Namibe Province
Namibe is a province of Angola. It was called Moçâmedes when under Portuguese rule. There were 313,667people in 2006. The port and city of Namibe is the capital. Iona National Park is also located there.
 Namibe, province of Angola | |
| Country | Angola |
| Capital | Moçâmedes |
| Area | |
| • Total | 57,091 km2 (22,043 sq mi) |
| Population (2014 census)[1] | |
| • Total | 495,326 |
| • Density | 8.67608/km2 (22.47094/sq mi) |
| ISO 3166 code | AO-NAM |
| HDI (2018) | 0.572[2] medium · 4th |
| Website | www |
Late Cretaceous fossils of sharks, turtles, mosasaurs, plesiosaurs and sauropods were found near the Bentiaba desert.
Namibe Province Media
Serra da Leba road that connects mainly the cities of Lubango and Moçâmedes in southern Angola.
The Commercial Port of Moçâmedes
References
- ↑ "Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação - 2014" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ↑ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
Coordinates: 15°11′43″S 12°09′03″E / 15.19528°S 12.15083°E
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