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	Angola - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		ANGOLA, the general name of the Portuguese possessions on the west coast of Africa south of the equator.
		Angola is divided into five districts: four on the coast, the fifth, Lunda, wholly inland, being the N.E. part of the province.
		Lobito, a little north of Benguella, is a town which dates from 1905 and owes its existence to the bay of the same name having been chosen as the sea terminus of a railway to the far interior.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Angola (3265 words)

	Angola (Portuguese West Africa) - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In northern Angola the railway (metre gauge) from Loanda was carried to Malanje (375 m.) and was bought in July 1918 by the Portuguese Government.
		The surrender of the Germans in SouthWest Africa to Gen. Botha, in July 1915, removed the German menace to Angola and gave the province the British (South Africans) as neighbours on the south.
		The then governorgeneral of Angola, Senhor Norton de Mattos, had already instituted reforms and in 1913 had created a Department for Native Affairs, which set itself to regulate the employment of natives, including the recruitment of labourers for the cocoa plantations on St. Thome and Principe Islands.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Angola_(Portuguese_West_Africa) (1138 words)

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		The coast divisions of Angola are Congo on the N. (from the river Congo to the river Loje), corresponding roughly with the limits of the " kingdom of Congo " (see History below); Loanda, which includes Angola in the most restricted sense mentioned above; Benguella and Mossamedes to the south.
		Geology.—The rock formations of Angola are met with in three distinct regions: (1) the littoral zone, (2) the median zone formed by a series of hills more or less parallel with the coast, (3) the central plateau.
		Lobito, a little north of Benguella, is a town which dates from 19o5 and owes its existence to the bay of the same name having been chosen as the sea terminus of a railway to the far interior.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?content_id=3362&locale=en (3238 words)

	Benguella, Angola
		Benguella (São Felipe de Benguella), is a town in Angola, capital of Benguella district, on a bay of the same name, in 12° 33’ S., 13° 25’ E. Benguella was founded in 1617 by the Portuguese under Manoel Cerveira Pereira[?].
		It was long the centre of an important trade, especially in slaves to Brazil and Cuba.
		A short way beyond Benguella is Bahia Tarta[?], where salt is manufactured and sulphur excavated.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/be/Benguella,_Angola.html (119 words)

	ANGOLA - Online Information article about ANGOLA
		Angola is divided into five districts: four on the coast, the fifth, Lunda, wholly inland, being the N.E. See also:
		The coast divisions of Angola are Congo on the N.
		Kasai (one of the largest affluents of the Congo), which in its upper course forms for fully 300 M. the boundary between Angola and the Congo State.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /ANC_APO/ANGOLA.html (3996 words)

	Angola Provinces
		Angola was an overseas province of Portugal until its independence on 1975-11-11.
		According to the 1911 edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, "Angola is divided into five districts: four on the coast, the fifth, Lunda, wholly inland, being the N.E. part of the province.
		The coast divisions of Angola are Congo on the N. (from the river Congo to the river Loje),...
	www.statoids.com /uao.html (562 words)

	Benguella - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Benguella
		Port in Angola, south of Luanda; population (1991) 155,000.
		The port of Benguela is rivalled by Lobito, 30 km/19 mi away, which handles most of Angola's foreign trade.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Benguella (183 words)

	Benguela - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Benguela (São Felipe de Benguela, formerly spelt Benguella) is a port in western Angola, south of Luanda, and capital of Benguela Province.
		It is the port terminus of the railway that runs from Beira in Mozambique through the Copper Belt of Zambia and Zimbabwe.
		Due to the civil war in Angola, which lasted more than 20 years, up to 2001, this railway is not operating any more.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Benguela (376 words)

	Angola - History
		Angola proper, and the whole coast-line of what now constitutes the province of that name, was explored by Diogo Cam during 1482 and the three following years.
		The "Democratic Republic of Angola" was founded on November 24, 1975, with Holden Roberto and Jonas Savimbi as co-presidents and Jose Ndele and Johny E. Pinnock as co-prime ministers.
		Angola is currently at peace under the leadership of the MPLA and dos Santos.
	www.allabout-angola.com /History-3.html (1934 words)

	Angola - travel.asianfanatics.net
		Angola is a country in southwestern Africa bordering Namibia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Zambia, and with a west coast along the Atlantic Ocean.
		In 1482, when the Portuguese first landed in what is now northern Angola, they encountered the Kingdom of the Congo, which stretched from modern Gabon in the north to the Kwanza River in the south.
		Angola is an economy in disarray because of a quarter century of nearly continuous warfare.
	travel.asianfanatics.net /info/Angola (2505 words)

	Portuguese West Africa
		The coast abounds in fish, and the territory in minerals, such as malachite, iron, petroleum, salt, lead, and sulphur, but its principal wealth lies in coffee (of which Loanda exported 4112 tons in 1894), india-rubber, gum, wax, and ivory, which are sent to Portugal and exchanged for cotton and woollen goods and wine.
		Formerly Angola depended for its prosperity almost entirely on the slave trade, and during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries many thousands of natives were transported annually to Brazil.
		A vicar-general and six missionary rectors form the religious staff of the province, and these latter are also professors of primary instruction.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/p/portuguese_west_africa.html (602 words)

