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Benguela
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Benguela [bɛŋˈgwɛlə]
n
(Placename) a port in W Angola: founded in 1617; a terminus (with Lobito) of the railway that runs from Beira in Mozambique through the Copper Belt of Zambia and Zimbabwe. Pop.: 41 000 (latest est.)
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The formal authority of Portugal was extended in 1618 to cover a second port at Benguella.
Formal and informal empire in the history of Portuguese expansion by Newitt, Malyn / Portuguese Studies
they covered the area between Setti-Carnuna in the north and Benguella in the south.
The gift of the Osuo by Johnson, Charles / African American Review
20) Portuguese, Brazilian and pagan popular legends were written as lyrical prose or verse as was, for instance, 'A Flor da Amendoeira (Lenda)' by Marcos Algarve; (21) 'A Velha e o Rei' (Libanio Sampaio, Baia, Brazil); (22) 'Lendas Amazonicas--Lenda da Mandioca' (Delphim Freire, Acre, Brazil); (23) and 'O Marido Infiel (Lenda Gentilica)' (Said Kafundanga, Benguella, Angola).
Novo Almanach de Lembrancas Luso Brasileiro: mirror of a culture by Sarmento, Clara; Nogueira, Carlos / Portuguese Studies
 
 
 
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