Namibe (Angola)

LC control no.	no 96050016
Descriptive conventions	rda
Geographic heading	Namibe (Angola) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
See also	Moçâmedes (Angola) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Biography/History note	The city Moçâmedes changed its name to Namibe in 1985, and then reverted to the name Moçâmedes in 2016.
Beginning date	1985
Ending date	2016
Associated country	Angola
Special note	SUBJECT USAGE: This heading is not valid for use as a subject. Works about this place are entered under Moçâmedes (Angola).
Found in	U.S. Defense Mapping Agency. South Atlantic Ocean, Africa--west coast, Angola, Ponta das Salinas to Ponta Albina, 1996: map recto (Namibe (Moçâmedes)) GNS, Angola (Namibe, ppl., 15°10ʹS, 12°09ʹE; Moçâmedes, see Namibe) Lippincott (Mossâmedes, or Moçâmedes) Times atlas (Namibe; Moçâmedes, see Namibe) Web. geog. (Namibe, or formerly Moçâmedes) Wikipedia, March 7, 2013 (Namibe (pre-1985: Moçâmedes) is the capital city of Namibe Province in modern day Angola; founded in 1840 by the Portuguese rulers of Portuguese Angola; in 1985, the city of Moçâmedes changed its name to Namibe; 15°11ʹ43ʺS 12°9ʹ3ʺE) Jornal de Angola, viewed online September 16, 2020: Capital do Namibe volta a ser Moçâmedes, August 4, 2016 ([Google translate:] The change of name from Namibe to Moçâmedes [was] recently approved by the National Assembly ... On 27 June this year, the name was changed again by decree-law for the city of Moçâmedes) GEOnet, September 16, 2020 (Moçâmedes (approved); variants: Mossamedes, Namibe; seat of a first-order administrative division, Angola, ADM1: Namibe; 15°11ʹ46ʺS 012°09ʹ08ʺE; -15.196111 12.152222)
Geographic area code	f-ao---