Catete, Ícolo e Bengo

Catete
Commune
Agostinho Neto Cultural Center
Flag
Catete Location in Angola
Coordinates: 09°06′27.8″S 13°41′19.3″E
Country	Angola
Province	Luanda
Municipality	Ícolo e Bengo
Area
• Total	216 sq mi (559 km^2)
Population  (2014)[1]
• Total	23,284
• Density	110/sq mi (42/km^2)
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)

Catete is a town and commune in the municipality of Ícolo e Bengo, province of Luanda, Angola.

Transport

It is served by a railway station on the Luanda Railways.[2]

Catete is the major graveyard for old steam locomotives on the northern line.[3]

The station is here.[4]

Notable people

• Agostinho Neto, first President of Angola[5]
• Deolinda Rodrigues Francisco de Almeida, Angolan nationalist

See also

• Railway stations in Angola

References

1. Citypopulation.de Population of provinces and communes in Angola
2. "Catete Map | Angola Google Satellite Maps". maplandia.com. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2009-02-19. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
4. "Catete, Angola". itouchmap.com. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
5. Stead, M.; Rorison, S. (2009). Angola. Globe Pequot Press. pp. 1–152. ISBN 9781841623047. Retrieved 2015-06-03.

External links

Media related to Catete (Ícolo e Bengo) at Wikimedia Commons

• iTouchmap: Catete