Namibe [2] ( port. Namibe ) - province [3] in Angola . During the Portuguese rule, the province of Namibe was called Mosamelish . The administrative center is the city of Mosamedish . The second largest city in the province is Tombois (formerly Porto Aleshandri ).
| Provinces | |
| Namibe | |
|---|---|
| port. Namibe | |
| A country |  Angola |
| Includes | 5 municipalities |
| Adm Centre | Mosamedish |
| History and geography | |
| Square | 58 137 km² (9th place ) |
| Timezone | UTC +1 |
| Population | |
| Population | 471,613 [1] people ( 2014 ) ( 16th place ) |
| Density | 8.11 persons / km² (15th place) |
| Official language | Portuguese |
| Digital identifiers | |
| ISO 3166-2 code | AO-NAM |
| FIPS Index | AO13 |
| Official site | |
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Geography
The province of Namibe is located in the far south-west of Angola. To the north of it lies the province of Benguela , to the east - the province of Huila , to the south-east - the province of Cunene . In the south of Namibe lies the state border between Angola and Namibia . In the west, its territory is washed by the waters of the Atlantic Ocean .
The area of the province is 58,137 km² [4] . Much of the province of Namib is occupied by the Namib Desert . On the territory of this province is located the Iona National Park (with an area of 15 150 km²) - the largest natural reserve of Angola.
Population
As of 2014, the population of the province was 471,613 people [1] . The province is inhabited mainly by Herero and representatives of the Khoisan nationalities .
Dynamics of the population of the province by year:
| 1995 | 2004 | 2013 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 135,000 | 193,000 | 284,869 | 471,613 |
Administrative division
- Namibe
- Bibala (Bibala)
- Virei (Virei)
- Camucuio
- Tombois (Tômbua)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Statistics on the website geohive.com (English) (inaccessible link) . The date of circulation is January 17, 2015. Archived September 30, 2016.
- ↑ Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe // World Atlas / comp. and prepare. to ed. PKO "Cartography" in 2009; Ch. ed. G. V. Pozdnyak . - M .: PKO "Cartography": Onyx, 2010. - p. 154-155. - ISBN 978-5-85120-295-7 (Cartography). - ISBN 978-5-488-02609-4 (Onyx).
- ↑ Index of geographical names // World Atlas / comp. and prepare. to ed. PKO "Cartography" in 2009; Ch. ed. G. V. Pozdnyak . - M .: PKO "Cartography": Onyx, 2010. - p. 231. - ISBN 978-5-85120-295-7 (Cartography). - ISBN 978-5-488-02609-4 (Onyx).
- ↑ Namibe (English) . World Gazetteer. The appeal date is February 8, 2013. Archived February 12, 2013.
Links
- Official site of the province (port.)