Angolan Second City Huambo Starts to Rise From Ashes of War
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Huambo is emerging from the ruins left by a 27-year civil war in Angola, Africa’s second-biggest oil producer, by using a new power plant, a location on the transnational Benguela railway and a temperate climate to lure investors.
Angola’s second-largest city, located on the central plateau about 600 kilometers (373 miles) southeast of the capital, Luanda, is linked to the Atlantic ocean port of Lobito and neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia by the 1,344-kilometer Benguela railway that China has rebuilt. It’s receiving fresh supplies of power from the 60-megawatt Gove hydroelectric dam that was completed in August.