Lobito, city and port, western Angola, in Benguela District, on Lobito Bay (an arm of the Atlantic Ocean), near the city of Benguela. With what is considered to be one of the finest natural harbors on the western African coast, consisting of a deepwater bay protected by a sandspit, the city is the ocean terminus of the important Benguela Railway, which carries the mineral wealth of the southern Republic of the Congo and northern Zambia. Lobito exports copper, tin, cobalt, manganese, uranium, and zinc from the mines. Exports from central Angola include iron, sisal, cotton, coffee, sugar, grains, beeswax, hides and skins, and salt. The port has complete oil- and coal-bunkering facilities. Local plants process sugar, rice, and castor oil and manufacture cement. Population (1983 estimate) 150,000.Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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