Barra do Dande

Barra do Dande
commune and town
Road through Barra do Dande
Barra do Dande Location in Angola
Coordinates: 8°28′22″S 13°22′23″E
Country	Angola
Province	Bengo
Municipality	Dande
Area
• Total	520 sq mi (1,350 km^2)
Population  (2014)[1]
• Total	95,989
• Density	180/sq mi (71/km^2)
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)
Climate	BSh
Ponta do Dande Lighthouse
Constructed	1968[2]
Construction	masonry tower
Height	20 metres (66 ft)[2]
Shape	quadrangular tower with balcony and lantern
Markings	white and red horizontal band tower
Operator	Instituto Marítimo e Portuário de Angola
Focal height	63 metres (207 ft)[3]
Range	16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi)[3]
Characteristic	Fl (3) W 10s.[3]
Angola no.	PT-5193[2]

Barra do Dande is a town, with a population of 75,000 (2014),[4] and a commune in the municipality of Dande, province of Bengo, Angola.

It is located at the mouth of the Dande River.[5]

The government plans to build a deep-water port at Barra do Dande.[6][7] This new port is about 30 km north of Luanda.

See also

• List of lighthouses in Angola

References

1. Citypopulation.de Population of provinces and communes in Angola
2. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Angola". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
3. 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.
4. Citypopulation.de Population of cities & urban localities in Angola
5. "City councils of Angola". Statoids. Retrieved April 6, 2009.
6. "Futuro porto da Barra do Dande será um dos maiores de África" [Future port of Barra do Dande will be one of the largest in Africa] (in Portuguese). Angop. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2012. Article on the presentation at Expotrans by the general director of the Instituto Marítimo e Portuário de Angola, Victor Carvalho
7. Railway stations in Angola