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- the largest colonies of water birds in West Africa. The 12,000 km² ... of the richest fishing waters in western Africa and serve as nesting grounds ...16 KB (2,318 words) - 17:29, 10 February 2023
- Spanish: San Francisco Javier; Portuguese: São Francisco Xavier; ... the Indies, arriving in Goa, the center Portuguese activity in the East, on ...15 KB (2,402 words) - 04:52, 9 April 2024
- a sparsely populated country in Southern Africa on the Atlantic coast. It ... remained under British control. South Africa seized South West Africa ...17 KB (2,377 words) - 02:43, 11 March 2023
- Inhabited from prehistoric times, Luanda came under Portuguese rule ... Atlantic in the west to the River Kwango in the east of Angola. ...24 KB (3,367 words) - 10:35, 9 March 2023
- north. A premier trading center for West Africa that often attracted European ... and spiritual capital of Islamic West Africa in the fifteenth and sixteenth ...16 KB (2,417 words) - 23:36, 30 April 2023
- The Congo River is the largest river in western Central Africa and ... the parts of Gondwanaland that are now Africa and South America. Except ...14 KB (2,084 words) - 19:05, 15 May 2020
- is connected to the Gulf of Oman in the east by the Strait of Hormuz. Its ... and Tigris Rivers, where the left (east) bank is held by Iran. ...14 KB (2,162 words) - 00:43, 24 November 2022
- Ocean 22 miles (35 km) off the coast of East Africa, of numerous small ... called "a jewel in the lap of Africa," the archipelago has ...19 KB (2,660 words) - 05:43, 13 June 2023
- Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa ... states flourished after contact with the Portuguese in the 15th century, and ...16 KB (2,385 words) - 18:51, 21 May 2024
- Portuguese India ( Índia Portuguesa India's independence in 1947, Portuguese India included a number ...22 KB (3,152 words) - 00:27, 12 April 2023
- Ferdinand Magellan (Portuguese: Fernão de Magalhães, IPA pronunciation: / ... Spring 1480 – April 27, 1521) was a Portuguese maritime explorer who, ...20 KB (3,084 words) - 17:19, 26 March 2024
- of the slave trade triangle between Africa, the Caribbean, and New England ... The term originally comes from the Portuguese word "melaço," ...11 KB (1,738 words) - 13:05, 10 March 2023
- Mozambique, is a country in southeastern Africa, bordering South Africa, ... neglect under the colonial domination of the Portuguese. ...25 KB (3,580 words) - 01:47, 11 March 2023
- 3, 1939. Nepal, Newfoundland, Tonga, South Africa, and Canada followed suit ... * South Africa: September 6, 1939 * Canada: September 10, 1939 ...16 KB (2,240 words) - 18:30, 21 July 2023
- Bantu is a general term for over 400 different ethnic groups in Africa ... After the Bantu expansion, many of the great kingdoms of South Africa ...25 KB (3,899 words) - 07:30, 20 September 2023
- camps during the revolt in German West Africa 1904-1905 and Adolf Hitler ... European powers in the “Scramble for Africa.” Among Germany's ...17 KB (2,331 words) - 05:35, 5 December 2022
- from being the largest exporter of food in Africa to the biggest importer of ... the only tertiary education institution in East Africa), where he obtained ...16 KB (2,366 words) - 09:54, 12 May 2024
- Republic of Tanzania, is a nation on the east coast of Africa. The name ... and unique in the world; it contains Africa's highest and lowest ...29 KB (4,092 words) - 04:27, 27 February 2023
- which is the largest natural harbor in Africa, and the third largest natural ... Bay College, the oldest university in West Africa, founded in 1827. The university ...24 KB (3,436 words) - 21:04, 27 November 2023
- one of the smallest nations in continental Africa. Formerly the Portuguese ... to the north, Guinea to the south and east, and the Atlantic Ocean to ...25 KB (3,595 words) - 03:07, 12 July 2023
- guarded by two forts built on hills to its east and southwest. ... Unlike most capital cities in southern Africa, Antananarivo was already ...13 KB (1,867 words) - 05:19, 31 July 2023
- emographics/census-main.htm South Africa grows to 44.8 million], on ... |regions = South Africa |region1 = KwaZulu-Natal |pop1 = 7.6 million ...23 KB (3,468 words) - 06:14, 13 June 2023
- port, the largest of the Maghreb and North Africa, and is one of the largest ... leading to it being targeted by the Portuguese, who destroyed the town in 1468. ...20 KB (2,766 words) - 14:16, 29 November 2023
- Swahili: Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in East Africa with its capital and ... Kenya's location on the eastern coast of Africa and central highlands ...29 KB (4,349 words) - 03:29, 6 October 2022
- on the Eastern Indian Ocean coast of Africa. Situated close to the equator ... whose families originated from the Middle East and Indian sub-continent areas ...19 KB (2,649 words) - 22:16, 25 January 2024
