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Lubango
Municipality in Huila, Angola

Lubango

Lubango, formerly known as Sá da Bandeira, is a municipality in Angola, capital of the Huíla Province, with a population of 890,384 in 2024.

Plan a trip to Lubango→From Luanda (Ícolo e Bengo)

The city center had a population of 805,272 in 2024 making it the second-most populous city in Angola after the capital city Luanda.

Get in

Getting to Lubango

  1. 01
    Lubango Mukanka Airport

    TAAG Angola Airlines flies between Lubango and the other major cities of Angola, including the capital Luanda.

  2. 02
    Long

    4 de Fevereiro (5 km east of city center).

  3. 03
    City center Macon
  4. 04
    Lubango

    The cost in "Special" (2de class) is 8.500 Kz.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Sé Catedral de São José

    Praça 1° de Maio (Centro histórico).

  2. 02
    Cristo Rei

    At the top of the hill, overlooking the city, a giant statue of the Christ similar to the Corcovado in Rio de Janeiro.

  3. 03
    Fenda da Tundavala

    Impressive cliff with a panoramic viewpoint.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Estádio Nossa Senhora do Monte

    Multi-use stadium, most often used to host football matches hosted by the local club C.D.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Café do Monte

    Agostinho Neto (next to Shoprite supermarket).

  2. 02
    Restaurante Lana

    Rua Boulevard do Mucufi (next to the Mucufi river, between Rua Aníbal de Melo and E280).

  3. 03
    Restaurante Katedral

    Avenida 4 de Fevereiro (on Praça 1° de Maio).

How locals move

Getting around Lubango the local way

  • Get aroundThe white and blue shared minibus run along the main roads (R.

From Wikivoyage: Lubango, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-01.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Edward Middleton (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons.