Transport in Angola

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Transport in Angola comprises:

Roads

Two trans-African automobile routes pass through Angola:

Map of Trans-African Highways.PNG|Map of Trans-African Highways.

Walking home.jpg|Walking home on EN 105.

Tired are they.jpg|Donkey-drawn carts.

Transportation Jingu.jpg|Three-wheeled motorcycles.

The riches transportation.jpg|Trucks.

Midd Town Luanda.jpg|Automobiles in Luanda.

The Nowhere road.jpg|New highway (2019).

Railways

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There are three separate railway lines in Angola:

Reconstruction of these three lines began in 2005 and they are now all operational. The Benguela Railway connects to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Waterways

  • 1,300 km navigable (2008)

:country comparison to the world: 36

Pipelines

  • gas 352 km; liquid petroleum gas 85 km; crude oil 1,065 km (2013)

In April 2012, the Zambian Development Agency (ZDA) and an Angolan company signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to build a multi-product pipeline from Lobito to Lusaka, Zambia, to deliver various refined products to Zambia.{{cite news |url=http://www.times.co.zm/?p=4888|title=Govt, Angola Ink U.S.$2.5 Billion Oil Deal |author=Chila Namaiko |publisher=Times of Zambia|location=Lusaka, Zambia|date=14 April 2012|access-date=29 May 2012}}{{cite web |url= http://www.times.co.zm/?p=8706 |title=Angola ready to 'oil' Zambia|work=Times of Zambia|location=Lusaka, Zambia|date=9 May 2012|access-date=29 May 2012}}

Angola plans to build an oil refinery in Lobito in the coming years.

Ports and harbors

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The government plans to build a deep-water port at Barra do Dande, north of Luanda, in Bengo province near Caxito.{{Cite news|url=http://www.portalangop.co.ao/motix/pt_pt/noticias/transporte/2011/10/47/Futuro-porto-Barra-Dande-sera-dos-maiores-Africa,f783485b-ea77-47e9-b395-a74ed09d6188.html|title=Futuro porto da Barra do Dande será um dos maiores de África|work=ANGOP|access-date=2017-07-10|language=PT-PT}}

Merchant marine

  • total: 58

:country comparison to the world: 115

  • by type: cargo 13, oil tanker 8, other 37 (2008)

Airports

  • 102 (2021)

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The old airport in Luanda, Quatro de Fevereiro Airport, will be replaced by the new Dr. Antonio Agostinho Neto International Airport.

= Airports – with paved runways =

  • total: 30
  • over 3,047 m: 5
  • 2,438 to 3,047 m: 8
  • 1,524 to 2,437 m: 12
  • 914 to 1,523 m: 4
  • under 914 m: 1 (2008)

= Airports – with unpaved runways =

  • total: 181 (2008)
  • over 3,047 m: 2
  • 2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
  • 1,524 to 2,437 m: 32
  • 914 to 1,523 m: 100
  • under 914 m: 42 (2008)

= Angolan Airlines =

= Heliports =

  • total: 1 (2021)

References

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