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unusual facts about Viana, Luanda


Belas, Luanda

Belas is one of the seven municipalities that make up the province of Luanda, as per the new administrative division of the province (the others being, Luanda, Cazenga, Cacuaco, Viana, Icolo e Bengo and Quiçama).


2012 Supertaça Compal

The 2012 Season of the Supertaça Compal, (3rd edition), took place in Benguela and Luanda, Angola from February 14 to 19, 2012 and was contested by six teams from Angola, Portugal and Mozambique split into two groups, each group playing in a round robin system, the first of each group playing for the title, the second for third place and the third for fifth place.

Africa Humanitarian Action

AHA worked in the Viana(refugee camp) with IDPs from the provinces of Malange, Moxico and Kwanza.

Afro-Brazilian history

The profits were huge: in 1810 a slave purchased in Luanda for 70,000 réis was sold in the District of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, for up to 240,000 réis.

Agustín Viana

Viana was part of Uruguay's youth team set ups, including the U20 squad that competed in the 2003 South American U-20 Championship held in his native Uruguay.

Álvaro Magalhães

In the latter years of the decade, he had spells in Romania and Angola, being league champion in the latter country with Grupo Desportivo Interclube, the second time in the Luanda club's history.

Álvaro VII of Kongo

The new king sent a trusted Capuchin monk, Friar Girolamo of Montesarchio, to make peace with the Portuguese in to Luanda, Angola, in Christmas 1665.

Angola–Soviet Union relations

The Soviets, trying to increase their influence in Luanda, began sending busts of Vladimir Lenin, a plane full of brochures with Brezhnev's speech at the February 1976 Party Congress, and two planes full of pamphlets denouncing Mao Zedong, to Angola.

Basque Prehistory

Some towns like La Custodia (Biana, Navarre) would become clearly romanized, while others not far away, like La Hoya, would retain their original native character fully.

Bento Kangamba

In this sense, and after some time, formed a club whose members were young Cazenga and Palanca, who joined forces and started making games in the friendly province of Luanda.

Cacuaco

Cacuaco is one of the seven municipalities that make up the province of Luanda, as per the new administrative division of the province (the others being, Luanda, Belas, Cazenga, Viana, Icolo e Bengo and Quiçama).

Carlos Correa

Gabriel Correa (Carlos Gabriel Correa Viana, born 1968), footballer

China Sonangol International Airlines

The airline provides thrice-weekly services from Luanda to Houston on a Boeing 747-400 (10 First Class, 143 Business Class and 36 Economy Class seats) operated by Atlas Air.

Eddy Silvestre Pascual Israfilov

Eddy's father, Domingo Pascual, was born in Luanda (Angola), while his mother, Elnara Israfilova, comes from Azerbaijan.

Filipe Ramos

Filipe Manuel Esteves Ramos (born 21 April 1970 in Luanda, Angola), known as simply Filipe, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a midfielder, and a current coach.

Final Stroke

The shots took place in Lisbon at UZI studios and the video was produced by Vasco Viana.

Ganguela

The peoples later called "Ganguela" have been known to the Portuguese since the 17th century, when they became involved in the commercial activities developed by the colonial bridgeheads of Luanda and Benguela which existed at that time.

Gil Gomes

Nélson Gil de Almeida Gomes (born 2 December 1972 in Luanda, Angola), known as Gil, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a forward.

Grupo Opaia SA

For reasons of purchase, investment and international knowledge among others, there are offices abroad in Lisbon in Portugal, São Paulo in Brazil, Guangzhou in China, Miami in the US and the main office is in the own capital Luanda.

Iberian Union

He likewise conquered the Portuguese possessions of Elmina Castle, Saint Thomas, and Luanda, Angola, on the west coast of Africa.

Jelon Vieira

In 2007, after having devoted many years to Grupo Capoeira Brasil, he founded Grupo Capoeira Luanda.

Lead Masks Case

The two men were identified as Manoel Pereira de Cruz and Miguel Jose Viana, two electronic technicians from Campos dos Goytacazes, a town several miles to the northeast of Rio de Janeiro.

Luanda Province

In 2011 Luanda Province was subdivided into seven municipalities, namely, Luanda, Belas, Cacuaco, Cazenga, Icolo e Bengo, Quiçama and Viana.

Luís Manuel Ferreira Delgado

Luís Manuel Ferreira Delgado, better known as Delgado (born 1 November 1979 in Luanda, Angola), is an Angolan football left defender.

Mantorras

Mantorras did not forget his humble roots: soon after joining Benfica, he turned his thoughts to the less fortunate in his homeland, promising to donate a hefty percentage of his wages to set up a home for street kids in Luanda.

