Bocoio is a town and

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

Benguela Province Benguela () is a province of Angola, situated in the west of the country. It lies on the Atlantic Ocean, and borders the provinces of Cuanza Sul, Namibe, Huila, and Huambo. The province has an area of and its capital is Benguela. According ...

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 ...

. Its administrative capital is Tchissandji. The municipality had a population of 164,685 in 2014. It is located in the northeast side of the province, 106 km from the capital city, 75 km west of the railway city of

Lobito Lobito is a municipality in Angola. It is located in Benguela Province, on the Atlantic Coast north of the Catumbela Estuary. The Lobito municipality had a population of 393,079 in 2014. History The city was founded in 1843 and owes its existe ...

and 75 km east of the municipality of

Balombo Balombo is a town and municipality in Benguela Province in Angola. The municipality had a population of 108,965 in 2014. The municipality was created in 1954 and covers an area of 2,635 km². It is bordered to the north by the municipality of Ca ...

. The town used to be called Vila Sousa Lara during the colonial period having been established in 1827 by a Mr. Fernando, the first chefe do posto (''town council chief'') to be appointed.

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Populated places in Benguela Province Municipalities of Angola 1827 establishments in the Portuguese Empire {{Angola-geo-stub