	Arnot, Frederick Stanley, Central Africa (present day Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola and Zambia), Open Brethren ...
		Following unsuccessful negotiations with British representatives, he was eventually killed by the leaders of an expedition sent by the Belgian King Leopold II and his kingdom was annexed into the new Belgian-controlled Congo Free State in December 1891.
		Frederick Stanley Arnot, "Journey from Natal to Bihé and Benguella and thence across the Central Plateau of Africa to the sources of the Zambezi and Congo." Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, vol.
		Frederick Stanley Arnot, "Journey from Natal to Bihé and Benguella and thence across the Central Plateau of Africa to the sources of the Zambezi and Congo." Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, 1889; 2 (Feb): pp.
	www.dacb.org /stories/demrepcongo/arnot_stanley.html (2529 words)

	Impressions of Angola
		KONGO (KIKONGO, KIKOONGO, CONGO, CABINDA) [KON] 1,144,000 in Angola (1990), 13% of the population (1990 WA); 1,000,000 in Zaïre (1986 UBS); 3,217,000 in all countries (1991 UBS).
		MBUNDA (CHIMBUNDA, MBUUNDA) [MCK] 100,000 in Angola (1993 Johnstone); 126,000 in Zambia (1993 Johnstone); 226,000 in all countries.
		UMBUNDU (UMBUNDO, M'BUNDO, QUIMBUNDO, OVIMBUNDU, SOUTH MBUNDU, NANO, MBALI, MBARI, MBUNDU BENGUELLA) [MNF] 4,000,000 (1995 WA) or 38% of the population (1990 WA).
	groups.msn.com /ImpressionsofAngola/languages.msnw (1169 words)

	The Botswana Guardian: Fearless Reporting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Sports Runway was in Angola recently and was able to appreciate whether or not the country is up to the challenge of hosting the African showpiece.
		Angola being a Southern African country must be applauded for winning the bid and also deserve the very best wishes in confronting the challenge.
		For Angola it will be like starting from scratch with the existing facilities being far from adequate.
	www.botswanaguardian.co.bw /70818222514.html (514 words)

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		To develop an understanding of the fishing potential one first has to describe a little of the ocean geography, as with a 1700 mile long coast line there is considerable diversity of habitat, as well as species of fish.
		The coast line is ‘washed’ by two main current schemes, the cold Benguella Current from the south, and the warm Guinean Current from the north.
		In the north (the warmest waters) their main season for the warm water species is December through to April though there can, like all places, be changes to this annual cycle.
	www.scbi.org.uk /pages/News_Aratw_Africa_Angola.asp (493 words)

	The birds of the Belgian Congo, part 4 : Electronic version
		The race ansorgei, described by Neumann from northwestern Angola, is of doubtful validity and not known from the adjacent part of the Congo.
		DISTRIBUTION: From the highland of Angola near Bailundo eastward to the Upper Katanga, northward to the southern Kasai District, and supposedly Kwamouth.
		DISTRIBUTION OF THE SPECIES: From the Loango Coast south to the Cuval River in Benguella Province; eastward to Kwamouth, to Kabinda in the Sankuru District, and to the Cavungu District of Angola, near the headwaters of the Zambesi.
	diglib1.amnh.org /xml/000122.xml (14088 words)

	Amphibian Species of the World - Hyperolius benguellensis Bocage, 1893
		Benguella Reed Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl.
		Western Angola to southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, eastern Zambia, Zimbabwe and northern Botswana; possibly into adjacent Namibia and Mozambique.
		In the Hyperolius nasutus group and removed from the synonymy of Hyperolius nasutus by Amiet, 2005, Rev. Suisse Zool., 112: 271-310 (although on p.
	research.amnh.org /herpetology/amphibia/references.php?id=14482 (192 words)

	Meteo Benguela, meteo news temperature Benguela Angola. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		News on Angola continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
		Angola tourist and business travel information, including maps and climate charts, accommodation information, business and social profiles.
		Benguela and Angola Meteo news temperature media, prognoza Benguela, previsioni prevision, previsions yahoo, canal channel station, stazioni chaine, forecast : Benguela Angola.
	www.newsmeteo.com /angola/benguela.html (376 words)

	Amazon.com: "Governor-general of Angola": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		When Bishop Taylor presented his project to the authorities, the governor-general of Angola immediately told him that lie would be unable to recruit bearers to carry his stores inland unless he offered to...
		KINGS AND MERCHANTS IN THE ATLANTIC ERA governor-general of Angola and Benguela to move the fort of Caconda from the lowlands to the plateau, where it became the nucleus of...
		Movimento das Forcas Armadas leader Admiral Antonio Rosa Coutinho, former governor-general of Angola and member of the High Council of the Revolution, reassured a group of U.S. businessmen that the government would promulgate...
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Governor_general-of-Angola (553 words)

