Belas, Luanda, Angola
 Angola
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| Location | Ponta das Palmeirinhas Belas Angola |
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| Coordinates | 9°04′13″S 12°59′42″E / 9.070306°S 12.995111°E |
| Year first constructed | 1889 (first) 1936 (second) |
| Year first lit | n/a (current) |
| Foundation | concrete base |
| Construction | steel skeletal tower (current) steel skeletal tower (first) cast iron skeletal tower (second & third) |
| Tower shape | square prism skeletal tower with balcony and light (current) square pyramidal skeletal tower atop a 1-storey building (first) octagonal pyramidal skeletal tower with balcony and lantern (second) |
| Height | 27 metres (89 ft) (current) 27 metres (89 ft) (first) 23 metres (75 ft) (second) |
| Focal height | 40 metres (130 ft) (current) |
| Light source | solar power |
| Range | 21 nautical miles (39 km; 24 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl W 4.5s. |
| Admiralty number | D5150 |
| NGA number | 25600 |
| ARLHS number | ANO-015 |
| Angola number | PT-5250 |
| Managing agent | Instituto Marítimo e Portuário de Angola |
Belas is one of the seven 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 seat of the municipality is Kilamba and the municipality administrator is Mrs. Joana Antónia Quintas.
The municipality of Belas has an area of 1.077 km2.
The municipality has an estimated population of 753.000 inhabitants with a 5.000/m2 density.
Coordinates: 8°59′54″S 13°15′54″E / 8.9983°S 13.2650°E
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