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Belas is an city and one of the nine 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
Municipality
Country Angola
ProvinceLuanda
Ponta das Palmeirinhas Lighthouse
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]
Power sourcesolar power 
OperatorInstituto Marítimo e Portuário de Angola 
First lit1889 
Focal height40 metres (130 ft) (current)[2]
Range21 nautical miles (39 km; 24 mi)[2]
CharacteristicFl W 4.5s.[2]
Angola no.PT-5250[1]

Belas was created by an administrative reform voted by the Angolan parliament on March 31, 2011.[3] The administrative center is neighborhood Quilamba and the municipality administrator is Mrs. Joana Antónia Quintas.


Geography


The municipality of Belas has an area of 1,046 km2 (404 sq mi).


Demography


The municipality has a population of 1,271,854 (2019)[4] with a population density of 1,216/km2.


Administrative Division


Commune Area Pop Neighb Vil
Benfica361km2274,742236
Camama146km2631,74128
Futungo de Belas20.7km270,15712
Ilha do Mussulo41.3km27,7987
Barra do Cuanza382km25,7796
Quilamba30.5km256,183
Ramiros85.9km228,7086

See also



References


  1. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Angola". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  2. 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.
  4. Citypopulation.de Population of provinces and municipalities of Angola






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