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City profile · Angola · Africa

Viana

Luanda · Angola
City population
865,863
#3
in Angola
#3
in Luanda
#644
worldwide
LuandaViana
-8.906, 13.375 · 17 km from Luanda
City population
865,863
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Angola
#3
of 132 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#644
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Angola
2.2%
of the national population

About Viana

At 128 m above sea level, this city holds 865,863 residents and ranks third among the 22 listed cities in Luanda province. It sits 17 km from the national capital and accounts for 2.2% of Angola's population. Mulenvos, the nearest city at 6 km away, has a marginally larger population of 882,014; Vila Flor, Kima Kieza, and Cazenga lie within 13 km, each ranging from 256,066 to 428,855 residents.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in Angola
#3of 132
LargestSmallest
Position in Luanda
#3of 22
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Angola
Region
Luanda
Rank in region
#3of 22
Distance to capital
17 km
to Luanda
Elevation
128 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Luanda
Coordinates
-8.906, 13.375
Record updated
2026-05-12
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 132 in Angola

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

6KMMulenvos882K people11KMVila Flor256K people12KMKima Kieza429K people12KMZango199K people13KMCazenga394K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Viana866K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Viana compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Viana866K

Viana Population FAQ

What is the population of Viana?

Viana has a city population of 865,863. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Viana?

Viana is in Luanda, Angola, 17 km from the capital, Luanda. Its coordinates are -8.906, 13.375.

How big is Viana compared with other cities in Angola?

It is the 3rd largest of the 132 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Angola, holding 2.2% of the national population.

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