Kilamba

Province

Cidade do Kilamba - Kilamba Kiaxi is a new district of the municipios Kilamba Kiaxi in the province of Luanda, Angola. It was officially opened by President José Eduardo dos Santos, on 11 July 2011. It lies on the southern bypass of Luanda, Via Expresso. At the opening ceremony, the President literally said ". Kilamba is the largest housing project ever built in Angola On a global scale considered, it is a profound example of the continued social policy of the country to solve the deficit to homes. " Upon completion, the reality different from 2012. Most of the apartments are vacant and are unaffordable for the population.

First construction phase

It was the first of three phases of a building under construction residential project. Covering an area of ​​54 square kilometers were for the population total of 115 residential buildings with 3,180 apartments, 48 ​​shops, several shopping centers, hospitals, 24 kindergartens, eight elementary schools and nine high schools, an administrative area, sport and leisure facilities, hotels and restaurants, hospitals, clinics and at least 17 public health centers released; also fire, police, cemetery, church, and service stations. Also be configured 429 km roads as well as an autonomous system of water treatment, electricity and telecommunications. It should be completed in December 2012 with a total of 20,000 homes for a total of 120,000 people. The apartments cost 120000-200000 U.S. dollars.

A further 60,000 homes will be added to the final completion of the project. The ambitious project was created in the previous years by the Chinese multinational China International Trust and Investment Company. In the final stages here are approximately 500,000 people are housed in 80,000 social housing.

Financing, construction and situation

The financing was secured by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China ( ICBC ), which has provided a credit line of 2.5 billion U.S. dollars available for investment in Angola. Angolans were practically not involved in the planning and construction of Kilamba. Ten thousand workers of state China International Trust and Investment Corporation ( Citic ) stomped the monster city from the ground.

Since mid-2012 only about 10 % of the homes were sold in the satellite city, most are empty because people can not afford the purchase price of approximately € 95,000. Marketing and Management Kilambas was assigned to two companies, the real estate agency Imobiliária Delta and the oil company Sonangol, where high-ranking figures such as the current Vice - President of Angola, Manuel Domingos Vicente, are involved.