Belas is a city and one of the nine municipalities that make up the province of Luanda, as per the new administrative division of the province (the others being, Luanda, Cazenga, Cacuaco, Viana, Icolo e Bengo and Quiçama).
Belas was created by an administrative reform voted by the Angolan parliament on March 31, 2011. The administrative center is neighborhood Quilamba and the municipality administrator is Mrs. Joana Antónia Quintas.
Geography The municipality of Belas has an area of .
Demography The municipality has a population of 1,271,854 (2019)Citypopulation.de Population of provinces and municipalities of Angola with a population density of 1,216/km2.
Administrative Division CommuneAreaPopNeighbVilBenfica361km2274,742236Camama146km2631,74128Futungo de Belas20.7km270,15712Ilha do Mussulo41.3km27,7987Barra do Cuanza382km2 5,7796Quilamba30.5km256,183Ramiros85.9km228,7086
Infrastructure and Education Belas was established in 2011 to accommodate Luanda’s rapid suburban expansion. The district is planned around major developments like Kilamba and the affluent Talatona commercial district. The municipality houses key regional social infrastructure, including the 50,000-seat Estádio 11 de Novembro, and Belas Shopping Center, Angola's first large-scale modern mall. Its transport network relies heavily on connecting road corridors linked to central Luanda. The area is not served by formal public transportation but rather primarily by taxis and local minibuses (candongueiros). The EN-100 and Fidel Castro Expressway are two of the major closed access roads which run through the area.
The municipality of Belas has several campuses and centers of higher education, including the University of Belas and Agostinho Neto University.
See also List of lighthouses in Angola
References
External links Official Government Page