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ID: 1087819
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1087819
Record Type:
administrative
Huambo (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 12 44 00 S
degrees minutes
Lat: -12.7333
decimal degrees
Long: 015 47 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 15.7833
decimal degrees
Note:
Located in rich agricultural area; is a commercial & shipping center; was severely damaged in civil war during & after independence.
Names:
Huambo
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
............
established in 1912; name was restored in 1975
Nova Lisboa
(
H
,
V
)
............
used 1928-1975
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Africa
(continent) (
P
)
........
Angola
(nation) (
P
)
............
Huambo
(province) (
P
)
................
Huambo
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
settled by Portuguese 15th cen.; modern town founded 1912
town (
C
)
provincial capital (
C
)
transportation center (
C
)
commercial center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Huambo..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
VI, 110
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
86
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
517
Nova Lisboa..........
[
VP
]
.......................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
VI, 110
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
VI, 110
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
86
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
517
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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