| LC control no. | n 99028347 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Companhia do Nyassa |
| Variant(s) | Companhia do Niassa Niassa Company Nyassa Company |
| Beginning date | 1891 |
| Ending date | 1929 |
| Associated country | Mozambique Portugal |
| Located | Pemba (Mozambique) |
| Field of activity | Portugal--Colonies--Africa--Administration |
| Found in | Relatorios e memorias, 1905: t.p. (Companhia do Nyassa) LC data base, 4-12-99 (hdg.: Companhia do Nyassa) OCLC, June 25, 2015 (access points: Companhia do Nyassa; Nyassa Company; Companhia do Niassa (Lisboa)) Colonialism in Africa 1870-1960, v. 5, 1975, viewed online June 25, 2015: page 449 (Companhia do Nyassa, Mozambique; Portuguese Africa; ruled from 1891 to 1929) Wikipedia, June 25, 2015 (Niassa Company; Companhia do Niassa; a royal company in the Portuguese colony of Mozambique, then known as Portuguese East Africa, that had the concession of the lands of the present provinces of Cabo Delgado and Niassa between 1891 and 1929; in 1904 it founded the town Porto AmeĢlia, now known as Pemba, which became its headquarters; its power was based on the "chibalo" (forced labor) policy; it lost its purpose when its territory was transferred to the Portuguese colonial government on 27 Oct. 1929 after the government refused to grant an extension of its concession) |
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