Belas, Luanda

Coordinates: 8°59′54″S 13°15′54″E / 8.9983°S 13.2650°E / -8.9983; 13.2650
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Ponta das Palmeirinhas Lighthouse
Map
LocationPonta das Palmeirinhas
Belas
Angola
Coordinates9°04′13″S 12°59′42″E / 9.070306°S 12.995111°E / -9.070306; 12.995111
Constructed1889 (first)
1936 (second)[1]
Foundationconcrete base
Constructionsteel skeletal tower (current)
steel skeletal tower (first)
cast iron skeletal tower (second & third) [1]
Height27 metres (89 ft) (current)
27 metres (89 ft) (first)
23 metres (75 ft) (second) [1]
Shapequadrangular 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]
OperatorInstituto Marítimo e Portuário de Angola
Light
First litn/a (current)
Focal height40 metres (130 ft) (current)[2]
Light sourcesolar power
Range21 nautical miles (39 km; 24 mi)[2]
CharacteristicFl W 4.5s.[2]
Angola no.PT-5250[1]

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).

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 1.077 km2.

Demography

The municipality has an estimated population of 753.000 inhabitants with a 5.000/m2 density.

Administrative Division

Commune Area Pop Neighb Vil
Benfica 275 km2 10.025 23 6
Camama 28
Futungo de Belas 3.090 km2 12.600 12
Ilha do Mussulo 45 km2 12.600 7
Barra do Kwanza 8.000 6
Vila Estoril 6
Ramiro 24 km2 12.000 6

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Angola". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e 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.

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8°59′54″S 13°15′54″E / 8.9983°S 13.2650°E / -8.9983; 13.2650