Belas, Luanda

Ponta das Palmeirinhas Lighthouse
Angola
Location Ponta das Palmeirinhas
Belas
Angola
Coordinates 9°04′13″S 12°59′42″E / 9.070306°S 12.995111°E / -9.070306; 12.995111
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]
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 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
Benfica275 km210.025236
Camama28
Futungo de Belas3.090 km212.60012
Ilha do Mussulo45 km212.6007
Barra do Kwanza8.0006
Vila Estoril6
Ramiro24 km212.0006

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Angola". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 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.

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

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