Luanda, Angola: The 'African Miami' (Pics)































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Luanda looks a lot better than Miami, Florida.

choi !
Angola beat naija hands down

Wonderful . . . . . .

This place looks like Naija to me and I can't mistaken it for America in any way. Look at those disgusting white and black stripes that characterize naija cities. Its an Abuja level city and is still developing as well. Maybe in 100years time it will surpass Miami with organized rail system, sewage disposal, constant electricity, functioning domestic gas line, functioning health insurance etc.

Abagworo: This place looks like Naija to me and I can't mistaken it for America in any way. Look at those disgusting white and black stripes that characterize naija cities. Its an Abuja level city and is still developing as well. Maybe in 100years time it will surpass Miami with organized rail system, sewage disposal, constant electricity, functioning domestic gas line, functioning health insurance etc.

stop lying for once this man
there is no part of the pictures here that look like naija
for one it looks clean and fresh
keep lying to yourself

Abagworo: This place looks like Naija to me and I can't mistaken it for America in any way. Look at those disgusting white and black stripes that characterize naija cities. Its an Abuja level city and is still developing as well. Maybe in 100years time it will surpass Miami with organized rail system, sewage disposal, constant electricity, functioning domestic gas line, functioning health insurance etc.

Bro you must be blind.... please consult your doctor....

This is the kind of society our leaders envisioned for independent Western Region, orderly and aesthetic. We had started to create the building blocks..but Nigeria threw its wrench in it in 1963.

Luanda is beautiful.

Eko onibaje ooo

NIGERIAN Leaders should cover their faces in shame only to share ghana must go is what they know.

Every major Nigerian city (not just Lagos and Abuja) in every region should at least look close to what Luanda is; that is if matching it is a bit of a tall order! Nigeria has to be a real federation with viable and strong component parts for this to happen.

Nigerian cities cannot look like Luanda until we do the right thing in terms of restructuring the polity, leadership recruitment and recognition of merit over other parochial, ethnic and religious considerations! To get to Luandas level we all have to have national pride.......with everyone (north, south, east and west) pulling in the same direction!

How much to get angolan passport

re@lchange:
choi !
Angola beat naija hands down

Damn! For real!

Nigerian architecture and physical infrastructures are SO tacky!!!

The only redeemable looking city in Nigeria is Abuja and even that one I grade a C-.

Mayor_of_Lagos: This is the kind of society our leaders envisioned for independent Western Region, orderly and aesthetic. We had started to create the building blocks..but Nigeria threw its wrench in it in 1963.

Luanda is beautiful.

You may not know how Nigeria's Economic Development was stunted from 1970-1999. Things were working well, trains were running, kids were scoring well in school. Please restrain yourself to what you know.

And it's not like the average Angolan is better off economically than the average Nigerian!

Nigerian architects and project planners simply have no taste! Just gaudy, lopsided, sparsely distributed and CHEAP looking buildings all around!

Ghanaians are guilty of this too. In short West African countries fall my hand for that one.

Whilst we fool around ..

The rest of Africa are not waiting for us - they are moving forward.

Very impressive developments !

nnenna.1:
And it's not like the average Angolan is better off economically than the average Nigerian!

Nigerian architects and project planners simply have no taste! Just gaudy, lopsided, sparsely distributed and CHEAP looking buildings all around!

Ghanaians are guilty of this too. In short West African countries fall my hand for that one.

First of all thats their oil dollar working well for them, which is very goods for them as there has been increased chinese investment in Angolas infrastructure. Trust me most of those building either lie empty or are occupied by expatriates. The average citizen of that country cannot afford those houses. They are one of the most expensive real estate on the continent. One good thing going for them is that the population is not as large as that of lagos hence its easy to plan. LUANDA IS OUR ABUJA.......ABJ has its good side and bad likewise Angola.....one thing they have in common is the ridiculous real estate prices.

Luanda is damn beautiful than nigeria no doubt.

GenBuhari: Whilst we fool around ..

