Namibe Province is a province of Angola. Under Portuguese rule it was the Moçâmedes District. It has an area of 57,091 km2 and had a 2014 census population of 495,326. The port and city of Moçâmedes is the capital of the province with a population of 250,000 in 2014. Iona National Park lies within the province.
Olive trees in Namibe Province
Serra da Leba Road
The Commercial Port of Moçâmedes
Moçâmedes is a city in southwestern Angola, capital of Namibe Province. The city's current population is 255,000. Founded in 1840 by the Portuguese colonial administration, the city was named Namibe between 1985 and 2016. Moçâmedes has a cool dry climate and desert vegetation, because it is near the Namib Desert.
Image: Palacio da Justiça (19515367551) (cropped)
Image: Namibe Waterfront (19432713306)
Image: Fortaleza de São Fernando (19518734932) (cropped)
Image: Palácio do Governo (19515782605) (cropped)