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Lobito

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Lobito (lōbē`tō, lvē`tō), city (1983 est. pop. 150,000), W central Angola, on the Atlantic Ocean. Angola's most important port after Luanda Luanda (lăn`də,–än`də), city (1995 est. pop.
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, it is also a road hub and the western terminus of the trans-African Benguela railroad, which connects the port with the mines in the Congo and Zambia. The city is built mainly on reclaimed land. The harbor, protected by a sandbar, is among the best on Africa's west coast, but the Angolan civil war, which closed the railroad, caused the port to fall largely into disuse. Lobito was founded by the Portuguese in 1843. The completion of the railroad from Benguela in 1929 made Lobito an important commercial center and Angola's chief port, but it declined in the 1970s due to damage of port facilities during the war of independence from Portugal.
Lobito
the chief port in Angola, in the west on Lobito Bay: terminus of the railway through Benguela to Mozambique. Pop.: 70 000 (latest est.)


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Wang J, Zheng L, Lobito A, Chan FK, Dale J, Sheller M, Yen X, Puck JM, Straus SE, Lenardo MJ.
Boulle said that he discussed Robertson's long-held interest in restoring the Benguela railway line, which would connect Zaire's mineral-rich Shaba province to the Angolan port of Lobito.
UNAVEM II, in cooperation with the Angolan Government, on 31 March launched an operation to help some 4,000 civilian refugees reach Benguela and Lobito, where humanitarian aid was being provided by the World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
 
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