Bocoio | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
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 Name1: | Benguela Province |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 5556 |
Population As Of: | 2014 Census |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 164685 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Urban: | 35000 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Timezone: | WAT |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Coordinates: | -12.45°N 23°W |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Aw |
Bocoio is a town and municipality in Benguela Province in Angola.[3] Its administrative capital is Tchissandji. The municipality had a population of 164,685 in 2014.[4]
It is located in the northeast side of the province, 106 km from the capital city, 75 km west of the railway city of Lobito and 75 km east of the municipality of Balombo.
The town used to be called Vila Sousa Lara during the colonial period having been established in 1827 by a Mr. Fernando, the first chefe do posto (town council chief) to be appointed.[5]