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Saldanha (other)
Saldanha may refer to: Places South Africa * Saldanha Bay, a bay in Western Cape * Saldanha, Western Cape, a town on the bay * Saldanha Bay Local Municipality, the unit of government that administers the Saldanha Bay region Other countries * Saldanha (Lisbon Metro), a railway station in Lisbon, Portugal * Saldanha, a civil parish in Mogadouro, Portugal * Saldaña de Burgos, Castile and León, Spain People * Saldanha (footballer, born 1989), Brazilian football right-back * Saldanha (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian football forward * Saldanha da Gama (1846–1895), Brazilian admiral * António de Saldanha (fl. 16th century), Castilian-Portuguese explorer for whom the South African bay is named * Carlos Saldanha (born 1965), Brazilian film director * Jacintha Saldanha (1966–2012), Indian nurse in London who committed suicide after a prank call * João Carlos Saldanha de Oliveira Daun, 1st Duke of Saldanha (1790–1876), Portuguese marshal and statesman * João Saldanha (1917–199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saldanha Bay
Saldanha Bay () is a natural harbour on the south-western coast of South Africa. The town that developed on the northern shore of the bay, also called Saldanha, Western Cape, Saldanha, was incorporated with five other towns into the Saldanha Bay Local Municipality in 2000. The current population of the municipality is estimated at 72,000. The place is mentioned in the first edition of John Locke's ''Two Treatises of Government'' as an example of the state of nature.''Second Treatise'', sec. 14. Locke replaced the reference to "Soldania" with a story told by Garcilaso de la Vega (chronicler), Garcilaso de la Vega about a desert island in subsequent editions (Peter Laslett, ed., ''Two Treatises of Government'', by John Locke, student edition [New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988], 277n). Saldanha Bay's location makes it a paradise for the watersport enthusiast, and its local economy being strongly dependent on fishing, mussels, seafood processing, the steel industry and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |