Barra do Dande

Barra do Dande
commune and town

Road through Barra do Dande
Barra do Dande

Location in Angola

Coordinates: 8°28′22″S 13°22′23″E / 8.47278°S 13.37306°E / -8.47278; 13.37306Coordinates: 8°28′22″S 13°22′23″E / 8.47278°S 13.37306°E / -8.47278; 13.37306
Country  Angola
Province Bengo
Municipality Dande
Time zone WAT (UTC+1)
Climate BSh
Ponta do Dande Lighthouse
Angola
Location Ponta do Dande
Barra do Dande
Angola
Coordinates 8°28′09″S 13°20′50″E / 8.469028°S 13.347222°E / -8.469028; 13.347222
Year first constructed 1968[1]
Construction masonry tower
Tower shape square prism tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern white and red horizontal band tower
Height 20 metres (66 ft)[1]
Focal height 63 metres (207 ft)[2]
Range 16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi)[2]
Characteristic Fl (3) W 10s. [2]
Admiralty number D5080[2]
NGA number 25572[2]
ARLHS number ANO-017[1]
Angola number PT-5193[1]
Managing agent Instituto Marítimo e Portuário de Angola

Barra do Dande is a town and commune in the municipality of Dande, province of Bengo, Angola.

It is located at the mouth of the Dande River.[3]

The government plans to build a deep-water port at Barra do Dande.[4][5] This new port is about 30 km north of Luanda.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Angola". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 List of Lights, Pub. 113: The West Coasts of Europe and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Azovskoye More (Sea of Azov) (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2016.
  3. ↑ "City councils of Angola". Statoids. Retrieved April 6, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Futuro porto da Barra do Dande será um dos maiores de África" [Future port of Barra do Dande will be one of the largest in Africa] (in Portuguese). Angop. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2012. Article on the presentation at Expotrans by the general director of the Instituto Marítimo e Portuário de Angola, Victor Carvalho
  5. ↑ Railway stations in Angola


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