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the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Bible Encyclopedias
Mossamedes
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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a town of Portuguese West Africa, capital of the district of Mossamedes, on the south side of Little Fish Bay (Bay of Mossamedes or Angra do Negro). Pop. about 5000. The harbour affords excellent anchorage. A railway (over Ioo m. long) starts from the harbour and crosses the semi-desert coast region to the fertile Chella plateau. Mossamedes is the headquarters of an important fishing industry (see La Geographie, March 1908).
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Bibliography Information
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Mossamedes'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/m/mossamedes.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Mossamedes'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/m/mossamedes.html. 1910.
