Soyo, Angola

Soyo, Angola is a submarine cable landing point in Angola (coordinates -6.1410°, 12.3521°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Angola's international connectivity infrastructure.

Soyo is a city, with a population of 200,920, and a municipality, with a population of 221,555, located in the province of Zaire in Angola, at the mouth of the Congo River. Historically, Soyo was a significant city in conflicts between the Kingdom of Kongo, Portuguese Angola, and the Dutch West India Company. Soyo became an independent state in the 17th century and had significant influence on politics in Kongo during the Kongo Civil War. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Soyo, Angola, international traffic can reach 1 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Angola. This location depends on a single cable system — a characteristic that makes it strategically sensitive to physical disruptions.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Soyo, Angola in the past 90 days — all connected systems remained within normal latency thresholds. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• Unitel North Submarine Cable (UNSC) (2023) — Unitel North Submarine Cable (UNSC) is a domestic submarine cable network within Angola, connecting 4 coastal and island locations including Cabinda, Cacongo, N'zeto, Soyo. The system provides essential telecommunications infrastructure for communities that would otherwise depend entirely on satellite or microwave links. Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.