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Agostinho Neto

António Agostinho Neto Kilamba was an Angolan communist revolutionary, politician and poet.

Agostinho Neto
Agostinho Neto · Rob Mieremet / Anefo
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António Agostinho Neto Kilamba was an Angolan communist revolutionary, politician and poet. He served as the first president of Angola from 1975 to 1979, after leading the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) during the war for independence. He led the MPLA during the beginning of the Angolan Civil War, which began in 1975 and lasted until 2002. An author of several books, he is considered Angola's preeminent poet. His birthday is celebrated as National Heroes' Day, a public holiday in Angola.

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São Tomé (TMS), 8 km · Port Gentil (POG), 264 km
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    267 km · quickest by air, 4h 41m · $170–260
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    303 km · quickest by air, 4h 44m · $180–270
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Agostinho Neto. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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  • Get aroundShared yellow minivans ply multiple routes.

From Wikivoyage: São Tomé, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

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