The rest of Africa are not waiting for us - they are moving forward.

Very impressive developments !

General Mohammadu Buhari is among the policy makers that INTENTIONALLY stunted Nigeria's Economic Development.

Trust me your better of living in Lagos than in Luanda............way way better off, that all that matters

impressed by quality of mass public housing.

You get the impression that you those blocks are rented to the masses by the local govt.

In the 20 months Buhari was in power, Nigeria made good progress.

youngmonie: Trust me your better of living in Lagos than in Luanda............way way better off, that all that matters

GenBuhari: In the 20 months Buhari was in power, Nigeria made good progress.

In the 20 months Gen Buhari imposed himself as the Head Master over Nigerians, using soldiers to FLOG people into queues. Then you ask, who ELECTED Gen Mohammadu Buhari to be god over Nigerians.

Angola: Statistics
Economy
Budget Expenditures $36.60 billion (2011 est.)
Budget revenues $49.38 billion (2011 est.)
Debt - external $18.78 billion (2011 est.)
Electricity Consumption 3.659 billion kWh (2009 est.)
Electricity Exports 0 kWh (2009 est.)
Electricity Imports 0 kWh (2009 est.)
Electricity Production 4.08 billion kWh (2009 est.)
Exports $65.80 billion (2011 est.)
GDP - purchasing power parity $116.30 billion (2011 est.)
Note: data are in 2011 US dollars
GDP - real growth rate 3.9% (2011 est.)
Imports $19.75 billion (2011 est.)
Industrial production growth rate 5% (2010 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 13.5% (2011 est.)
Labor force 8.24 million (2011 est.)
Natural Gas Consumption 733 million cu m (2010 est.)
Natural Gas Exports 0 cu m (2009 est.)
Natural Gas Imports 0 cu m (2009 est.)
Natural Gas Production 734 million cu m (2010 est.)
Natural Gas Proved Reserves 310 billion cu m (2012 est.)
Oil Consumption 79.43 thousand bbl/day (2011 est.)
Oil Exports 1.851 million bbl/day (2009 est.)
Oil Imports 38.28 thousand bbl/day (2009 est.)
Oil Production 1.988 million bbl/day (2010 est.)
Oil Proved Reserves 9.5 billion bbl (2011 est.)
People
HIV/AIDS - Adult Prevalence Rate 2% (2009 est.)
Infant mortality rate 83.53 deaths per 1,000 live births (2012 est.)
Population 18,056,072 (2012 est.)
Population Below Poverty Line 40.5% (2006 est.)
Population growth rate 2.784% (2012 est.)
Total fertility rate 5.54 children per woman (2012 est.)
Ethnic Groups:
Ovimbundu 37%, Kimbundu 25%, Bakongo 13%, mestico (mixed European and native African) 2%, European 1%, other 22%
Nationality:
noun: Angolan(s) adjective: Angolan
Religions:
indigenous beliefs 47%, Roman Catholic 38%, Protestant 15% (1998 est.)
Languages:
Portuguese (official), Bantu and other African languages
Geography
Location:
Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Namibia and Democratic Republic of the Congo
Area
Total: 1,246,700 sq. km
Land: 1,246,700 sq. km
Water: 0 sq. km
Coastline: 1,600 km
Climate:
semiarid in south and along coast to Luanda; north has cool, dry season (May to October) and hot, rainy season (November to April)
Terrain:
narrow coastal plain rises abruptly to vast interior plateau
Elevation Extremes
Lowest Point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Highest Point: Morro de Moco 2,620 m
Environment - International Agreements:
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
International Organization Participation:
ACP, AfDB, AU, CPLP, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OAS (observer), OPEC, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
Technology
Airports 176 (2012 )
Cellular Telephones 9,491,000 (2011 )
Highways 51,429 (2001 )
Internet Hosts 20,703 (2012 )
Internet Users 606,700 (2009 )
Railways 2,764 (2010 )
Telephones 303,200 (2011 )

ckkris: In the 20 months Gen Buhari imposed himself as the Head Master over Nigerians, using soldiers to FLOG people into queues. Then you ask, who ELECTED Gen Mohammadu Buhari to be god over Nigerians.

