Editing Transport in Angola

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'''Transport in Angola''' comprises:

== Roads ==
Two trans-African automobile routes pass through Angola:
* the [[Tripoli-Cape Town Highway]]
* the [[Beira-Lobito Highway]]

<gallery mode="packed" caption="Road transport in Angola.">
Map of Trans-African Highways.PNG|Map of Trans-African Highways.

Walking home.jpg|Walking home on EN 105.
Tired are they.jpg|Donkey-drawn carts.
Transportation Jingu.jpg|Three-wheeled motorcycles.
The riches transportation.jpg|Trucks.
Midd Town Luanda.jpg|Automobiles in [[Luanda]].
The Nowhere road.jpg|New highway (2019).
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== Railways ==
{{main|Rail transport in Angola}}
There are three separate railway lines in Angola:
* [[Luanda Railway]] ([[Caminhos de Ferro de Luanda|CFL]]) (northern);
* [[Benguela Railway]] ([[Caminho de Ferro de Benguela|CFB]]) (central), operated by the [[Lobito Atlantic Railway]] joint venture;
* [[Moçâmedes Railway]] ([[Moçâmedes Railway|CFM]]) (southern);

Reconstruction of these three lines began in 2005 and they are now all operational. The [[Benguela Railway]] connects to the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]].

== Waterways ==
* 1,300&nbsp;km navigable (2008)
:''country comparison to the world:'' 36

== Pipelines ==
* gas 352&nbsp;km; liquid petroleum gas 85&nbsp;km; crude oil 1,065&nbsp;km (2013)

In April 2012, the Zambian Development Agency (ZDA) and an Angolan company signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to build a multi-product pipeline from [[Lobito]] to Lusaka, Zambia, to deliver various refined products to Zambia.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.times.co.zm/?p=4888|title=Govt, Angola Ink U.S.$2.5 Billion Oil Deal |author=Chila Namaiko |publisher=Times of Zambia|location=Lusaka, Zambia|date=14 April 2012|access-date=29 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.times.co.zm/?p=8706 |title=Angola ready to 'oil' Zambia|work=Times of Zambia|location=Lusaka, Zambia|date=9 May 2012|access-date=29 May 2012}}</ref>

Angola plans to build an oil refinery in Lobito in the coming years.

== Ports and harbors ==
[[File:Cargamento de mineirios, Namibe.JPG|thumb|Ship loading minerals at Moçâmedes harbour, Angola]]
The government plans to build a deep-water port at [[Barra do Dande]], north of Luanda, in [[Bengo (province)|Bengo]] province near [[Caxito]].<ref name="Angop_2011-11-26_17-44">{{Cite news|url=http://www.portalangop.co.ao/motix/pt_pt/noticias/transporte/2011/10/47/Futuro-porto-Barra-Dande-sera-dos-maiores-Africa,f783485b-ea77-47e9-b395-a74ed09d6188.html|title=Futuro porto da Barra do Dande será um dos maiores de África|work=ANGOP|access-date=2017-07-10|language=PT-PT}}</ref>

== Merchant marine ==
* ''total:'' 58
:''country comparison to the world:'' 115
* ''by type:'' cargo 13, oil tanker 8, other 37 (2008)

== Airports ==
* 102 (2021)
{{main|List of airports in Angola}}
[[File:NAIL Airside View of Terminal.jpg|thumb|[[Dr. Antonio Agostinho Neto International Airport]]]]

The old airport in Luanda, [[Quatro de Fevereiro Airport]], will be replaced by the new [[Dr. Antonio Agostinho Neto International Airport]].

=== Airports – with paved runways ===
* ''total:'' 30
* ''over 3,047 m:'' 5
* ''2,438 to 3,047 m:'' 8
* ''1,524 to 2,437 m:'' 12
* ''914 to 1,523 m:'' 4
* ''under 914 m:'' 1 (2008)

=== Airports – with unpaved runways ===
* ''total:''  181 (2008)
* ''over 3,047 m:'' 2
* ''2,438 to 3,047 m:'' 5
* ''1,524 to 2,437 m:'' 32
* ''914 to 1,523 m:'' 100
* ''under 914 m:'' 42 (2008)

=== Angolan Airlines ===
* [[TAAG Angola Airlines]]
* [[Sonair]]
* [[Fly Angola]]

=== Heliports ===
* ''total:'' 1 (2021)

== References ==
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{{CIA World Factbook|date=2003}}

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