BENGUELA

bĕngĕlˈə, bĕng–, city (1983 est. pop. 155,000), W Angola, on the Atlantic. It is a rail terminus, export point, and commercial, fishing, and adminstrative center. A fort was built there in the late 16th cent., and the city was founded in 1617. Benguela's port played an important role in slave trading.

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books on: Benguela  - 250 results

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Angola, a Country Study
Book by Thomas Collelo; U.S. G.P.O., 1991
Subjects: Angola
...along Atlantic; Namib Desert south of Benguela; hills and mountains paralleling coast...track ran from coast to hinterland. Benguela Railway, longest line, severely damaged...cities such as Luanda, Huambo, and Benguela witnessed an almost unchecked population...
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The Atlantic Slave Trade: Effects on Economies, Societies, and Peoples in Africa, the Americas, and Europe
Book by Joseph E. Inikori, Stanley L. Engerman; Duke University Press, 1992
Subjects: Slave Trade--Congresses
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The Geography of Modern Africa
Book by Williarn A. Hance; Columbia University Press, 1964
Subjects: Africa--Geography
...Ababa as it does to ship it from Detroit to Djibouti. The Benguela Railway provides a second example. So steep were the gradients...tons prevailing on the coastal stretch between Lobito and Benguela to 520 metric tons on the scarp section. A concomitant of...
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Kingdoms of the Savanna
Book by Jan Vansina; University of Wisconsin Press, 1966
Subjects: Africa, Central--History--To 1884
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Portugal in Africa
Book by James Duffy; Harvard University Press, 1962
Subjects: Portugal--Colonies--Africa
...centuries. The ports of Luanda and Benguela, a few settlements along the Cuanza...and the setting up of a factory at Benguela. Almost every report for the next 300...shipping. To the south Sao Filipe de Benguela was founded in 1617 by Cerveira Pereira...
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journal articles on: Benguela  - 12 results

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Contributing to Ocean Security: Global Environment Facility Support for Integrated Management of Land-Sea Interactions
Journal article by Alfred M. Duda; Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 59, 2005
Subjects: Air pollution, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations--Management, Sustainable development, United Nations. Development Programme--Management, United Nations--Management
...potential of such a practical approach. The Benguela Current LME (BCLME) is a large coastal...the SAP. <pre Box 2. Features of the Benguela Current LME (BCLME) Strategic Action...body under UNCLOS until the Interim<br/ Benguela Current Commission (IBCC) is established...
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Oil and Gas Exploration and Production in the Gulf of Guinea: Can the New Gulf Be Green?
Journal article by Carlos J. Moreno; Houston Journal of International Law, Vol. 31, 2009
Subjects: Environmental protection--Laws, regulations and rules, Natural gas exploration--Laws, regulations and rules, Oil and gas exploration--Laws, regulations and rules, Oil and gas leases--Laws, regulations and rules, Petroleum exploration--Laws, regulations and rules
...HEIDI CURRIE, SHAHEEN MOOLA DOMINGAS PAIM, BENGUELA CURRENT LARGE MARINE ECOSYSTEM PROGRAMME...THE STATUS OF THE ABIDJAN CONVENTION IN THE BENGUELA REGION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE BENGUELA CURRENT COMMISSION 18-20 (2007), http://www...
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Origin Traditions and History in Central Africa
Journal article by John K. Thornton; African Arts, Vol. 37, 2004
Subjects: African literature--Evaluation, Central Africa--Cultural policy, Central Africa--History
...Lisbon. Capello, Hermangildo, and Roberto Ivens. 1998. De Benguela as terras de Iaca. 2 vols. Lisbon, 1st ed. 1882. Cardona...1797. "Noticia Geral dos costumes da provincia de Behe, em Benguela. 1797," fol. 2. Instituto Historico e Geografico Brasileiro...
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Beyond Sanctions: a Comprehensive U.S. Policy for Southern Africa
Journal article by Ronald Walters; World Policy Journal, Vol. 4, 1986
Subjects: World Politics
...Malawi railway, and the Maputo - Zimbabwe railway each have been rendered unusable by MNR, and UNITA has kept the Benguela railway from Zaire to Angola out of operation for the past eight years. 12 Although the proportion of trade carried...
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Body of Evidence
Journal article by A.M. Weaver; African Arts, Vol. 41, 2008
Subjects: African art--Criticism and interpretation, African art--Exhibitions, Art, African--Criticism and interpretation, Art, African--Exhibitions, Art, Modern--Criticism and interpretation, Art, Modern--Exhibitions, Black and white photography--Criticism and interpretation, Black and white photography--Exhibitions, Modern art--Criticism and interpretation, Modern art--Exhibitions, Modernism (Art)--Criticism and interpretation, Modernism (Art)--Exhibitions, Painting (Art)--Criticism and interpretation, Painting (Art)--Exhibitions, Painting--Criticism and interpretation, Painting--Exhibitions, Sculpture--Criticism and interpretation, Sculpture--Exhibitions, Sculpture--United States
...installations, and video, Ole constructs a visual tableau of the history of colonialism in Angola. Compiling copies of documents from Benguela, a Portuguese port town integral to the slave trade between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries, using postcard images and...
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magazine articles on: Benguela  - 42 results