- rediscovered, possibly accidentally, by Portuguese sailors and settled by ... lies about 360 miles from the coast of Africa, 535 miles from Lisbon, 230 ...32 KB (4,286 words) - 10:48, 9 March 2023
- The Republic of South Africa, most commonly referred to as South Africa ... South Africa experienced a significantly different evolution from ...35 KB (4,809 words) - 15:13, 27 April 2023
- The Portuguese Colonial War, also known as the Overseas War in Portugal ... a black football player from Portuguese East Africa named Eusébio, is ...54 KB (8,315 words) - 00:25, 12 April 2023
- "Canton" was the convenient Portuguese or French romanization ... The Portuguese were the first Europeans to arrive to the city by sea ...22 KB (2,966 words) - 03:09, 5 March 2023
- They are approximately 354 km (220 mi) east of the mainland. The Rocas ... Amerigo Vespucci, who traveled with a Portuguese expedition of Gonçalo ...21 KB (2,904 words) - 17:27, 26 March 2024
- one-third of the continent of Africa for more than thirty years ... Robert Moffat, who inspired him to go to Africa. Dr. Moffat spoke of the ...18 KB (2,693 words) - 08:06, 28 January 2024
- against independence movement across the Portuguese Empire. After decades of ... were aroused by the new anti-clerical Portuguese First Republic. Writing ...26 KB (3,864 words) - 20:38, 22 December 2022
- by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east by the Atlantic Ocean. North ... America ranks fourth in area (after Asia, Africa, and North America) and fifth ...34 KB (4,744 words) - 15:36, 4 February 2023
- The Portuguese occupied Muscat for a 140-year period (1508–1648 ... The Ottomans drove out the Portuguese, but were pushed out themselves ...14 KB (2,071 words) - 10:33, 11 March 2023
- and squash, introduced by Arab and Portuguese traders during the sixteenth ... across the world, especially those of South East Asia. It is now one of the ...28 KB (4,219 words) - 22:01, 4 February 2023
- Livingstone Road to the south, the Great East Road to Malawi, and the Great ... events have earned the city the moniker of Africa's "City of Peace." ...21 KB (2,892 words) - 10:38, 9 March 2023
- role in two voyages which explored the east coast of South America between ... Juan Dias de Solis, a Portuguese explorer in service to Spain may ...12 KB (1,880 words) - 06:51, 25 July 2023
- in terms of population, in continental Africa, though Seychelles and São ... in the last decade has become sub-Saharan Africa's third largest oil ...26 KB (3,689 words) - 19:14, 13 February 2024
- for its maritime successes during the Portuguese Age of Discovery. The city ... spans the Tagus to the west of the city. East of that bridge, the Tagus ...34 KB (4,753 words) - 07:44, 9 March 2023
- 1784 to 1878, mainly in North America and Africa, selling or losing its territory ... the Berlin Conference (1884) which divided Africa between the major powers ...18 KB (2,669 words) - 00:38, 27 February 2023
- the Americas to the west, and Eurasia and Africa to the east. A component ... Sea, Norwegian Sea, and Barents Sea. To the east, the boundaries of the ocean ...27 KB (4,091 words) - 06:07, 21 August 2023
- its culture, as has its native peoples, East Indians, Africans, and the ... Sea just north of Trinidad and Tobago and east of Central America. Geographically ...18 KB (2,550 words) - 00:56, 23 December 2022
- is 250 kilometers (155 mi) long, west to east, and protracts from continental ... stretching from the Persian Gulf to North Africa's Maghreb in the Mediterranean ...22 KB (3,173 words) - 21:53, 30 January 2023
- Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous ... Africa, particularly central eastern Africa, is widely regarded within ...46 KB (6,657 words) - 06:01, 16 June 2023
- The Zambezi (also spelled Zambesi) is the fourth-longest river in ... Mozambique, which provides power to South Africa. There is also a smaller ...22 KB (3,457 words) - 21:14, 31 January 2024
- Réunion is an island, located in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar ... The collective title is derived from the Portuguese navigator Pedro Mascarenhas ...22 KB (3,300 words) - 00:08, 22 August 2022
- Island, Rough Rock Island, Flat Rock (East), The Buoys, Sandy Bay Island ... Boatswain Bird Island, Boatswain Bird Rock (east), White Rocks (south), and ...33 KB (4,923 words) - 20:47, 17 April 2023
- father was a wealthy lawyer of Madeiran Portuguese descent who could afford ... his travels in Spain, Mexico, North Africa, plus the streets and cafés ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 04:56, 3 August 2022
- a former French colony of western-central Africa. It borders Gabon, Cameroon ... Congo is located in the central-western part of sub-Saharan Africa ...23 KB (3,296 words) - 19:42, 16 April 2023
- the oasis populations of the Northern Africa Maghreb region. ... within place names across Northern Africa in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia ...17 KB (2,566 words) - 04:37, 4 March 2023