Some of you liars just believe repeating lies over and over can make the lies stick. When did Buhari send soldiers to "FLOG" people into queues? In the present day Nigeria, soldiers are still beating citizens across Nigeria. Does that mean Jonathan also using soldiers to flog the citizens when there have been reports of soldiers brutality in different parts of Nigeria in the last four years? Jonathan sent soldiers to beat hell out of protesters during the oil subsidy protest, does that make him a brutal dictator also? I just imagine how some of you militants sleep at nights after spreading falsehood on the internet. Buhari was in power when dollar worth less than naira. Buhari was in power when orderliness was coming back into our way of life. Buhari was in power when government stopped paying for mallams going to hajj/mecca on government dimes. Buhari was in power when students were getting free text-books and free exercise books.

If Buhari had stayed for few years longer without IBB coup, Nigeria would have been a better place where corruption would be at the barest minimum. Wouldn't you trade Buhari era to the present day Nigeria where absolutely no progress going on?

May God work in your life the same way Jonathan and PDP working on Nigeria's affairs. Amen!

Population -20,000,000
National budget- same as the so called giant of Africa
Electricity product-4,000MW in 2009 for 1/8 of Nigeria's population.
Oil production- largest in Africa .
Diamond production- $2 billion dollars annual in national revenues



This for a country that just came about of 3 decades of civil war


Boko haram
Niger delta criminal
Corrupt politicians ,businessmen ,thug and soldiers
Educated illiterates
Uneducated illiterates
Uneducated literates

After, some lagosians would com here to Brag about that disgusting slum called lagos and be proud of it. FYI: all of nigeria is disgusting so don't brag about where u stay in naija

we always mistake. most african countries can only boast of 1 or 2 cities/towns apart from their capital that are conducive for living with all amenities at your finger tips. the only exception is South Africa, Nigeria and Egypt. Apart from Luanda, there is no meaningful development in other parts of Angola. It is definitely an aberration to be comparing Nigeria (even in our worst state) to Angola.

Luanda is a lovely city and i love the beach but the truth is, you can't compare it with Abuja.

How many Angolans can afford all the houses displayed above? most of their estates are usually scantily occupied.

It so glaring when you see cities that have power. Look at Luanda at Night, beautiful!

And we keep deluding ourselves we are the giant if Africa. Abuja doesn't even come close to this due to lack of power and a few shabby settlements . Other African countries are fast catching up.

Let us keep practicing ethnic politics, religious bigotry, continue to embrace corruption,in a few years threads will spring up on social media on how Angolans hate Nigerians. Because we soon start trooping there. It is just a matter of time. Why? Because we lack the capacity to develop by ourselves. It is not due to the system of government, it is the people.

Nigeria is a dark country where majority are not smart but think they are. Unfortunately, this illogical species far outnumber the logical ones and are multiplying at an astronomical rate that we will soon end up with the dumbest nation on earth.

rman: It so glaring when you see cities that have power. Look at Luanda at Night, beautiful!

And we keep deluding ourselves we are the giant if Africa. Abuja doesn't even come close to this due to lack of power and a few shabby settlements . Other African countries are fast catching up.

Let us keep practicing ethnic politics, religious bigotry, continue to embrace corruption,in a few years threads will spring up on social media on how Angolans hate Nigerians. Because we soon start trooping there. It is just a matter of time. Why? Because we lack the capacity to develop by ourselves. It is not due to the system of government, it is the people.

Nigeria is a dark country where majority are not smart but think they are . Unfortunately, this illogical species far outnumber the logical ones and are multiplying at an astronomical rate that we will soon end up with the dumbest nation on earth.

I'd say majority are greedy

Luanda Definatly has the character and flavour of Miami. Amazing pictures