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Massangano

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Massangano
Country Angola
ProvinceCuanza Norte
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)
ClimateAw

Massangano is a town and commune of Angola, located in the province of Cuanza Norte.[1][2]

Its name is sometimes written Masango. It was esblished by the Portuguese in 1582 as Fort Nossa Senhora da Vitória to be their base of operations in the interior of modern Angola until the late 17th-century.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "Cambambe". Official Portal of the 2014 INE Angola Census. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Massangano". google maps. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  3. ^ John K. Thornton, A History of West-Central Africa to 1850 (Cambridge University Press, 2020) p. 86.