List of renamed places in Angola

This is a list of renamed places in Angola.

Country

Prior to independence in 1975, Angola was known as Portuguese Angola, or occasionally Portuguese West Africa. Upon independence, the country was renamed the Republic of Angola.

Cities and towns

• Teixeira da Silva → Bailundo (1975)
• Benguella → Benguela (1975)
• Vila Robert Williams → Caála (1975)
• Concelho → Caconda (1975)
• Amboim → Cabela → Gabela
• Huambo → Nova Lisboa (1928) → Huambo (1975)^[1]
• Silva Porto → Kuito (1975)
• Loanda → Luanda (1975)
• Teixeira de Sousa → Luau (1975)
• Sá da Bandeira → Lubango
• Vila Luso → Luena (1975)^[2]
• São Salvador → M'banza-Kongo (1975)^[3]
• Serpa Pinto → Menongue (1975)
• Moçâmedes → Namibe (1985) → Moçâmedes (2016)
• Vila Salazar → N'dalatando (1975)
• Kissonde → Benguela → Benguela Velha → Porto Amboim (1923)
• Henrique de Carvalho → Saurimo (1975)
• Santo António do Zaire → Soyo (1975)
• Novo Redondo → Sumbe (1975)
• Porto Alexandre → Tômbwa (1975)
• Uíge → Vila Marechal de Carmona (1955) → Carmona → Uíge (1975)^[4]
• Santa Comba → Waku-Kungo (1975)

Proposed

• Porto Amboim → Gunza/Porto Gabela
• Cabinda → Tchiowa

Other places

• University of General Studies of Angola → University of Luanda (1968) → Agostinho Neto University (1985)^[5]

See also

• Lists of renamed places