Sambizanga

Sambizanga is one of the six urban districts that make up the municipality of Luanda, in the province of Luanda.

This article is about the municipality of Angola. For the film, see Sambizanga (film).
Ponta das Lagostas Lighthouse
LocationPonta das Lagostas, Sambizanga, Angola
Coordinates8°45′26″S 13°18′11″E
Tower
Constructed1880 (first)
1930 (second)[1]
Foundationconcrete base
Constructionfiber glass tower (current)
masonry tower (first & second)[1]
Height15 metres (49 ft) (current)
14 metres (46 ft) (second)[1]
Shapecylindrical tower with balcony and lantern (current)
quadrangular tower atop a 2-storey keeper’s house
quadrangular tower with balcony and lantern (second) [1]
Markingswhite and red horizontal band tower (current)
white tower (first & second) [1]
Power sourcesolar power 
OperatorInstituto Marítimo e Portuário de Angola
Light
Deactivated1930 (first)
Focal height81 metres (266 ft)[2]
Range7 nmi (13 km; 8.1 mi) 
CharacteristicOc(2) R 6s 
Angola no.PT-5204[1]

Overview

Sambizanga has 14.5 km ² and about 244,000 inhabitants. Limited to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, on the north by the municipality of Cacuaco, in the East by the municipality of Cazenga and south by the municipalities of Ingombota and Rangel. It comprises the municipalities of Sambizanga, Bairro Operário and Ngola Kiluanje. Sambizanga is home to the Progresso Associação do Sambizanga football club of the Girabola and the residential area Avenida Comandante Valòdia.

Mercado Roque Santeiro, the largest open-air market in Africa, was located in the district.[3]

2007 Shooting

In December 2007, film director Radical Ribeiro began shooting a film in Sambizanga. On 18 December, police mistook actors in Ribeiro's film, who were carrying unloaded firearms, as actual criminals and opened fire on them, killing two. Interior Minister Roberto Leal Monteiro said "We won't rest until police at all levels realise they are public servants,"

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. "BBC News - Angolan traders mourn loss of Roque Santeiro market". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-10-10.


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