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Porto Amboim, Cuanza Sul Province, Angolai
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Porto AmboimMunicipality
Cuanza Sul ProvinceProvince
AngolaCountry

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Mindat Locality ID:
228189
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:228189:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Porto Amboim, Kwanza-Sud, Angola
German:
Porto Amboim, Provinz Cuanza Sul, Angola
Italian:
Porto Amboim, provincia di Cuanza Sud, Angola
Portuguese:
Porto Amboim, Cuanza Sul, Angola
Simplified Chinese:
安博因港, 南廣薩省, 安哥拉
Spanish:
Porto Amboim, Cuanza Sur, Angola
Catalan:
Porto Amboim, Kwanza-Sud, Angola
Cebuano:
Porto Amboim, Kwanza Sul, Angola
Croatian:
Porto Amboim, Angola
Danish:
Porto Amboim, Cuanza Sul, Angola
Dutch:
Porto Amboim, Cuanza Sul, Angola
Farsi/Persian:
پورتو امبیم، آنگولا, استان کوانزای جنوبی, آنگولا
Galician:
Porto Amboim, Cuanza Sul, Angola
Indonesian:
Porto Amboim, Cuanza Sul, Angola
Japanese:
ポルト・アンボイム, クアンザ・スル州, アンゴラ
Lithuanian:
Porto Amboinas, Pietų Kvanza, Angola
Malay:
Porto Amboim, Cuanza Sul, Angola
Polish:
Porto Amboim, Kwanza Południowa, Angola
Romanian:
Gunza, Provincia Cuanza Sul, Angola
South Azerbaijani:
پورتو امبیم، آنقولا, آنقولا
Swedish:
Porto Amboim, Cuanza Sul, Angola
Tatar:
Порту-Амбоим, Ангола
Traditional Chinese:
安博因港, 南廣薩省, 安哥拉


Porto Amboim is a port town in Cuanza Sul Province, Angola; it comprises an area of 4,638 km². In the past Porto Amboim was connected by an isolated 123 km 610 mm (2 ft) narrow gauge railway to Gabela, albeit closed in 1987 due to the civil war and to the abandonment of most coffee plantations, the biggest source of revenue from Gabela.

Originally Porto Amboim was known as Kissonde, a small village later colonized in 1587 by the Portuguese naming it Benguela and later Benguela Velha (Old Benguela) due to the creation of another village today known as Benguela located 350 km south of Benguela Velho. In 1923, the name was changed to Porto Amboim. Today (2014) Porto Amboim is one of the growing areas for the offshore industry.

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porto_Amboim
Wikidata ID:Q1018592
GeoNames ID:3346659


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