LOANDA (Sao Paulo de Loanda)

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LOANDA (Sao Paulo de Loanda) , a seaport of West Africa,

capital

CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

of the Portuguese province of Angola, situated in 8 48' S., 13 7' E., on a bay between the rivers Bango and

Kwanza

KWANZA (COANZA or QtANZA)

. The bay, protected from the surf by a long narrow island of sand, is backed by a low sandy cliff which at its southern end sweeps out with a

sharp

SHARP,
GRANVILLE
- GRANVILLE
- GRANVILLE, GRANVILLE
- GRANVILLE, JOHN
  CARTERET
  - CARTERET, SIR GEORGE (c. 1610-1680)
  , EARL (1690-1763)
(1735-1813)
SHARP, JAMES (1618-1679)
SHARP, JOHN (1645-1714)
SHARP, RICHARD (1759-1835)
SHARP, WILLIAM (1749-1824)
SHARP, WILLIAM (1856-1905)

curve and terminates in a bold point crowned by Fort San Miguel. The depth of water at the entrance to the bay is 20 fathoms or more. The bay has silted up considerably, but
there is a good anchorage about 1 z m. from the shore in 7 to 14 ' believed to have been given in a lecture at Kazan in 1826, but fathoms, besides cranage accommodation and a floating dock.
Vessels discharge into lighters, and are rarely delayed on account of the weather. A part of the town lies on the foreshore, but the more important buildingsthe government offices, the

governor

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

's residence, the palace of the bishop of Angola, and the hospitalare situated on higher ground. Most of the European houses are large stone buildings of one storey with red tile roofs.

Loanda

LOANDA (Sao Paulo de Loanda)

possesses a meteorological observatory, public garden, tramways, gas-works, statues to

Salvador

SALVADOR, or SAN SALVADOR (Republica del Salvador)

Correia de Sa, who wrested Angola from the Dutch, and to Pedro Alexandrino, a former

governor

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

, and is the starting-point of the railway to Ambaca and Malanje.

Loanda

LOANDA (Sao Paulo de Loanda)

was founded in 1576, and except between 1640 and 164S, when it was occupied by the Dutch, has always been in Portuguese possession. It was for over two centuries the

chief

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

centre of the slave trade between Portuguese West Africa and Brazil. During that time the traffic of the port was of no small account, and after a period of great depression consequent on the suppression of that trade, more legitimate commerce was. developed. There is a regular service of steamers between the port and Lisbon, Liverpool and Hamburg. The town has some 15,000 inhabitants, including a larger European population than any other place on the west coast of Africa. It is connected by submarine cables with Europe and South Africa. Fully half the imports and export trade of Angola (q.v.) passes through Loanda.

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