NAMIBE

nämēb, formerly Mossamedesmōsäˈmədĕs, town (1987 est. pop. 77,000), SW Angola, a port on the Atlantic Ocean. Iron ore is the leading export; sisal, cotton, tobacco, frozen meat, hides, and skins are also significant.

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books on: Namibe  - 14 results

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1.
Angola, a Country Study
Book by Thomas Collelo; U.S. G.P.O., 1991
Subjects: Angola
Railway linked the port of Namibe to Menongue, with branches to Chiange...years. Similarly, traffic on the Namibe Railway has declined because of attacks...major ports -- Luanda, Lobito, and Namibe. In 1988 Luandas port was in disrepair...
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Angola: Struggle for Peace and Reconstruction
Book by Inge Tvedten; Westview Press, 1997
Subjects: Angola--Economic Conditions--1975-, Angola--Politics And Government--1975-, Angola--Social Conditions
...18 , 20 , 125 Mobil company , 82 Mocamedes now Namibe , 24 Moco, Marcolino, 54 , 61 , 63 Money, 18...Musicians, 133 Muteka, Faustino, 63 Muxiluandas, 13 Namibe, 4 map , 6 , 24 , 87 Namibe Province, 4 map , 5 , 38 , 105 table , 116 , 126...
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Never Learn to Type: A Woman at the United Nations
Book by Margaret Joan Anstee; Wiley, 2003
Subjects: Anstee, Margaret Joan, United Nations--Biography, United Nations--Officials And Employees, British--Biography, World Politics--20th Century
...proposals for high-level military contacts, as well as another Namibe meeting. In Vila Espa an urgent summons awaited me to see Foreign...the President over Christmas. The Government, too, wanted a Namibe II meeting, which I agreed to arrange for the next week. But...
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The Angolan Economy: Prospects for Growth in a Postwar Environment
Book by Shawn H. Mccormick; Westview Press, 1994
...Granite, marble, and quartz are currently being quarried in Namibe and Huila provinces in southwestern Angola. Angolan marble...the country before rail and road transportation to the port of Namibe became unreliable. Although resources appear to be substantial...
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The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary
Book by James S. Olson; Greenwood Press, 1996
Subjects: Africa--Social Life And Customs--Dictionaries, Ethnohistory--Africa--Dictionaries, Ethnology--Africa--Dictionaries
nineteenth centuries, the Kwanyama Kingdom was powerful in what is known as the Namibe hinterland, and the Kwanyamas fiercely resisted the expansion of Portuguese * imperial authority. They were not conquered until...
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magazine articles on: Namibe  - 7 results

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Security Council Does Not Adopt Text Condemning South Africa for Attack against Angola
Magazine article; UN Chronicle, Vol. 23, August 1986
Subjects: Angola--Military aspects, South Africa--Military policy, United Nations--Relations with South Africa
...premeditated and unprovoked attack on the port of Namibe in Angola as well as its continuing occupation...that it "operated in the harbour town of Namibe. The vote was 12 to 2 (United Kingdom...and Cuban merchant ships unloading in Namibe on 5 June had been the target of "a pirate...
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Angola Awakens
Magazine article; African Business, March 2011
Subjects: Petroleum industry--Economic aspects, Petroleum industry--Industry forecasts, Petroleum industry--Production management
...links to the countrys three main ports, Luanda, Lobito and Namibe, are being reopened to enable agricultural produce and other...the 900km Mocamedes railway, which connects the provinces of Namibe and Kuanda Kubango, is due to be completed by the end of this...
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Leaders Asked to Put Peace Process Back on Track; 'A Dangerous Political and Security Situation
Magazine article; UN Chronicle, Vol. 30, March 1993
Subjects: United Nations. Security Council--Resolutions, United Nations--Relations with Angola
...resume the direct talks begun in the southern Angolan town of Namibe on 26 November. Both parties, it stated, must agree without...joint declaration made by the Angolan Government and UNITA in Namibe on 26 November "a positive step forward which could begin to...
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When the Going Gets Tough: So Far It Has Been Relatively Plain Sailing for Africa and China as Their Trade Relationship Blossomed. but What Will Happen Now That Circumstances Have Become More Challenging? Matthew Morgan Investigates
Magazine article by Matthew Morgan; African Business, October 2008
Subjects: Africa--International trade, China--International trade, Chinese foreign relations--Analysis
...a halt. These include the reconstruction of the Benguela railway that runs from Angola to Congo and Zambia and the Luanda- Namibe track. These China International Fund-backed investments are not the only ones to be now in doubt. Given Chinas economic...
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Angola's New Friends: Angola Is Now China's Leading Oil Supplier, Outstripping Saudi Arabia. within the Next Decade, China Will Outpace the US as the Biggest Global Consumer of Oil. China, Thus, Sees Angola as a Partner Worthy of Special Attention. Kate Eshelby Reports
Magazine article by Kate Eshelby; New African, October 2007
Subjects: Angola--International economic relations, China--Buildings and facilities, China--International economic relations, Economic conditions--Analysis, Petroleum industry--Analysis, Postwar reconstruction
...Hong Kong, is rebuilding Angolas railways which will soon operate again, linking Luanda to Malange, Benguela to Moxico and Namibe to Menongue. The Benguela railway will allow transport of Zambias copper to Angolan ports. China is now the worlds largest...
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newspaper articles on: Namibe  - 2 results

 
 
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Masks of Union
Newspaper article by Joanna Shaw-Eagle; The Washington Times, June 16, 2001
...Made of wood, fabric, string, beads, wax and pigment, the dolls had to be handled carefully. A "Ritual Doll" from the Namibe province of Angola had still another function. The creator substituted an ear of corn for the usual fiber core. The corn indicates...
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End of Civil War Opens Up Angolan 'Jurassic Park'
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, August 24, 2009
Subjects: Fossils, Paleontology
...dubbed Angolasaurus.The focus of the digs so far have been along the coast north of Luanda, and in the desert province of Namibe where sand cliffs drop dramatically to the ocean below, with fossils poking out of the embankments.However, Mateus, who...


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encyclopedia articles on: Namibe  - 3 results

 
 
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Namibe
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NAMIBE nameb, formerly Mossamedes mosa m des, town (1987 est. pop. 77,000), SW Angola, a port on the Atlantic Ocean. Iron ore...
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Mossamedes
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MOSSAMEDES see Namibe . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Angola
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...cultivated along a narrow coastal strip. In addition to Luanda, other important cities are Huambo , Lobito , Benguela , and Namibe . The overwhelming majority of Angolas population is of African descent, and most of the people speak Bantu and other African...


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