List Of Renamed Places In Angola

	List Of Renamed Places In Angola This is a list of renamed places in Angola. Country Prior to independence in 1975, Angola was known as Portuguese Angola, or occasionally Portuguese West Africa. Upon independence, the country was renamed the Republic of Angola. Cities and towns * Teixeira da Silva → Bailundo (1975) * Benguella → Benguela (1975) * Vila Robert Williams → Caála (1975) * Concelho → Caconda (1975) * Amboim → Cabela → Gabela, Angola, Gabela * Huambo → Nova Lisboa (1928) → Huambo (1975) * Silva Porto → Kuito (1975) * Loanda → Luanda (1975) * Teixeira de Sousa → Luau, Moxico, Luau (1975) * Sá da Bandeira → Lubango * Vila Luso → Luena, Moxico Province, Luena (1975) * São Salvador → M'banza-Kongo (1975) * Serpa Pinto → Menongue (1975) * Moçâmedes → Namibe (1985) → Moçâmedes (2016) * Vila Salazar → N'dalatando (1975) * Kissonde → Benguela → Benguela Velha → Porto Amboim (1923) * Henrique de Carvalho → Saurimo (1975) * Santo António do Zaire → Soyo (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
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picture info	Moçâmedes Moçâmedes is a city in southwestern Angola, capital of Namibe Province. The city's current population is 255,000 (2014 census). Founded in 1840 by the Portuguese Angola, Portuguese colonial administration, the city was named Namibe between 1985 and 2016. Moçâmedes has a cool dry climate and desert vegetation, because it is near the Namib Desert. History The area was first explored by the Portuguese in 1785 and claimed for Portugal by Luís Cândido Cordeiro Pinheiro Furtado, who had been sent there in the frigate ''Loanda'' by the then governor-general of Angola, Baron Moçâmedes (Portuguese: ''Barão de Mossâmedes''), who also sent an overland expedition headed by Gregório José Mendes to rendezvous with Furtado. They renamed the bay Moçâmedes in honour of the baron. In 1839 the then governor-general of Angola, António Manuel de Noronha, Admiral Noronha, sent a fresh expedition to subdue the local chiefs and make them vassals of Portugal. Moçâmedes was offici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Names Of Places In Africa A name is a term used for identification by an external observer. They can identify a class or category of things, or a single thing, either uniquely, or within a given context. The entity identified by a name is called its referent. A personal name identifies, not necessarily uniquely, a ''specific'' individual human. The name of a specific entity is sometimes called a proper name (although that term has a philosophical meaning as well) and is, when consisting of only one word, a proper noun. Other nouns are sometimes called "common names" or (obsolete) "general names". A name can be given to a person, place, or thing; for example, parents can give their child a name or a scientist can give an element a name. Etymology The word ''name'' comes from Old English ''nama''; cognate with Old High German (OHG) ''namo'', Sanskrit (''nāman''), Latin '' nomen'', Greek (''onoma''), and Persian (''nâm''), from the Proto-Indo-European (PIE) ''h₁nómn̥''. Outside Indo-European, it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Angola History-related Lists , national_anthem = "Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion = , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , official_languages = Portuguese , languages2_type = National languages , languages2 = , ethnic_groups = , ethnic_groups_ref = , ethnic_groups_year = 2000 , demonym = , government_type = Unitary dominant-party presidential republic , leader_title1 = President , leader_name1 = João Lourenço , leader_title2 = Vice President , leader_name2 = Esperança da CostaInvestidura do Presiden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]