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German Angolans
German Angolans are the descendants of German people, German settlers in the nation of Angola. German immigrants to Portuguese Angola started to appear in the mid-19th century. They took part in the founding and initial growth of the coastal city of Moçâmedes in the 1850s. More German immigrants came to Angola in the 20th century, with about 1,400 immigrating between 1915 and 1930. After Angolan independence and the subsequent Angolan Civil War, civil war that occurred, most German Angolans left the county for Europe (both Germany & Portugal, depending on their choice), though some families remain, mainly in the town of Calulo, as well as the capital, Luanda. Other German Angolans left for Namibia, which was a German territory and where the remaining colonial German population lives and Portuguese and black Angolan refugees also left for, & others along with Portuguese settlers and black Angolans left for Portuguese-speaking country of Brazil, where there is a visible presence of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benguela
Benguela (; Umbundu: Luombaka) is a city in western Angola, capital of Benguela Province. Benguela is one of Angola's most populous cities with a population of 555,124 in the city and 561,775 in the municipality, at the 2014 census. History Portuguese rule Benguela was founded in 1617 as ''São Felipe de Benguela'' by the Portugal, Portuguese under Manuel Cerveira Pereira, 8th Governor of Portuguese West Africa, Angola (1604–1607). It was long the centre of an important trade, especially in Slavery in Angola, slaves to Brazil and Cuba. Ships anchored about off the shore, in depths of and Lightering, transferred loads to smaller boats which used five or six jetty, jetties in the town. However, the nearby deep-water sheltered harbour of Lobito was a much larger port. Besides the churches of S. Felipe and S. António, the hospital, and the fortress, as of 1911 there were only a few stone-built houses. A short way beyond Benguela is Baía Farta, where salt was manufactured ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
