Huambo

Huambo is a city in Central Angola, and capital of the Huambo Province. It is one of the largest provincial cities in Angola, comparable in size with Lubango and Lobito/Benguela. Wikivoyage

Population 844,000 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Angola

• 113PolicePolice
• 115FireFire
• 116AmbulanceAmbulance

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Angola

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

• Praça da Independencia Memorial · 10 m
• Estátua da Deolinda Rodríguez de Almeida Memorial · 540 m
• Museu Municipal Museum · 590 m

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Somewhere to run

• Estufa Fria 600 m across 830 m
• Jardim da Cultura 220 m across 520 m

Getting around

• São Pedro 1.1 km
• Huambo 1.9 km
• Macon 1.9 km
• Santa Iria 5.0 km

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