List of renamed places in Angola
# List of renamed places in Angola

This is a list of renamed places in Angola.

## Country

Prior to independence in 1975, Angola was known as Portuguese Angola, or occasionally Portuguese West Africa. Upon independence, the country was renamed the Republic of Angola.

## Cities and towns

* Teixeira da Silva → Bailundo (1975)
* Benguella → Benguela (1975)
* Vila Robert Williams → Caála (1975)
* Concelho → Caconda (1975)
* Amboim → Cabela → Gabela
* Huambo → Nova Lisboa (1928) → Huambo (1975)
* Silva Porto → Kuito (1975)
* Loanda → Luanda (1975)
* Teixeira de Sousa → Luau (1975)
* Sá da Bandeira → Lubango
* Vila Luso → Luena (1975)
* São Salvador → M'banza-Kongo (1975)
* Serpa Pinto → Menongue (1975)
* Moçâmedes → Namibe (1985) → Moçâmedes (2016)
* Vila Salazar → N'dalatando (1975)
* Kissonde → Benguela → Benguela Velha → Porto Amboim (1923)
* Henrique de Carvalho → Saurimo (1975)
* Santo António do Zaire → Soyo (1975)
* Novo Redondo → Sumbe (1975)
* Porto Alexandre → Tômbwa (1975)
* Uíge → Vila Marechal de Carmona (1955) → Carmona → Uíge (1975)
* Santa Comba → Waku-Kungo (1975)

### Proposed

* Porto Amboim → Gunza/Porto Gabela
* Cabinda → Tchiowa

## Other places

* University of General Studies of Angola → University of Luanda (1968) → Agostinho Neto University (1985)
