Ambriz

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|settlement_type = Municipality

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|pushpin_map_caption =Location in Angola

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|subdivision_type1 = Admin. division

|subdivision_name1 = Bengo Province

|leader_title = Administrador

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|area_total_km2 = 4,203.5

|population_as_of = 2014 Census

|population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://www.ine.gov.ao/images/Censo_2014/BENGO_PUBLICACAO_RESULTADOS_DEFINITIVOS_VF_03_11_2016_Rev_DG.pdf |title=Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação – 2014 Província do Bengo |access-date=3 May 2020 |website=Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola |df=dmy |archive-date=7 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807182919/https://www.ine.gov.ao/images/Censo_2014/BENGO_PUBLICACAO_RESULTADOS_DEFINITIVOS_VF_03_11_2016_Rev_DG.pdf |url-status=dead }}

|population_total = 22,712

|population_blank1_title= Ethnicities

|population_blank2_title= Religions

|timezone = WAT

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| yearbuilt = ~1930s

| foundation = masonry base

| construction = masonry tower

| shape = quadrangular tower with balcony and lantern

| marking = white tower

| height = {{convert|14|m|ft}}{{cite ngall|113|2015|}}

| focalheight = {{convert|33|m|ft}}

| range = {{convert|16|nmi}}

| characteristic = Fl (4) W 12s.

| country = Angola

| countrynumber = PT-5180{{Cite rowlett|ago|access-date=9 May 2017}}

| managingagent = Instituto Marítimo e Portuário de Angola

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Ambriz is a village and municipality in Bengo Province, Angola. It is located 127 km from the town of Caxito. It borders the municipality of N'zeto, Zaire Province, to the north and the municipality of Dande to the south.

Demographics

The population of Ambriz totals 20,000, of whom the majority are Bakongo; there are also Portuguese descendants, and people of mixed Portuguese-African ancestry.{{cite web |url=http://www.bengo.gov.ao/InformacoesProvinciais.aspx?tipo=Cidades |title=Perfil - município do Ambriz |website=Bengo.gov.ao |access-date=21 Mar 2016 |language=pt}} The population includes people of the Ovimbundu and Kimbundu ethnic groups.

Economy

Fishing is the traditional activity and low-scale agricultural activity. In the past, Ambriz had an oil and gas platform assembly yard (PETROMAR), which was destroyed during warfare in 1992. The base is being reconstructed. In 2007, an Angolan-Portuguese company announced plans to build a biodiesel plant to be fueled by palm oil.

Transportation

The village has a small port and an airport with an unpaved runway.

References

External links

{{cite web|url=http://www.angola.org.uk/prov_bengo.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080802221058/http://www.angola.org.uk/prov_bengo.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 August 2008|title=Provinces of Angola - Bengo|date=2 August 2008|access-date=26 August 2017}}

Category:Populated places in Bengo Province

Category:Populated coastal places in Angola

Category:Municipalities of Angola

Category:Lighthouses in Angola