Namibe is a province

Provinces of Angola

Angola is divided into eighteen provinces:-See also:* ISO 3166-2:AO, the ISO codes for Angola....

 of Angola

Angola

Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...

, previously known as Moçâmedes when under Portuguese rule. It has an area of 57,091 km² and a population estimated (2006, official) of 313,667. The port and city of Namibe

Namibe

Namibe is the capital city of Namibe Province in Angola. It is a coastal desert city located in southwestern Angola and was founded in 1840 by the Portuguese rulers of the territory. The city's current population is 132,900...

 is the capital of the province with a population of 132,900 in 2004. Iona National Park

Iona National Park

Iona National Park is a National park in Namibe Province of Angola. It is about 200 km from the city of Namibe and, at 5850 sq. miles, the largest in the country. Before the independence of Angola and the Angolan Civil War, Iona was an "animal paradise, rich in big game"...

 is also located there.

Near the coast of the Bentiaba desert have been found Late Cretaceous

Late Cretaceous

The Late Cretaceous is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous period is divided in the geologic timescale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous series...

 fossils of sharks, turtles, mosasaurs, plesiosaurs and sauropods.

Municipalities

• Bibala
  Bibala
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• Camacuio
• Namibe
  Namibe
  Namibe is the capital city of Namibe Province in Angola. It is a coastal desert city located in southwestern Angola and was founded in 1840 by the Portuguese rulers of the territory. The city's current population is 132,900...
  
  
• Tômbua
• Virei
  Virei
  Virei is a municipality of Namibe Province, Angola. It has an area of 15,092 km2. As of 2006, the municipality of Virei had an estimated population of 9,096....