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Fun fact 2 about Huambo

Huambo, Palácio do Governador (cropped2)
city

The city was renamed Nova Lisboa in 1928, before reverting to its original name Huambo in 1975.

Huambo
Angola
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Huambo

Angola

Country
Angola
Population
1.9M
Coordinates
-12.78, 15.74
170th most populous city in the world

Huambo, formerly Nova Lisboa, is the third-most populous city in Angola, after the capital city Luanda and Lubango, with a population of 710,000 (2024) in the city and a population of 836,293 in the municipality of Huambo.

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