Sambizanga

Ponta das Lagostas Lighthouse
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Location	Ponta das Lagostas, Sambizanga, Angola
Coordinates	8°45′26″S 13°18′11″E / 8.757361°S 13.303°E
Constructed	1880 (first); 1930 (second)
Foundation	concrete base
Construction	fiber glass tower (current); masonry tower (first & second)
Tower height	15 metres (49 ft) (current); 14 metres (46 ft) (second)
Tower shape	cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern (current); quadrangular tower atop a 2-storey keeper’s house; quadrangular tower with balcony and lantern (second)
Markings	white and red horizontal band tower (current); white tower (first & second)
Power source	solar power
Operator	Instituto Marítimo e Portuário de Angola
Deactivated	1930 (first)
Focal height	81 metres (266 ft)
Range	7 nmi (13 km; 8.1 mi)
Characteristic	Oc(2) R 6s
Admiralty no.	D5100
NGA no.	25576
Angola no.	PT-5204
ARLHS no.	ANO014
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Sambizanga is one of the six urban districts that make up the municipality of Luanda, in the province of Luanda.

Overview[]

Sambizanga has 14.5 km ² and about 244,000 inhabitants. Limited to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, on the north by the municipality of Cacuaco, in the East by the municipality of Cazenga and south by the municipalities of Ingombota and Rangel. It comprises the municipalities of Sambizanga, Bairro Operário and Ngola Kiluanje. Sambizanga is home to the Progresso Associação do Sambizanga football club of the Girabola and the residential area Avenida Comandante Valòdia.

Mercado Roque Santeiro, the largest open-air market in Africa, was located in the district.^[3]

2007 Shooting[]

In December 2007, film director began shooting a film in Sambizanga. On 18 December, police mistook actors in Ribeiro's film, who were carrying unloaded firearms, as actual criminals and opened fire on them, killing two. Interior Minister Roberto Leal Monteiro said "We won't rest until police at all levels realise they are public servants,"