Sambizanga is one of six counties that constitute the urban city of Luanda

Luanda

Luanda, formerly named São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda, is the capital and largest city of Angola. Located on Angola's coast with the Atlantic Ocean, Luanda is both Angola's chief seaport and its administrative center. It has a population of at least 5 million...

,is one of the dutiest plances on earth Angola .

Overview

Sambizanga has 14.5 km ² and about 244,000 inhabitants. Limit the west by the Atlantic Ocean on the North by the municipality of Cacuaco

Cacuaco

Cacuaco is a municipality in Luanda Province, Angola. It is a suburb of the capital, Luanda. It has a population of 600,000 and is the site of transmission for the Marburg virus.- Transport :...

 , in the East by the municipality of Cazenga

Cazenga

Cazenga is a municipality in Luanda Province, Angola. It has a population of 425 000 inhabitants. It is also divided into three communes, namely Tala-Hady, Cazenga-Popular and Hoji-ya-Henda.- References :...

  and south by the municipalities of Ingombota

Ingombota

Ingombota is one of nine counties that constitute the urban city of Luanda the capital city of Angola.Ingombota has 9.6 square kilometers and about 370 000 inhabitants...

  and Rangel

Rangel (Angola)

Rangel is one of nine municipalities, which form the metropolitan area of ​​the Angolan capital of Luanda, in the Luanda Province.Rangel has an area of 6.2 square kilometres and about 261 000 inhabitants . It is bordered to the west by the municipalities of Ingombota, north by Sambizanga, the east...

. It comprises the municipalities of Sambizanga , Bairro Operário and Ngola Kiluanje . Sambizanga is home to the Progresso Associação do Sambizanga

Progresso Associação do Sambizanga

Progresso Associação do Sambizanga is an Angolan football club based in Luanda. They play their home games at the Campo de São Paulo.-Performance in CAF competitions:*CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearance-Current squad:As of 2011, January 1...

 football club of the Girabola

Girabola

Girabola is the top division of Angolan football, and it is organized by the Angolan Football Federation.The league winner and runner-up qualify for the CAF Champions League.- History :...

.

2007 shooting

In December 2007, film director Radical Ribeiro began shooting a film in Sambizanga. On 18 December, police mistook actors in Ribeiro's film, who were carrying unloaded firearms, as actual criminals and opened fire on them, killing two. Interior Minister Roberto Leal Monteiro

Roberto Leal Monteiro

General Roberto Leal Monteiro, nicknamed Ngongo, is Home Affairs Minister of Angola, a top governmental position in that country. He is — along with fellow "top generals" Francisco Higino Carneiro, João Maria de Sousa, Hélder Vieira Dias, and Kundi Paihama — one of the military leaders...

 said "We won't rest until police at all levels realise they are public servants,"

Sources

• Angolan actors 'killed by police' BBC News
  BBC News
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  , 18 December 2007
• Outrage at Angola actor shooting BBC News
  BBC News
  BBC News is the department of the British Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online...
  
  , 19 December 2007