Our navigation bar is loading . . .

 


 

Jesus Christ Saves Ministries

Helping San Diego, California and beyond since 1997.  




 

JCSM's Top 1000 Christian Sites - Free Traffic Sharing Service!


Do you need volunteer, community service, work, military or court hours?

Click here and add this page to your favorites!

Return to the JCSM Study Center!

Encyclopedia Britannica



WADELAI

This article appears in Volume V28, Page 228 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: VIR-WAT
WADELAI , a station on the
east
  bank of the Upper Nile in the British protectorate of L'ganaa, in 2 50' N., 31 35' E., 200 M. in a direct line N.N.W. of Entebbe on Victoria Nyanza, and 72 M. by river below Butiaba on Albert Nyanza. The government station was built on a hill 16o to 200 ft. above the Nile at a spotwhere the river narrows to 482 ft. and attains a
depth
  of 30 ft. At this
place
  was a gauge for measuring the discharge of the river. Wadelai was first visited by a
European
 , Lieut. H. Chippendall, in 1875, and was named after a chieftain who, when visited by Gessi
Pasha
  (on the occasion of that officer's circumnavigation of Albert Nyanza), ruled the surrounding
district
  as a vassal of Kabarega, king of Unyoro. The region was annexed to the Egyptian Sudan and Wadelai's
village
  chosen as a government
post
 . This
post
  was on the western bank of the Nile, ri m. below the existing station. Here for some time Emin
Pasha
  had his headquarters, evacuating the
place
  in December 1888. Thereafter, for some years, the
district
  was held by the Mandists. In 1894 the British flag was hoisted at Wadelai, on both banks of the Nile, by Major E. R. Owen. Some twelve years later the government post was withdrawn. There is a native
village
  at the foot of the hill.


End of Article: WADELAI


If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
<a href="http://jcsm.org/StudyCenter/Encyclopedia/VIR_WAT/WADELAI.html">
WADELAI
</a>
(Previous)
WADEBRIDGE 		(Next)
WADHWAN

 


 
 


JCSM was founded in 1997 and exists to help the community and bring people into a life-changing and productive relationship with Jesus Christ. JCSM offers over 200,000 free web pages, including its weekly inspirational emails that were sent continuously for over a decade.

Jesus Christ Saves Ministries
P.O. Box 9297
San Diego, CA  92169
1-888-887-0417 or Email

JCSM is a 501(c)(3), non-profit organization. Copyright © 1997-2012.
 

 

Sponsored Advertisements

Online First Aid and CPR Certification  .  DHA Solutions  .  PB Happy Hour Specials  .  Improvising Made Easy For Guitar and Bass  .  The Skeptic's Annotated Bible: Corrected and Explained  .  Home Equity Loans  .  First Aid and CPR Online  .  San Diego Music Lessons  .  10,000 Wise Quotes and Spiritual Sayings  .  Blow Up Your Site (For Free!)  .  San Diego DUI Lawyers  .  Jason Gastrich  .  Jordan Faith Gastrich  .  Divorce Secrets Revealed  .  Post Your Ad Link Free  .  San Diego Soccer Training  .  JCSM  .  Download Sermons  .  Custom Religious Banners, Build A Sign  .  Christian Singles Dating  .  Christian T-Shirts  .  Healing Christian Prayer  .  Bumper Authority  .  Personalized Blogs and Email  .  San Diego Haircuts  .  The Do the Math Diet  .  Stop Twitter Spam  .  Christian Conservative Work at Home Network  .  The Website of the Lord