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Benguela

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Benguela , city (1983 est. pop. 155,000), W Angola, on the Atlantic. It is a rail terminus, export point, and commercial, fishing, and adminstrative center. A fort was built there in the late 16th cent., and the city was founded in 1617. Benguela's port played an important role in slave trading. Author not available, BENGUELA. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

Benguela current
Benguela current Oceanic water current that flows northward along the west coast of southern Africa between latitude 15° S and 35°S. It is distinguished by an area of cold upwelling water, and is a relatively weak current, flowing at less than 0.25 m/s. Read more

Benguela Current
Benguela Current An oceanic water current that flows northward along the west coast of southern Africa between latitude 15°S and 35°S. It is distinguished by an area of cold upwelling water and is a relatively weak current, flowing at less than 0.25 m/s. Read more

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	benguela current warming up.(News) ; ...as possible because big changes in the Benguela ecosystem mean it will become increasing...a workshop on climate change and the Benguela current ecosystem last week. At a briefing...one degree Celsius warming trend of the Benguela over the past 25 years. Other findings... Read more
	Hydrographic and current measurements in the area of the Angola-Benguela front ; ...structure and flow in the area of the Angola-Benguela front was studied under the auspices of BENEFIT (Benguela Environment-Fisheries Interaction and...by 5'N, 350S and 10'W, 20'E. The Angola-Benguela Front was observed at 16'30'S separating... Read more
	SA, Angola and namibia set up benguela current commission.(News) ; ...their support for the establishment of a Benguela Current Commission - a formal institutional...conservation and sustainable use of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME...and international shipping. The planned Benguela Current Commission will implement an... Read more
	Rehabilitation of Benguela Railway in Angola ; ...work on Angola's major railway the Benguela line has started. The work will...completed in three years. The 1,340-km Benguela line runs across the central part...Democratic Republic of Congo. The Benguela line, which links Tazara via the... Read more
	Angola's Benguela Railway To Be Renovated ; The main railway in central Angola, the Benguela Railway, will soon be renovated for the vitalization of industrial...Angolan peace agreement. The renovation of the 1,340-kilometer Benguela Railway will contribute not only to the development of the... Read more
	Contracts awarded for Benguela Belize Project. (International Highlights).(Brief Article) ; ChevronTexaco's subsidiary Cabinda Gulf Oil Co. Ltd. has awarded contracts for its Benguela Belize Project. The contracts are for the development of the Benguela and Belize fields in Angola's deepwater Block 14. Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering... Read more
	Evolution of Interannual Warm and Cold Events in the Southeast Atlantic Ocean ; ...the southeast Atlantic Ocean, known as Benguela Ninos, have devastating environmental...precondition the sea surface in the Angola-Benguela region prior to the arrival of an event...equatorial Atlantic in the same way as Benguela Ninos. Seasonal fluctuations of the depth... Read more
	Angola has a magnetism few other places can match; The former war zone is now luring tourists with its riches, writes Brendan Sainsbury.(News) ; Sitting on Benguela's Morena Beach, watching one of those...six-month work sabbatical, I first went in Benguela in 2001 at the end of Angola's civil...peace process creaked into action. The Benguela I returned to in June 2006, amid the... Read more
	Angolan Child Patients to Get Support ; Angolan child patients in Benguela City will get two million U.S. dollars...in Angola. Simons, on a visit to Benguela, an important harbor city in Angola...years old in the Nutrition Center of Benguela Central Hospital will benefit from... Read more
	management elevated above national level should be goal.(News) ; ...Kleinschmidt The message is loud and clear: the Benguela Current is in trouble. This is the cold...and South Africa, signatories to the Benguela Current Commission, met to put together...with interest. A key catalyst for the Benguela initiative has been the Global Environment... Read more

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	Benguela Railways (CFB). (World in Brief: Angola).
	The government has set up Benguela Railways (CFB).(Angola)
	The Chinese government plans to invest more than $US 300 million to reconstruct the 1300km Benguela Railway, which runs from Lobito on the coast to Angola's eastern border with the Democratic Republic of Congo.(Angola)

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