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Benguela ((São Felipe de Benguela, formerly spelt Benguella Benguela ) is a port in western Angola, south of Luanda, and capital of Benguela Province. It lies on a bay of the same name, in 12° 33’ S., 13° 25’ E.
Benguela 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 Benguela Belize . The anchorage lies about a mile from the town, in 4 to 6 fathoms (7 to 11 m). Besides the churches of S. Felipe and S Caminho De Ferro De Benguela . Antonio, the hospital, and the fortress, there are (as of 1911) only a few stone-built houses Benguela Current . A short way beyond Benguela is BaÃa Farta, where salt is manufactured and sulphur excavated.
It is the port terminus of the railway that runs from Beira in Mozambique through the Copper Belt of Zambia and Zimbabwe. In 1983 it had a population of 155,000.
This article incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, which is in the public domain. Benguela Angola |
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