Bom Jesus, Icolo e Bengo

Province

Bom Jesus is a town in the municipality iColo e Bengo province of Luanda in Angola. The village lies on the banks of the river Cuanza, about 60 km southeast of Luanda. There is an old sugar factory and a newly built factory of Coca -Cola. Currently, north of the community at the new international airport of Luanda, the built Angola International Airport.

Economic expansion creates problems

The enormous building boom in Angola's capital Luanda has been working for several years for an increasingly massive pressure and associated increase in expansion of economic and industrial areas towards the east in the province of Bengo. With most affected are the residents of Bom Jesus. Here will be built on an area of ​​30 square kilometers, the major airport Angola International Airport. The Administrator of the municipality, Serafim Catarina, therefore, calls for closer cooperation on economic development in the region. The conditions for the population of Bom Jesus are not good, so it's a collaboration with the newly emerged installing company is required to solve the problems of the district.

Major projects in Luanda and widespread poverty

Primary is about the improvement of basic services for the population, especially in the areas of health, education, drinking water distribution, power supply and medical care with medication. The population of the town feared annexation by the province of Luanda and thus further economic pressure. Your displeasure with various deficiencies in the place, it was argued in May 2010 during a demonstration.