Viana, Luanda

Viana
City and province
Acail metallurgical industry, in the Viana Industrial Sector, in 2010
Viana Viana's location in Angola
Coordinates: 08°54′09″S13°22′20″E / 8.90250°S 13.37222°E / -8.90250; 13.37222
Country	Angola
Province	Luanda Province
Population  (2022) [1]
• Total	2,092,439
Time zone	UTC+1:00 (WAT)

Viana is a city and one of the nine municipalities that make up the province of Luanda in Angola. Viana lies 15 to 30 kilometers east as a suburb of the capital Luanda and has a population of 2,092,439 (2022), ^[1] including about 6,000 long-term refugees primarily from Katanga Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The city was founded on 13 December 1963.^{[ citation needed ]}

Administrative divisions

The municipality of Viana is made up of three communes:

• Zango
• Calumbo
• Viana

Transportation

Near Viana the new airport of Luanda, the Angola International Airport, will be built by the Chinese company China International Fund.^{[ citation needed ]} Because of financial problems the project is on hold.^{[ citation needed ]}

Viana is served by a station on the northern line of Angolan Railways (CFL).

It is to become a dry port. ^[2]

See also

• Railway stations in Angola
• Transport in Angola

References

1. Citypopulation.de Population of provinces and municipalities in Angola
2. Railways Africa (2015-07-27). "Angolan Railway Serves Dry Port" . Retrieved 2017-07-10.