Ambriz

Ambriz is a village and municipality in Bengo Province, Angola.

The population of Ambriz totals 20,000, of whom the majority are Bakongo; there are also Portuguese descendants, and people of mixed Portuguese-African ancestry.

[4] The population includes people of the Ovimbundu and Kimbundu ethnic groups.

In the past, Ambriz had an oil and gas platform assembly yard (PETROMAR), which was destroyed during warfare in 1992.

In 2007, an Angolan-Portuguese company announced plans to build a biodiesel plant to be fueled by palm oil.