Viana, Angola
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Viana is a suburb 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...

, 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...

, in Luanda Province. It is home to about 6,000 long-term refugees, primarily from Katanga Province
Katanga Province
Katanga Province is one of the provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Between 1971 and 1997, its official name was Shaba Province. Under the new constitution, the province was to be replaced by four smaller provinces by February 2009; this did not actually take place.Katanga's regional...

 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...

. Viana is about a 90 minute drive from downtown Luanda. It is home to the Estádio do Santos
Estádio do Santos
Estádio do Santos is a multi-use stadium in Viana, Angola. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 17,000 and was built in 2003.Santos Futebol Clube plays its home matches at the stadium....

, a 17,000 seat stadium built in 2003 that is used primarily for football matches.

Transport

Viana is served by a station on the northern line of Angolan Railways.

It is to become a dry port
Dry port
A dry port is an inland intermodal terminal directly connected by road or rail to a seaport and operating as a centre for the transshipment of sea cargo to inland destinations....

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