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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

The corridor's backbone is the historic Benguela railway, which runs west to east from Lobito to the Congolese border.

From Barron's May 7, 2026

Washington's enthusiasm culminated in a late‑2024 visit to Lobito by President Joe Biden, a first for Angola after Barack Obama in 2015.

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

Farther north are Port Alexander, Little Fish Bay and Lobito Bay, while shallower bays are numerous.

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

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