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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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The project aims to develop rail infrastructure to transport large quantities of minerals extracted in southern DRC and northern Zambia to Angola's Atlantic Ocean port of Lobito for shipment to global markets.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

But chief executive Nicholas Fournier told AFP in an interview in the port city of Lobito that his priorities are operational.

From Barron's • May 7, 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

He describes Biden's visit, and the investment in the Lobito Corridor, as a huge boost for Angola's efforts to change its image.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2024

A railway is also under construction from Lobito Bay on the Atlantic to the Katanga copper areas, already reached from the south and east by the railways from Cape Town and Beira.

From World's War Events Volume 3 Beginning with the departure of the first American destroyers for service abroad in April, 1917, and closing with the treaties of peace in 1919. by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)

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