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Luanda is Angola’s capital and largest city. Located on the northern Atlantic coast, Luanda is the most populous Portuguese-speaking capital in the world and Angola’s chief seaport. Luanda is also one of the oldest colonial cities in Africa, founded in 1576 by Portuguese explorer Paulo Dias de Novais. The bustling city is shown at sunset.
Luanda Marginal or the Avenida 4 de Fevereiro (Avenue of the Fourth of February) at night. The Marginal is an elevated scenic 5.5 km (3.4 mi) route running parallel to Luanda Bay in Angola.
The Marginal in Luanda, Angola, has many scenic views of the ocean and the city, and this view shows the Ilha de Luanda (Island of Luanda) in the distance.
Fortaleza de Sao Miguel (Saint Michael Fortress) is a Portuguese polygonal-form fortress built in 1575 on a high plateau overlooking Luanda and the bay. The fortress was the administrative center of the colony and a major outlet for the slave trade. Today Fortaleza de Sao Miguel is a major tourist attraction and houses a museum of Angola's armed forces.
Located some 30 km north of Luanda, Angola's capital, is 2.5 km-long Shipwreck Beach. The area acquired its name in the 1970s when bankrupt companies towed their old ships to this remote beach, forming a ship graveyard. The ships date back to the 1960s; the largest of the more than 20 rusting hulks is an oil tanker named "Karl Marx."
Calandula Falls is a broad, horseshoe-shaped waterfall located in Calandula, Malanje Province, Angola; it is one of the largest waterfalls by volume in Africa. Located on the Lucala River, some 360 km from Angola’s capital city of Luanda, the falls are 105 m (114.8 yd) high and 400 m (437.4 yd) wide.
Located 40 km (24.9 mi) south of Luanda, Angola, is the stunning geologic formation known as Miradouro da Lua (Portuguese for “Viewpoint of the Moon”). The distinctive tri-color (orange, white, tan) cliffs were carved by wind and rain erosion and to some look like a setting from another planet or, per the name, the moon.
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