The Mercado Roque Santeiro (Portuguese: Roque Santeiro Market) was an open-air marketplace in the district of Sambizanga, in the city of Luanda, the capital of Angola.
[2][3] Roque Santeiro became known as the largest market in Africa, spreading through a 1 kilometer length by 500 m width area (the equivalent area of 500 soccer fields) where marketers sold various kinds of goods, from food to computers, in tin-roofed stalls.
The market thrived with the civilian conflicts in Angola; with the shortage of food and other goods, Roque Santeiro was one of the few places where they could be found.
[4] Mercado Roque Santeiro was shut down by municipal government in 2011; the marketers were transferred to a new location, in Panguila.
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