Huambo

Huambo, formerly Nova Lisboa ("New Lisbon" in Portuguese), is the capital of Huambo Province in Angola. The city is about 220 km east of Benguela and 600 km south-east of Luanda. The city is the second largest in Angola, after the capital city, Luanda. It has the Albano Machado Airport.

Huambo
Municipality and town
Jardim da Cultura
Coordinates: 12°46′S 15°44′E
Country	Angola
Province	Huambo Province
Elevation	5,646 ft (1,721 m)
Population
• Metro	>1,000,000
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)

The name Huambo comes from Wambu. Wambu was one of the 14 old Ovimbundu kingdoms of the central Angolan plateau.