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Angola: Africa's Oldest Athlete Cycles into History; Brendan Sainsbury Reports on the Exploits of an Extraordinary 85-Year-Old Man, Alberto "Pepino" Silva, Who Is Challenging Over-65-Year-Olds Worldwide to a Cycle Race in Angola Next July
Magazine article by Brendan Sainsbury; New African, November 2007
Subjects: Bicycle racing--Competitions, Silva, Alberto--Competitions, Silva, Alberto--Physiological aspects
...hails from the provincial capital of Benguela, is anything but ordinary. At an age...cycling 650km between his hometown of Benguela and the capital Luanda in order to celebrate...Angola in an attempt to replicate his 2005 Benguela-Luanda cycling trip in an international...
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Angola: A Giant Awakes
Magazine article by Brendan Sainsbury; New African, December 2006
Subjects: Angola--Description and travel, Angola--Political aspects, Angola--Social aspects
...airlines--from Huambo to the city of Benguela a few days later, I ponder philosophically...another reason. Four years ago, I worked in Benguela as a teacher at the tail end of Angolas...unexpectedly--everything changed. The Benguela I returned to in June 2006 was a markedly...
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Refinery on the Way
Magazine article by Francois Misse; African Business, November 2001
Subjects: Angola, Construction industry--Contracts, LNG plant construction, Liquefied natural gas industry--Buildings and facilities, Samsung Corp.--Contracts, Sociedade Nacional de Combustiveis de Angola--Buildings and facilities
...strong diversified downstream sector are raking shape. The first project is an oil refinery in the port of Lobito, in the Benguela province. On May 18, the Angolan parastatal, Sonangol, signed a memorandum of understanding with 14 companies to build and...
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Angola: Inside Africa's Forgotten Country; "Angola Today Is a State in Limbo. It Is Also a State Which People Know Very Little About-Thanks to Poor Security and Indifferent Coverage in the International Media," Writes Brendan Salisbury, a Canadian University Lecturer Who Went to Teach There for Six Months. Here Are His Impressions
Magazine article by Brendan Salisbury; New African, March 2005
Subjects: Angola--Media coverage, Angola--Political aspects, Angola--Social aspects, School administration--Forecasts and trends, School management and organization--Forecasts and trends, Social conditions--Forecasts and trends
...Are His Impressions. by Brendan Salisbury I had been commissioned to work as a teacher in the coastal town of Benguela, over 600km to the south of the Angolan capital, Luanda. Ostensibly my job was to help out at a school called Escola de Professores...
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Zambia's Economy Back on the Rails: Zambia's Economy Seems Finally to Have Turned the Corner. Economic Growth Has Been Better Than Forecast, a Large Chunk of External Debt Has Been Cancelled and a New Railway Link with Angola Will Help Boost Exports. Report by Neil Ford
Magazine article by Neil Ford; African Business, July 2005
Subjects: Economic development--Forecasts and trends, Economic development--Zambia, National government--Finance, National government--Planning, Railroads--Design and construction, Zambia--Economic aspects
...of Northwest Railways is to connect the Zambian rail network with Angolas Benguela line. The Angolan government and numerous donor agencies have identified the Benguela line as the key to developing national cohesion and economic growth in the...
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newspaper articles on: Benguela  - 11 results

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Briton Killed in Aid Vehicle Ambush; Tributes to 'a Champion of the Underdog'
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 4, 1996
...struck. The gunmen looted the vehicle before running off. One worker - an Angolan - survived the attack on the road from Benguela to Cubal. Mr Seward had devoted his life to helping the worlds poorest people. He had been in Africa for ten years, the last...
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Miss Landmine 2008; I WON WORLD'S MOST INSPIRING BEAUTY CONTEST
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), April 20, 2008
...other contestants was Ana Diogo, from Benguela, who lost the lower half of her left...for women from these backgrounds." Miss Benguela, 32 Widow Ana Diogo has three kids. She...adamleepotter@sundaymirror.co.uk Miss Benguela; Miss Cuanza Sul; Miss Moxico; Miss Malanje...
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Family, Church Take Up Effort to Help People of Angola
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July 23, 2005
...Angola twice since meeting Father Matias of the Diocese of Benguela a few years ago. They became good friends, and when he told...placed onto another truck that takes it to the seminary in Benguela. The packages from the container are distributed among several...
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Join the Gold Rush; South Africa's Property Market Continues to Boom While Other Countries Skip a Beat
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 15, 2005
...prices. Alongside its game reserves, South Africa is well known for its excellent vineyards. Agent Engel Velkers is marketing Benguela Cove, a lagoon wine estate an hours drive from Cape Town, where prices start from pounds sterling211,500. The wine estate...
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You Want a Proper Ground Death? Welcome to Angola!
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 19, 2009
...decent hotel. Somebody is going to end up roughing it, particularly as much of the tournament will take place outside Luanda, in Benguela, Lubango and, most delightfully, Cabinda. Accommodation and transport are extremely limited outside of Luanda, says the Foreign...
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encyclopedia articles on: Benguela  - 5 results

 
 
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Benguela
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BENGUELA bengel , beng , city (1983 est. pop. 155,000), W Angola, on the Atlantic. It is a rail terminus, export point, and...fishing, and adminstrative center. A fort was built there in the late 16th cent., and the city was founded in 1617. Benguelas port played an important role in slave trading. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used...
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Lobito
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...also a road hub and the western terminus of the trans-African Benguela railroad, which connects the port with the mines in the Congo...the Portuguese in 1843. The completion of the railroad from Benguela in 1929 made Lobito an important commercial center and Angolas...
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BiÉ Plateau
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...rainfall make it possible for corn, sisal, peanuts, sugarcane, rice, and coffee to be raised there. It is linked to the sea by the Benguela Railway. Huambo and Cuito are the chief towns. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with...
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Angola
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...important cities are Huambo , Lobito , Benguela , and Namibe . The overwhelming majority...tobacco products, and textiles. The Benguela railroad, which carries metals from the...Plateau was captured. Construction of the Benguela railroad followed, and white settlers...
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Atlantic Ocean
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and the counterclockwise-moving currents of the South Atlantic (South Equatorial Current, Brazil Current, West Wind Drift, Benguela Current) are separated from each other by the Equatorial Counter Current; the Guinea Current off W Africa is a link between...


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