Bibala (known as Vila Arriaga until 1975) is a town, with a population of 10,500 (2014), and a municipality in southern
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...
. It lies in
Namibe Province
Namibe Province is a Provinces of Angola, province of Angola. Under Portuguese Angola, Portuguese rule it was the Moçâmedes District. It has an area of 57,091 km2 and had a 2014 census population of 495,326. The port and city of Namibe, Mo ...
. The municipality of Bibala covers with a population of 64,504 (2014).
It is bordered to the north by the municipality of
Camucuio, to the east by
Quilengues
Quilengues, also Kilenjes, is a town and municipality in Huíla Province in Angola. The municipality had a population of 75,334 in 2014. Geography
Quilengues sits on the western edge of the Central Highlands, and is bordered to the north by the m ...
,
Cacula,
Lubango and
Humpata, to the south by
Virei
Virei is a town and municipality of Namibe Province
Namibe Province is a Provinces of Angola, province of Angola. Under Portuguese Angola, Portuguese rule it was the Moçâmedes District. It has an area of 57,091 km2 and had a 2014 census ...
, and to the west by
Namibe. It is composed of the communes of Bibala-Sede,
Caitou,
Lola e
Kapagombe.
History
The village developed under Portuguese colonial administration with the arrival of the Namibe Train on February 1, 1912. The village's original name was Vila Arriaga, after the Portuguese President
Manuel José de Arriaga (1841-1917). Residential houses for the workers of the Mozambique Railroad were built here, and from then on the settling families continued to farm and breed cattle. Vila Arriaga became its own municipality on June 21, 1918. With the elevation to a small town (Vila) on December 13, 1965, Vila Arriaga became the seat of its own district. After Angola's independence in 1975, the Portuguese place name Vila Arriaga was replaced with the current name, Bibala.
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Transport
It is served by a station on the southern network of
Angolan Railways.
See also
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Railway stations in Angola
Railway stations in Angola include:
Towns served by rail
North line (Luanda Railway) (CFL)
(Also known as '' Luanda Railway'') (originally 1000 mm gauge, now 1067 mm gauge)
* Luanda – port – national capital; junction
** Bung ...
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Transport in Angola
References
Populated places in Namibe Province
Municipalities of Angola
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