Moçâmedes (Angola

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Moçâmedes (Angola : District)
Other forms of name
nna Mossâmedes, Angola (District)
Moçâmedes, Angola (District)
Coordinates
12.15083333 12.15083333 -15.19527778 -15.19527778 (gooearth )
Associated country
Angola
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 131353329
Wikidata: Q221914
Library of congress: n 80162757
Sources of Information
  • Torres, M. J. de M. O distrito de Moçâmedes nas fases ... (1485-1859) 1950.

Wikipedia description:

Moçâmedes is a city in southwestern Angola, and the capital of Namibe Province. The city's current population is 345,987 (2024 census). Founded in 1840 by the 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.

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