Viana, Luanda

Viana is a city and one of the nine municipalities that make up the province of Luanda in Angola. Viana lies 15 to 30 kilometers east as a suburb of the capital Luanda and has a population of 2,092,439 (2022),^[1] including about 6,000 long-term refugees primarily from Katanga Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Viana
City and province
Acail metallurgical industry, in the Viana Industrial Sector, in 2010
Viana Viana's location in Angola
Coordinates: 08°54′09″S 13°22′20″E
Country	Angola
Province	Luanda Province
Population  (2022)[1]
• Total	2,092,439
Time zone	UTC+1:00 (WAT)

The city was founded on 13 December 1963.^{[citation needed]}

Administrative divisions

The municipality of Viana is made up of three communes:

• Zango
• Calumbo
• Viana

Transportation

Near Viana the new airport of Luanda, the Angola International Airport, will be built by the Chinese company China International Fund.^{[citation needed]} Because of financial problems the project is on hold.^{[citation needed]}

Viana is served by a station on the northern line of Angolan Railways (CFL).

It is to become a dry port.^[2]

See also

• Railway stations in Angola
• Transport in Angola