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Angola Cities by Population

35 cities shown of 35 total Angola cities that are over 1,000 in population...

1. Luanda 2,776,168
2. Huambo 226,145
3. Lobito 207,932
4. Benguela 151,226
5. Kuito 113,624
6. Lubango 102,541
7. Malanje 87,046
8. Namibe 80,149
9. Soio 67,491
10. Cabinda 66,020
11. Uige 60,008
12. Saurimo 40,498

13. Sumbe 33,277
14. Menongue 32,203
15. Caluquembe 30,300
16. Caxito 28,224
17. Longonjo 24,346
18. Mbanza Congo 24,220
19. Caala 21,205
20. Luena 21,115
21. Lucapa 20,115
22. Camacupa 19,150
23. Catabola 18,855
24. Luau 18,465

25. Nzeto 18,352
26. Catumbela 16,977
27. Camabatela 12,837
28. Uacu Cungo 10,970
29. Caconda 10,549
30. Ondjiva 10,169
31. Quibala 8,915
32. Chissamba 7,677
33. Leua 5,168
34. Lumeje 4,972
35. Cazaji 4,764

Angola History

Khoisan hunter-gatherers are some of the earliest known modern human inhabitants of the area. They were largely replaced by Bantu tribes during Bantu migrations, though small numbers of Khoisan remain in parts of southern Angola to the present day. The Bantu came from the north, probably from somewhere near the present-day Republic of Cameroon. When they reached what is now Angola they encountered the Khoisan, Bushmen and other groups considerably less advanced than themselves, who they easily dominated with their superior knowledge of metal-working, ceramic and agriculture. The establishment of the Bantu took many centuries and gave rise to various groupings who took on different ethnic characteristics.

The geographical areas now designated as Angola first became the subject to incursions by the Portuguese in the late 15th century. In 1483 Portugal established relations with the Kongo State, Ndongo and Lunda existed. The Kongo State stretched from modern Gabon in the north to the Kwanza River in the south. Angola became a link in European trade with India and Southeast Asia. Portuguese explorer Paulo Dias de Novais founded Luanda in 1575 as So Paulo de Loanda"

with a hundred families of settlers and four hundred soldiers. Benguela

a Portuguese fort from 1587

a town from 1617