Belas, Luanda

Belas is one of the seven 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).

Camama
Municipality
Country	Angola
Province	Luanda

Ponta das Palmeirinhas Lighthouse

Angola
Location	Ponta das Palmeirinhas Belas Angola
Coordinates	9°04′13″S 12°59′42″E
Year first constructed	1889 (first) 1936 (second)[1]
Year first lit	n/a (current)
Foundation	concrete base
Construction	steel skeletal tower (current) steel skeletal tower (first) cast iron skeletal tower (second & third) [1]
Tower 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) [1]
Tower height	27 metres (89 ft) (current) 27 metres (89 ft) (first) 23 metres (75 ft) (second) [1]
Focal height	40 metres (130 ft) (current)[2]
Light source	solar power
Range	21 nautical miles (39 km; 24 mi)[2]
Characteristic	Fl W 4.5s.[2]
Admiralty number	D5150[2]
NGA number	25600[2]
ARLHS number	ANO-015[1]
Angola number	PT-5250[1]
Managing agent	Instituto Marítimo e Portuário de Angola

Belas was created by an administrative reform voted by the Angolan parliament on March 31, 2011.[3] The seat of the municipality is Kilamba and the municipality administrator is Mrs. Joana Antónia Quintas.

Geography

The municipality of Belas has an area of 1,046 km².

Demography

The municipality has a population of 1,271,854 (2019)[4] with a population density of 1,216/km².

Administrative Division

Commune	Area	Pop	Neighb	Vil
Benfica	361km^2	274,742	23	6
Camama	146km^2	631,741	28
Futungo de Belas	20.7km^2	70,157	12
Ilha do Mussulo	41.3km^2	7,798	7
Barra do Kwanza	382km^2	5,779	6
Kilamba	30.5km^2	56,183
Ramiros	85.9km^2	28,708	6

See also

• List of lighthouses in Angola

References

1. "Angola". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
2. List of Lights, Pub. 113: The West Coasts of Europe and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Azovskoye More (Sea of Azov) (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2016.
3. "Criado município de Belas em Luanda" [Municipio Belas created in Luanda]. Angop (in Portuguese). Luanda, Angola. 31 March 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
4. Citypopulation.de Population of provinces and municipalities of Angola

External links

• Official Government Page