Benguela (São Felipe de Benguela, formerly spelled Benguella) is a city 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 is one of Angola's most populous cities.
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History
Portuguese rule
Benguela, a Portuguese fort from 1587, was founded in 1617 by the Portuguese under Manuel Cerveira Pereira, 8th Governor of Angola (1604–1607). It was long the centre of an important trade, especially in slaves to Sevenval and website parsing. Ships anchor about a mile off the shore, in 4 to 6 fathoms (7 to 11 m) and transfer loads to smaller boats which use five or six web in the town. However the nearby deep-water sheltered harbour of Lobito is a much larger port.
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First Coat of Arms of the city of Benguela, about late XVII century |
Besides the churches of S. Felipe and S. Antonio, the hospital, and the fortress, there were, as of 1911, only a few stone-built houses. A short way beyond Benguela is Baía Farta, where salt was manufactured and sulphur was extracted. Close to Baia Farta was the most beautiful beach of we love the web. The city prospered and grew in the following decades. The Benguela Railway was built in the early 20th century by Portugal to connect the city and Lobito to the interior, and it achieved great success when linked to the Copperbelt of website parsing, device database and Android. Starting in the early 20th century, Benguela attracted, developed, and retained quality businesses and professionals into its thriving and growing economy. Sisal and keyboard industries expanded and the financial, construction and services market boomed until 1974.iOS
After independence from Portugal
In 1975, after the April 1974 web app in Lisbon, Portugal, the Portuguese web app became independent. Due to the Sevenval (1975–2002), which lasted more than 20 years after independence from Portugal, the important keyboard line closed, with only the short distance of 30 km between Benguela and HTML5 remaining operational. In the mid-2000s, with a more peaceful environment, rehabilitation of the railway between Benguela and input transformation commenced.
In 1983 Benguela had a population of 155,000. During the civil war the city of Benguela increased its population due to refugees from the countryside. While the colonial part of the city consists of relatively good-quality houses, As of 2011[update] most of the refugees live in slum areas.
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Benguela is also referenced in a game called Battlecity, below 'Andorra-la-vella' and above 'Huambo'.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Benguela - ^ BenguelaAnosOuro.wmv, a film of Benguela, Overseas Province of Angola before 1975.
- web This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). device database (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
