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Angola

Benguela

Compare this sourced profile of Benguela, Angola before planning. Stable fields identify the place; confirm current transport, access and opening details with official sources.

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01What the data says — and does not say

What the data says — and does not say

This page separates the checked GeoNames row for Benguela—555,124, Africa/Luanda, and source coordinates—from live travel claims. Those fields identify and compare the record; they do not prove current transport, accessibility, census totals, or a City Atlas Club visit.

Wikidata's localized description: city in Angola.

02This city's dataset fingerprint

This city's dataset fingerprint

Source identity and administrative path

The source row behind Benguela is GeoNames ID 3351663. Its recorded administrative path is Benguela → Angola, and GeoNames classifies the place as a first-order administrative seat. Benguela occurs once as a primary city label in this atlas sample; the numeric ID remains the durable source key if names change. The city row itself was updated 2026-05-05; that date belongs to the source record, not to every transport or visitor detail in the real destination.

Population position inside fixed cohorts

Within the fixed 1,206-record atlas, Benguela ranks 1,003 by recorded population. Inside the 14 selected Angola entries it ranks 12; inside the 243 entries in its broad region it ranks 209. Its 555,124 population value is 0.85 times the 654,033 median for the country cohort and 0.62 times the 902,588 regional median. Benguela sits in the lower half of this atlas's selected Angola entries. Benguela's recorded value stays within one quarter of the country-cohort median used here. These comparisons describe this selected dataset only; they are not current census rankings or official urban-area boundaries.

Nearest-reference pattern

Benguela's three nearest other atlas coordinates are Huambo at 254.44 km with 595,304 recorded people; Lubango at 260.425 km with 600,751 recorded people; Calumbo at 381.383 km with 652,270 recorded people. The closest-to-farthest distance spread is 126.943 km. Compared with Huambo, Benguela's recorded population is 0.93 times as large. Against Benguela, Huambo follows Huambo → Angola in the source. Its point has lower latitude and higher longitude; it belongs to the same selected Angola cohort, uses the shared Africa/Luanda identifier, and carries the same first-order administrative seat class. Its recorded population is above Benguela's. Against Benguela, Lubango follows Huila → Angola in the source. Its point has lower latitude and higher longitude; it belongs to the same selected Angola cohort, uses the shared Africa/Luanda identifier, and carries the same first-order administrative seat class. Its recorded population is above Benguela's. Against Benguela, Calumbo follows Bengo → Angola in the source. Its point has higher latitude and higher longitude; it belongs to the same selected Angola cohort, uses the shared Africa/Luanda identifier, and carries second-order administrative seat rather than first-order administrative seat. Its recorded population is above Benguela's. Its nearest-neighbor distance ranks 1,073 of 1,206 from shortest to longest in the same snapshot. Benguela's nearest-coordinate gap belongs to the wider half of atlas distances. This pattern can reveal whether other catalog references are geographically close, but it cannot establish whether a border crossing is possible or practical, or whether rail, road, fare, or journey-time connections exist. Read as one record signature, GeoNames 3351663, the coordinate pair 12.5767 / 13.4027, country rank 12 of 14, and neighbor GeoNames 3348313 at 254.44 km bind Benguela to a reproducible comparison. That combined key distinguishes the row; it is not a recommendation or evidence of a physical connection.

Coordinate, time-zone and class cohorts

Benguela's reference point is 12.5767° south and 13.4027° east. The IANA identifier Africa/Luanda is shared by 14 city rows in this catalog, while the GeoNames class PPLA is shared by 429 rows. Benguela's row carries a first-order administrative label but no second-order label. Benguela's point falls in the near-equatorial coordinate band used by this atlas's row checks. Benguela's time-zone field defines the narrower catalog cohort; its place class is shared more broadly. GeoNames supplies no elevation for Benguela, so the profile preserves that missing value instead of guessing terrain. Together these fields form a reproducible identity check for this page, not a claim about walkability, climate or accessibility.

Record keys
Benguela · GeoNames 3351663 · Q214248
Name scope
Benguela · 1 atlas row share this source label · qualifier not required
Administrative chain
Benguela · Angola
Coordinate signature
12.5767° S · 13.4027° E
Population snapshot
555,124 · atlas rank 1,003 of 1,206
Country comparison
Angola rank 12 of 14 · median 654,033 · ratio 0.85×
Regional comparison
Africa and the Middle East rank 209 of 243 · median 902,588 · ratio 0.62×
Time-zone cohort
Africa/Luanda · 14 of 1,206 atlas rows
Place-class cohort
PPLA first-order administrative seat · 429 of 1,206 rows
Elevation field
Benguela · missing in GeoNames
Nearest reference
Huambo · 254.44 km · population 595,304 · atlas rank 938
Second reference
Lubango · 260.425 km · population 600,751 · atlas rank 931
Third reference
Calumbo · 381.383 km · population 652,270 · atlas rank 852
Neighbour geometry
Benguela · nearest-distance rank 1,073 of 1,206 · three-reference spread 126.943 km
Source dates
Benguela row updated 2026-05-05 · atlas dataset checked 2026-08-04