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Luanda Railway

Index Luanda Railway

| | The Luanda Railway (sometimes called Angola Railway) is a 424 km single-track Cape gauge railway line from the Angolan capital of Luanda to Malanje. [1]

26 relations: Angola, Angolan Civil War, Ícolo e Bengo, Baía, Bengo, Benguela railway, Cacolo, Cacuso, Canhoca, Angola, Catete, Ícolo e Bengo, China International Fund, China Railway Construction Corporation Limited, Dondo, Angola, History of rail transport in Angola, Lombe, Luanda, Lucala, Malanje, Moçâmedes Railway, Musseques, N'dalatando, Rail transport in Angola, Railway stations in Angola, Saurimo, Viana, Luanda, Zenza do Itombe, 3 ft 6 in gauge railways.

Angola

Angola, officially the Republic of Angola (República de Angola; Kikongo, Kimbundu and Repubilika ya Ngola), is a country in Southern Africa.

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Angolan Civil War

The Angolan Civil War (Guerra civil angolana) was a major civil conflict in Angola, beginning in 1975 and continuing, with some interludes, until 2002.

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Ícolo e Bengo

Ícolo e Bengo (English: Icolo and Bengo) is a city council (município or municipality) in the province of Luanda in Angola.

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Baía, Bengo

Baia is a small town in Bengo, Angola.

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Benguela railway

The Benguela railway (Caminho de Ferro de Benguela (CFB)) is a Cape gauge railway in Angola that connects the Atlantic port of Lobito to the eastern border town of Luau.

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Cacolo

Cacolo is a town and municipality in Lunda Sul Province in Angola.

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Cacuso

Cacuso is a town in Malanje Province, Angola.

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Canhoca, Angola

Canhoca is a town in northeastern Angola.

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Catete, Ícolo e Bengo

Catete is a town and commune in the municipality of Ícolo e Bengo, province of Luanda, Angola.

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China International Fund

China International Fund (CIF) is a Chinese-owned group of Hong Kong investors that describes its major businesses as including "large-scale national reconstruction projects and infrastructure construction in developing countries".

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China Railway Construction Corporation Limited

China Railway Construction Corporation Limited (abbreviated CRCC) is a state-owned construction enterprise based in Beijing, China, that is the second largest construction and engineering company in the world by revenue in 2014 The limited company was incorporated in 2007 in order to float the assets of China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCCG,, or the holding company) in Shanghai and Hong Kong stock exchange.

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Dondo, Angola

Dondo is a town and commune in the municipality of Cambambe, province of Cuanza Norte, Angola.

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History of rail transport in Angola

The history of rail transport in Angola began during the nineteenth century, when Angola was a colony of Portugal.

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Lombe

Lombe is a town in Angola in Malanje Province.

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Luanda

Luanda, formerly named São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda, is the capital and largest city in Angola, and the country's most populous and important city, primary port and major industrial, cultural and urban centre.

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Lucala

Lucala is a town and municipality in Cuanza Norte Province in Angola.

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Malanje

Malanje (often misspelled Malange) is the capital city of Malanje Province in Angola with a population of approximately 222,000.

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Moçâmedes Railway

The Moçâmedes Railway (Caminho de Ferro de Moçâmedes (CFM)) is a 860 km railway line in Angola, between Moçâmedes and Menongue.

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Musseques

Musseques are informal settlements in Angola, mostly associated with the sprawling slums around the capital, Luanda.

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N'dalatando

N'dalatando (also spelt as Ndalatando; former official name: Vila Salazar) is a town and commune in the municipality of Cazengo, province of Cuanza Norte, Angola.

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Rail transport in Angola

Rail transport in Angola consists of three separate Cape gauge lines that do not connect: the northern Luanda Railway, the central Benguela Railway, and the southern Moçâmedes Railway (southern).

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Railway stations in Angola

Railway stations in Angola include.

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Saurimo

Saurimo (pre-1975: Henrique de Carvalho) is the capital of the Lunda Sul province of Angola, Saurimo has a population of approximately 200,000.

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Viana, Luanda

Viana is a town and one of the seven municipalities that make up the province of Luanda, as per the new administrative division of the province (the others being, Belas, Cazenga, Cacuaco, Icolo e Bengo and Quiçama. Viana lies 15 to 30 kilometers east as a suburb of the capital Luanda and is home to 68.000 inhabitants including about 6,000 long-term refugees, primarily from Katanga Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Viana is about a 90-minute drive from downtown Luanda. The town was founded on 13 December 1963. Because of the proximity to the metropolitan city Angola Benguela has experienced in recent years a very large increase in population and industry.

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Zenza do Itombe

Zenza do Itombe is a town and commune in the municipality of Cambambe, province of Cuanza Norte, Angola.

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3 ft 6 in gauge railways

Railways with a track gauge of were first constructed as horse-drawn wagonways.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luanda_Railway

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