Raul David writer
António Custódio Katchitada cryptographer and polyglot
Laura Soveral (b.1933), Portuguese actress
Edite Soeiro (1934-2009), Portuguese journalist
Milo MacMahon (1940-1985), Angolan singer, musician of the Duo Ouro Negro
Pepetela (b.1941), writer
António Sérgio (1950-2009), Portuguese broadcaster
Pedro Malagueta (b.1951), Portuguese singer
Rui Jordão (b.1952), footballer
João Pereira Jamba (b.1977), footballer
Bruna Tatiana (b.1978), singer and songwriter
Edson de Jesus Nobre (b.1980), footballer
Ciomara Morais (b.1984), actress and model
Leila Lopes (b.1986), Miss Universe 2011
Luís Sá Silva (b.1990) GP3 driver
Alda Lara (b.1930) poet
Alberto da Silva Pepino (b.1922) cyclist
]]>In December 2009 the Ombaka National Stadium was opened with a capacity of 35,000 seats, where some games of the 2010 African Nations Cup were played.
Since then it is the home of Estrela Clube Primeiro de Maio, a club founded in 1981 that won the Cup from Angola in 1982, 1983, 2007, and who became national champion in 1983 and 1985.
He competes in the Angolan national championship, Girabola. In 2012, another Benguela club managed to climb to Girabola, the Clube Nacional de Benguela. Founded in 1920, it won the then unofficial Angola Cup in 1980, and is based at the 5,000-seat Atlético São Filipe stadium.
In 1972 the Autódromo de Benguela was inaugurated, which housed several events of the International Season of Angola in 1973 and 1974, among others. With very rare use since 1976, the circuit has declined since the 2000s. Benguela is the slowest touch in regional Capoeira.
]]>Benguela is located in the west of Angola, being the capital and main municipality of the province of Benguela.
Its territorial area is 2,100 km², with a population of 2,135,094 inhabitants, according to data revealed by the Provincial Government Consultative Council under the 2014 Census in Angola.
The municipality's vegetation is predominantly composed of staggered plateaus, which are mostly cut by valleys and rivers. The region's dry valleys and rivers accumulate water in the rainy season, as do the monolithic hills located to the north of the municipality and found in most of the province's territory.
The Benguela territory also has several water courses, which, in turn, are influenced by the four hydrographic basins found in the province, such as the Cubal, Handa, Catumbela and Coporolo basins.
There are also steppe formations found in the municipality's vegetation, as well as formations of open forests and wooded savannas.
]]>The kingdom of Benguela was created in 1615 in response to the current context at the time and the need, then identified by the Portuguese crown, to make the land connection between the West African coast and Mozambique, aiming at the fortification and consolidation of the kingdom of Portugal.