Lobito (Angola)

Last modified: 2021-01-02 by bruce berry
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• Background
• Lobito flag
• Colonial era Municipal Arms

See also:

• Angola
• Angola : national index
• Benguela Province

Background

Lobito is a municipality in Benguela Province in Angola, located on the Atlantic Coast north of the Catumbela Estuary.  It consists of the communes of Canjala, Egipto, Praia and Lobito. It is the coastal terminus of the Benguela Railway which links the copper belt regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia with the port.
Valentin Poposki, 06 Sept 2020

Lobito flag

  image by Valentin Poposki, 06 Sept 2020

The flag of Lobito is blue with the city emblem, above the name of the city, in white in the centre.  The emblem is in the form of a shield with a sun rising above stylistic waves.
Valentin Poposki, 06 Sept 2020

Colonial era Municipal Arms

  image sent by  Valentin Poposki, 06 Sept 2020

Prior to the independence of Angola in 1975, Lobito used a coat of arms based on the Portuguese pattern. 
Valentin Poposki, 06 Sept 2020