Maludi

Maludi
Municipality and town
Maludi
Location in Angola
Coordinates: 8°01′11″S 21°17′18″E / 08.019816°S 21.28828°E / -08.019816; 21.28828
Country Angola
ProvinceLunda Norte Province
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)

Maludi is a town in the municipality of Cambulo in Lunda Norte province of Angola.

History

Maludi developed out of the exploitation of diamond resources in Portuguese Angola, as did Dundo and Nzagi, and was a Diamang company town.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Diamang's urban project: Between the Peace of Versailles and the Colonial Act, Routledge Handbook of Urban Planning in Africa Colonial urban planning and pre-colonial urban heritage in Africa
  2. ^ (10 November 2007). Diamonds are forever out of reach, The Globe and Mail (discussing illegal diamond mining continuing in Maludi)


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