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Lubango is the capital city of the Angolan province of Huíla. Image File history File links AO-Lubango. ... Huíla is a province of Angola. ...

Economy

Lubango's economy is based on agriculture, especially meat products, cereals, sisal, tobacco, fruits and vegetables produced in the surrounding fertile region. Food processing, leather tanning, and consumer goods industries dominate the industrial sector. Flesh redirects here. ... This article is about cereals in general. ... Binomial name Agave sisalana Perrine Sisal or sisal hemp is an agave Agave sisalana that yields a stiff fiber used in making rope. ... Species Nicotiana acuminata Nicotiana alata Nicotiana attenuata Nicotiana benthamiana Nicotiana clevelandii Nicotiana excelsior Nicotiana forgetiana Nicotiana glauca Nicotiana glutinosa Nicotiana langsdorffii Nicotiana longiflora Nicotiana obtusifolia Nicotiana paniculata Nicotiana plumbagifolia Nicotiana quadrivalvis Nicotiana repanda Nicotiana rustica Nicotianasuaveolens Nicotiana sylvestris Nicotiana tabacum Nicotiana tomentosa Ref: ITIS 30562 as of August 26, 2005... Fruit stall in Barcelona, Spain. ... Vegetables in a market Venn diagram representing the relationship between (botanical) fruits and vegetables. ... Modern leather-working tools Leather is a material created through the tanning of hides, pelts and skins of animals, primarily cows. ... Tanning is the process of conversion of putrescible skin into non putrescible leather. ...

History

Lubango was known as Sá da Bandeira during the Portuguese colonial period.

The very fertile area attracted 55 Boer families of Transvaal (the Dorslandtrekkers) at the beginning of the 1880s. They developed the land and obtained the Portuguese nationality. Because the Portuguese authorities refused to give them the property of the land, 45 of these families moved to German South-West Africa, were they settled in the area of Grootfontein. In 1882 around 1000 settlers came from the impoverished Portuguese island of Madeira. These Portuguese farmers thrived and their subsistence farming consisting of mostly sweet potatoes was very successful. By 1910 there were over 1700 Madeirans living in the settlement that was referred to as Lubango. By 1923 the Moçâmedes Railway had connected the settlement to the coast and the Portuguese made it an official city and renamed it Sá da Bandeira. Because the local semi-nomadic Nhaneka-Humbe people refused to live in the city, Sá da Bandeira was the only city in Angola with a white majority before Independence. After Angola's Independence the city was once again renamed Lubango. Boer is the Afrikaans (and Dutch) word for farmer which came to denote the descendants of the Afrikaans-speaking migrating farmers of the expanding eastern Cape frontier. ... Flag of Transvaal For the Russian theme park, see Transvaal Park. ... Flag of German South West Africa German South-West Africa (German: Deutsch-Südwestafrika, DSWA) was a colony of Germany from 1884 until 1915, when it was taken over by South Africa and administered as South-West Africa, finally becoming Namibia in 1990. ... Grootfontein, Namibia Grootfontein is a city in north eastern Namibia. ... Motto: Das ilhas, as mais belas e livres (Of the islands, the most beautiful and free) Anthem: A Portuguesa (national) Hino da Região Autónoma da Madeira (local) Capital (largest city) Funchal Portuguese Government Autonomous region  - President Alberto João Jardim Independence    - Settled 1420   - Autonomy 1976  Area  - Total 797... Like most farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa, this Cameroonian man cultivates at the subsistence level. ... Binomial name Ipomoea batatas Linnaeus, The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is a crop plant whose large, starchy, sweet-tasting tuberous roots are an important root vegetable. ...

During the Angolan Civil War, Lubango served as a major base of Cuban and government troops. In 2001, A chartered Sociedade de Aviacao Ligeira Beechcraft 1900 crashes into a mountain while attempting to land at Lubango. All but one of the 17 onboard perished. Combatants MPLA SWAPO Republic of Cuba U.S.S.R. UNITA Republic of South Africa Republic of Zaire U.S.A. Commanders José Eduardo dos Santos Jonas Savimbi Casualties Civilians killed = hundreds of thousands Following the end of Portuguese colonial rule in April 1974, newly-independent Angola descended into a... This article is about the year 2001. ... A Sunwest Airlines Beech 1900D at Vancouver International Airport. ...

Transport

Lubango is the site of a major airport (Lubango Airport IATA code:SDD) and headquarters a regiment of fighter bombers regiment of the Angolan Air Force. The town is served by the southern line of the Benguela railway. A ground attack aircraft is an aircraft that is designed to operate very close to the ground, supporting infantry and tanks directly in battle. ... Angolas military is called the FAA, the Portuguese acronym for Angolan Armed Forces, headed by a Chief of Staff who reports to the Minister of Defense. ... The Benguela railway is a railroad operated by the Caminho de Ferro de Benguela that connects the Atlantic port of Lobito, Angola, to the railroad systems of Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Zambia. ...

Interesting facts

• Some Basters (children of African and Cape Colony Dutch descent) emigrated from Namibia to Angola and settled in Lubango, where they are known as the Ouivamo, although many of them were forced to return to Namibia between 1928 and 1930 by white South Africans.
• Marco Abreu, of the Angola national football team was born in Lubango in 1974.