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Algoa may refer to: *Algoa, Texas, an unincorporated community in Galveston County, Texas, United States *Algoa Bay, a wide inlet along the South African east coast *Algoa FM Algoa FM is the leading South African commercial radio station serving the Eastern Cape Province and Garden Route, mostly due to the limited number of alternative radio stations in the locality. It started broadcasting on 1 January 1986 as part of ..., a Commercial radio station * 1394 Algoa, an asteroid {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algoa, Texas
Algoa is an unincorporated community in Galveston County, Texas, United States. The population was 125 according to the 2000 census.http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1329358 GNIS Detail - Algoa, TX The 2010 census did not record the population of Algoa. History The town was founded in 1880 on the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway and originally named Hughes. In 1893 telephone service was installed in the area, and in 1897 a post office was opened under the name Algoa. Primarily an agricultural community, early crops consisted of mainly pears, satsumas, strawberries, and figs that were then sold in nearby Galveston. Later, in the early 1900s, many farmers switched over to rice and dairy farming, as they were more profitable and stable commodities. Education Algoa students are zoned to schools in the Santa Fe Independent School District. Postal services The Algoa post office closed in 1972. Mail service is handled by the nearby Alvin Alvin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algoa Bay
Algoa Bay is a maritime bay in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. It is located in the east coast, east of the Cape of Good Hope. Algoa Bay is bounded in the west by Cape Recife and in the east by Cape Padrone. The bay is up to deep. The harbour city of Port Elizabeth is situated adjacent to the bay, as is the Port of Ngqura deep water port facility. History The Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias was the first European to reach Algoa Bay in 1488, where he planted a wooden cross on a small island now called St Croix or Santa Cruz island. He gave the bay a name meaning "Bay of the Rock", which was changed in Portugal to ''Bahia de Lagoa'' or Bay of the Lagoon, and which eventually became Algoa Bay. Joshua Slocum talks about Algoa Bay in his book 'Sailing Alone Around the World' (this is not an historical account): Nautical charts of the bay caution mariners that "projectiles and badly corroded mustard gas containers have been found in the area between Cape St Francis and Bir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algoa FM
Algoa FM is the leading South African commercial radio station serving the Eastern Cape Province and Garden Route, mostly due to the limited number of alternative radio stations in the locality. It started broadcasting on 1 January 1986 as part of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). It was privatised in October 1996, and has grown into the Eastern Cape’s leading media house. Algoa FM is licensed by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa, or ICASA The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) is an independent regulatory body of the South African government, established in 2000 by the ICASA Act to regulate both the telecommunications and broadcasting sectors in the publ .... Footprint Algoa FM's broadcast footprint stretches from the Wild Coast to the Garden Route and inland through the Karoo hinterland. It enjoys a listening audience of over 505 000, according to the Broadcast Research Council of South Africa (BRC). The sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
