Bembe is a town and
municipality in
Uíge Province
Uíge (pronunciation: ; kg, Wizidi) is one of the eighteen Provinces of Angola, located in the northwestern part of the country. Its capital city is of the same name.
History
During the Middle Ages, the Uíge Province was the heartland of the ...
in
Angola. The municipality had a population of 32,955 in 2014.
In the mid-19th century Bembe was a center of mining by the Portuguese colonial government and one of the points of contract with the rulers of the
Kingdom of Kongo
The Kingdom of Kongo ( kg, Kongo dya Ntotila or ''Wene wa Kongo;'' pt, Reino do Congo) was a kingdom located in central Africa in present-day northern Angola, the western portion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Republic of the ...
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1878 article from nature mentioning Bembe
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References
Populated places in Uíge Province
Municipalities of Angola
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