	United Nations Daily Highlights, 97-10-28
		A civilian police observer of the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA) from India was injured.
		He said the Security Council supports the work of the people working in the field in Angola, particularly the non- governmental organizations that are involved there.
		Ambassador John Weston of the United Kingdom told correspondents in New York today that the British Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook, maintained the Government's position that a trial should be held in Scotland or the United States.
	www.hri.org /news/world/undh/97-10-28.undh.html (2531 words)

	Ethnologue report for Angola
		The number of languages listed for Angola is 42.
		Northern Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo along the Congo River below Kinshasa.
		Huthembo (Wuthembo), northeast of Likuwa, and Lukamba (Lukanga) west of Rivungu, southeast corner of Angola.
	www.ethnologue.com /show_country.asp?name=Angola (874 words)

	NationMaster - Statistics on Angola. 1071 facts and figures, stats and information on Angolan economy, crime, people, ...
		Angola is slowly rebuilding its country after the end of a 27-year civil war in 2002.
		Fighting between the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), led by Jose Eduardo DOS SANTOS, and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), led by Jonas SAVIMBI, followed independence from Portugal in 1975.
		Peace seemed imminent in 1992 when Angola held national elections, but UNITA renewed fighting after being beaten by the MPLA at the polls.
	www.nationmaster.com /country/ao-angola (234 words)

	Benguella, Angola: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
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	www.encyclopedian.com /be/Benguella,-Angola.html (165 words)

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		Careful comparison of specimens from southern Angola with those from the Rain Forest should be made before any explanation is offered for the unusual distribution.
		The species has not been found to extend its range into the savannah areas lying to the north or to the east of the Rain Forest, and there seems to be no reason for the appearance of the species in southern Angola.
		321 ("from the Egyptian Sudan to Natal and Angola").
	diglib1.amnh.org /xml/000115.xml (14712 words)

	ANGOLA - Ethnic Postcards - Vintage Old Antique Postcard Postcards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		ANGOLA - Ethnic Postcards - Vintage Old Antique Postcard Postcards
		Benguella - "Comptoir Commercial de Benguela", seus Directores e serviçaes.
		Benguella - "Comptoir Commercial de Benguella", his director and his servants.
	www.postcardman.net /angola_ethnic.html (221 words)

	Ethnologue: Angola (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		(KIKONGO, KIKOONGO, CONGO, CABINDA) [KON] 1,144,000 in Angola (1990), 13% of the population (1990 WA); 1,000,000 in Zaïre (1986 UBS); 3,217,000 in all countries (1991 UBS).
		(CHIMBUNDA, MBUUNDA) [MCK] 100,000 in Angola (1993 Johnstone); 126,000 in Zambia (1993 Johnstone); 226,000 in all countries.
		(UMBUNDO, M'BUNDO, QUIMBUNDO, OVIMBUNDU, SOUTH MBUNDU, NANO, MBALI, MBARI, MBUNDU BENGUELLA) [MNF] 4,000,000 (1995 WA) or 38% of the population (1990 WA).
	www.christusrex.org /www1/pater/ethno/Ango.html (1119 words)

	Ukuma, ANGOLA :: city code, area code, dial code, country code
		Benguela, BG, São Felipe de Benguella*, 155,0, 60,0, 50,0, 41,0, 30,0...
		Le CICR, qui a commencé à réduire graduellement ses activités en Angola,...
		If current trends continue, the situation in Angola could deteriorate to the point...
	www.prozzone.com /phone/Angola/Ukuma.htm (211 words)

	Our Ocean, Our Future \| FirstGlobalSelect
		I was wondering why no one ever comes up with plans to generate a hydropower plant along the two strongest ocean currents, namely the Benguella and Agulhas down south.
		This indeed is a vital point to deliberate on and I asked myself where our science students from the two institutions of higher learning are.
		The only viable possibilities are the Epupa and Poppa, but this has landed in the political pressure cooker - not to be touched.
	www.firstglobalselect.com /scripts/cgiip.wsc/globalone/htm/news_article.r?vcnews-id=282750 (565 words)

	Mbundu language resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Angola: Country Studies - Federal Research Division, Library of...
		UMBUNDU (UMBUNDO, M'BUNDO, QUIMBUNDO, OVIMBUNDU, SOUTH MBUNDU, NANO, MBALI, MBARI, MBUNDU BENGUELLA) [ MNF ] 4,000,000 (1995 WA) or 38% of the population (1990 WA).
		Mbundu (Mbunda, Ovimbundu) The Mbundu is a Bantu -speaking ethnic group living in southern Angola...
	www.mongabay.com /indigenous_ethnicities/languages/languages/Mbundu.html (1160 words)

	Amphibian Species of the World - Ptychadena bunoderma (Boulenger, 1907)
		Type locality: "Caconda, [250 km inland from] Benguella", Angola.
		Companhia Diamantes Angola, 67: 143; Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 56; by implication.
		Angola and northwestern Zambia; presumably in adjacent Dem.
	research.amnh.org /herpetology/amphibia/references.php?id=19958 (163 words)

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