Manuel Alexandre Jamuana

Manuel Alexandre Jamuana, known simply as Jamuana, in an Angolan footballer who plays as a defender for Petro Atlético in Luanda and for the Angola national team.

Marco Airosa

Marco Ibraim de Sousa Airosa (born 6 August 1984 in Luanda) is an Angolan footballer who plays for AEL Limassol on loan from C.D. Nacional in Portugal, as a right defender.

Mário Hipólito

Mário Damião Hipólito (born June 1, 1985 in Luanda) is an Angolan football goalkeeper, who plays for Interclube in the Girabola.

Mfulupinga Nlando Victor

Mfulupinga Nlandu Victor was killed on 2 July 2004 , a Friday, in Luanda, hours after attending a meeting of the Council of the Republic, organ who was a member of a group of elements hitherto unknown.

Miloy

Marcos Hermenegildo Joaquim Henriques (born 27 May 1981 in Luanda), better known as Miloy, is an Angolan football midfielder, who plays for Santos de Angola in the Girabola.

Niccolò Granello

He went to the Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial with his half-brother Fabrizio Castello and other team members who had accompanied his stepfather from Genoa, including brothers Gian Maria and Francesco da Urbino, Francesco da Viana and others, with whom he worked continuously in the decoration of vaults and some walls of various units of the basilica and monastery of El Escorial until his death.

Norberto Mulenessa Maurito

Norberto Mauro da Costa Mulenessa known as Maurito (born June 24, 1981 in Luanda) is an Angolan football striker and winger currently playing for Minangkabau F.C. in Liga Primer Indonesia and the Angola national football team.

Paulo António Alves

Born in Luanda, Paulão arrived in Portugal in 1994, where he would spend the following eight years of his career, joining Vitória de Setúbal from Estrela Clube Primeiro de Maio.

Pavilhão Dream Space

The Pavilhão do Dream Space is a private-owned sports arena located in Kikuxi, Viana, Luanda.

Portuguese Army Commandos

In its history, the commandos were formed in Zemba, Angola, after June 25, 1962, in Quibala, Angola, since June 30, 1963, in Namaacha, Mozambique, since February 13, 1964, in Bra, Guinea, since July 23, 1964, in Luanda, Angola, after June 29, 1965, in Lamego, Portugal, since April 12, 1966 and in Montepuez, Mozambique, after October 1, 1969.

Rail transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

In 2012, Angola started plans for a line from Luanda via the Matadi Bridge to the enclave of Cabinda province which necessarily crosses Congo territory, with a junction with Congo's Matadi-Kinshasa Railway.

Ricardo Talu

Ricardo Talu (born July 21, 1993 in Luanda, Angola) is a Dutch footballer who plays for Eredivisie club PEC Zwolle.

Rick Lomba

He was tragically killed in 1994 while on location in Angola filming the Luanda Zoo Rescue Operation when he was attacked by an escaped Bengal tiger.

Santa Isabel, Espírito Santo

As part of this program the first 39 families from North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate (then known as Rheinpreussen in German or Prússia Renana in Portuguese, today those names are only historical), arrived to Vitória on the 21 of December 1846, first they settled in Viana but in 1857 most families followed on to found Santa Isabel Colony in the 27th of January 1857.

Sequeira Costa

José Carlos de Sequeira Costa (born 18 July 1929, Luanda, Angola) is a Portuguese pianist who is especially admired for his interpretations of the Romantic repertoire.

TAAG Angola Airlines

Portuguese news agency Lusa said the aircraft had taken off from the Angolan capital, Luanda, and was trying to land at M'banza-Kongo in the province of Zaire, which is in northern Angola near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Titi Buengo

André "Titi" Buengo (born 11 February 1980 in Luanda, Angola) is an Angolan football striker who plays for Penang.

Titica

Born Teca Miguel Garcia in Luanda, Titica began her career as a backing dancer with acts such as Noite e Dia, Propria Lixa and Puto Portugues.

Valdemar António Almeida

Valdemar António Almeida (born 9 March 1992 in Luanda) aka Pana, is a Angolan footballer who plays for Marítimo B as a midfielder.

Viana do Castelo

Viana do Castelo Municipality, a city and municipality in Viana do Castelo District, Portugal

Viana, Espírito Santo

In 1961, the city was made the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Viana.

War of the Three Sanchos

Tradition is divided over who had the victory, the Chronicle of San Juan de la Peña attributes a rout to the Navarrese and Aragonese at Viana, while the Primera crónica attributes victory to Sancho of Castile.

William Carvalho

Born in Luanda, Angola, Carvalho moved to Portugal as an infant, and joined Sporting Clube de Portugal's youth system at the age of 13.

Zaire Province

Soyo Airport and Mbanza Congo Airport have paved runways and regular flights to Luanda.


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