Sambizanga
Sambizanga
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Sambizanga is one of the six urban districts that make up the municipality of Luanda, in the province of Luanda, Angola.
Overview
Sambizanga has a 14.5 km2 area and about 244,000 inhabitants. Limited to the west by the
Mercado Roque Santeiro and Mercado do São Paulo are the largest open-air markets in Africa located in the district.[2] The first is no longer existent but the second one still exists.
More about Sambizanga
Sambizanga is a district in the North of
It was in Sambizanga where emblematic figures like
2007 shooting
In December 2007, film director Radical Ribeiro began shooting a film in Sambizanga. On 18 December, police mistook actors in Ribeiro's film, who were carrying unloaded firearms, as actual criminals and opened fire on them, killing two. Interior Minister Roberto Leal Monteiro said "We won't rest until police at all levels realise they are public servants."[4][5]
See also
References
- ^ Sambizanga in Geonames.org (cc-by)
- ^ "BBC News - Angolan traders mourn loss of Roque Santeiro market". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
- ^ FILME SAMBIZANGA, retrieved 2022-12-03
- ^ "Angolan actors 'killed by police'". BBC News. 18 December 2007. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ "Outrage at Angola actor shooting". BBC News. 19 December 2007. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
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