Focalheight:	40m (130feet) (current)
Characteristic:	Fl W 4.5s.
Country:	Angola
Countrynumber:	PT-5250

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 was created by an administrative reform voted by the Angolan parliament on March 31, 2011.^[2] The administrative center is neighborhood Quilamba and the municipality administrator is Mrs. Joana Antónia Quintas.

Geography

The municipality of Belas has an area of .

Demography

The municipality has a population of 1,271,854 (2019)^[3] with a population density of 1,216/km².

Administrative Division

width=205	Commune	width=50	Area	width=50	Pop	width=50	Neighb	width=50	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

References

12 May 2017.
News: Criado município de Belas em Luanda. pt. Municipio Belas created in Luanda. 31 March 2011. Angop. Luanda, Angola. 20 March 2012.
https://www.citypopulation.de/en/angola/admin/ Citypopulation.de

External links

Official Government Page

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