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Lobito

American  
[loo-bee-too] / luˈbi tu /

noun

  1. a seaport in W Angola.


Lobito British  
/ luˈβitu /

noun

  1. the chief port in Angola, in the west on Lobito Bay: terminus of the railway through Benguela to Mozambique. Pop: 470 000 (2005 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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To get airport transportation running normally again, the Lobito company hired a worker whose sole job is to physically check beneath parked buses for napping iguanas before drivers start their engines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

Three years later, a European consortium -- Lobito Atlantic Railway, or LAR -- won a 30‑year concession to operate the line, transport minerals and manage Lobito's mineral terminal.

From Barron's ● May 7, 2026

The Lobito Corridor mega-project linking three African countries is shifting from blueprint to proving ground in the global race for critical minerals.

From Barron's ● May 7, 2026

In December 2024 a post on the same page criticised the Lobito Corridor, a Western-backed rail project, which moves minerals from central Africa to Angola's ports.

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026

A railway from Lobito Bay, 25 m.N. of Benguella, begun in 1904, runs towards the Congo-Rhodesia frontier.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 by Various

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