Cuito Cuanavale (Angola)
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Name (Latin)
Cuito Cuanavale (Angola)
Coordinates
19.17305556 19.17305556 -15.16388889 -15.16388889 (gooearth )
E0191100 E0191100 S0151000 S0151000 (geonames )
Associated country
Angola
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- La Paz de Cuito Cuanavale, 1989:p. 4 (estaba a 200 kilómetros de Menongue)
- U.S. Off. of Geg. Angola, 1986:p. 182 (Cuito Cuanavale, popl 15p0s10ʹS, 19p0s10ʹE; no variants)
Wikipedia description:
Cuito Cuanavale, occasionally spelt Kuito Kuanavale or Kwito Kwanavale, is a municipality in Cuando province in Angola. The area around the town was the scene of heavy fighting during various campaigns during the Angolan Civil War and the South African Border War, with the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale from 1987 to 1988 being the largest land battle in Africa since World War II.
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