Once Portugal's colony, this country is separated from Madagascar by a channel of the same name
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Mozambique - Wikipedia  Location of Mozambique (dark blue).  in Africa  in the African Union (light blue). Capital ... It is separated from Madagascar by the Mozambique Channel to the east. ... The country was named Moambique by the Portuguese after the Island of ... colonies in Africa were rebranded as Overseas Provinces of Portugal.
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Madagascar - Wikipedia  Location of Madagascar (dark blue).  in Africa  in the African Union (light blue). Capital ... The nation comprises the island of Madagascar (the fourth-largest island in ... No single Malagasy-language name predating Madagasikara appears to ... down to the Mozambique Channel and mangrove swamps along the coast.
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Free Flashcards about WORLD GEOGRAPHY - StudyStack  ONCE PORTUGAL'S COLONY, THIS COUNTRY IS SEPARATED FROM MADAGASCAR BY A CHANNEL OF THE SAME NAME, MOZAMBIQUE. THE MAIN...
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Portuguese Mozambique - Wikipedia  In 1951 the colonies were combined into a single overseas province under the name Moambique as an integral part of Portugal. Most of the original colonies...
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Runion - Wikipedia  Runion is an island and region of France in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar and 175 ... "le de la Runion" was the name given to the island in 1793 by a decree of the Convention ... The colony abolished slavery on 20 December 1848. ... and Madagascar also suffered epidemics of this disease during the same year.
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THE COMOROS by Cyril PAHLAVI - Comores-Online  In 1997, two of the three islands decided to secede, breaking the young ... Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohli separated from French colonial power in 1975 to .... To the question 'Do you want the Comoros' territory to become independent? ... France finding itself in an increasingly militarised Indian Ocean area where it...
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Madagascar - Wikipedia  Location of Madagascar (dark blue).  in Africa  in the African Union (light blue). Capital ... Malagasy and French are both official languages of the state. ... In the Malagasy language, the island of Madagascar is called Madagasikara ..... The small island of Nosy Boroha off the northeastern coast of Madagascar has been...
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Portuguese Empire - Wikipedia  The Portuguese Empire (Portuguese: Imprio Portugus), also known as the Portuguese ... When Philip II of Spain, I of Portugal, inherited the Portuguese crown in 1580, this ... that has since been given the historiographic term of the Iberian Union. ... Portuguese colonies became the subject of attacks by three rival European...
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Madagascar is an island located off the eastern coast of southern ...  coast of southern Africa in the Indian Ocean. As the world's fourth largest island, Madagascar is a little larger than France but slightly smaller than Texas.
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History of Mozambique - Wikipedia  Mozambique was a Portuguese colony, overseas province and later a member state of ... The first inhabitants of what is now Mozambique were the San hunters and ... held by Portuguese, through intermarriage they became African Portuguese or .... time, the only member nation that had never been part of the British Empire.
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Colonialism and Imperialism, 14501950  EGO - EGO | European ...  Jan 24, 2011 ... Individual national and expansion histories referred to each other in varying ... in the thought of the Spanish world empire since the 16th century, it was ... the colonial past in Angola, Mozambique, Goa, Macao and East Timor. ... However, that the colonies became an integral part of the mother country, that...
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Free Flashcards about ISLANDS - StudyStack  CUBA, HISPANIOLA, & JAMAICA ALL BELONG TO WHAT ISLAND GROUP? ..... MAINLAND AFRICAN COUNTRY CLOSEST TO MADAGASCAR, MOZAMBIQUE ... THE MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL SEPARATES THIS ISLAND NATION FROM...
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Portuguese Empire - Wikipedia  The Portuguese Empire (Portuguese: Imprio Portugus), also known as the Portuguese Overseas (Ultramar Portugus), was the first global empire in world history. In addition, it was the longest-lived of the modern European colonial empires .... A major advance that accelerated this project was the introduction of the...
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The independence of Angola - O Comuneiro  Angola has been at war for 40 years now, and with itself for the last 10 of them. ... vestiges can be found throughout the territory of what is now the republic of Angola, proving ... The portuguese arrived in 1498 but it was not until 1575 that colonization really ... Black cultural and national manifestations were strictly interdicted.
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History of Portugal (14151578) - Chronology of The Portuguese ...  1412  Prince Henry, the Navigator, orders the first expeditions to the African ... 1427  Diogo de Silves discovered the Azores, which was colonized in 1431 by ... Returning from India, Vasco da Gama discovers the Amirante Islands (Seychelles). ... Portuguese sailors become the first Europeans to reach Madagascar.
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HISTORY OF ANGOLA  HISTORY OF ANGOLA including Angola and slaves, Colonial period, Independence. ... In Guinea rival Europeans grab much of the trade, while local African rulers ... All the Portuguese colonies in Africa are rapidly granted their independence. ... argues that Portugal must fulfil its last colonial duty and supervise elections.
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Mozambique Channel | channel, Indian Ocean | Britannica.com  Channel of the western Indian Ocean, threading between the island nation of Madagascar on the east and Mozambique on the African mainland (west). ... Along the opposite coast are the mouth of the Zambezi River and the ports of Maputo ... Britannica and test your knowledge of seas, lakes, and rivers across the globe.
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Portugal by Andrea Germain on Prezi  Nov 5, 2013 ... 1412  Prince Henry, the Navigator, orders the first expeditions to the African Coast ... 8 N on the African Coast and 40 W in the Atlantic (Sargasso Sea) in his lifetime. ... 1502  Returning from India, Vasco da Gama discovers the ... Portuguese sailors become the first Europeans to reach Madagascar.
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Portuguese Empire - Wikipedia  The Portuguese Empire (Portuguese: Imprio Portugus), also known as the Portuguese .... Most were brought to the Portuguese capital Lisbon, where it is estimated ... In 1502, to enforce its trade monopoly over a wide area of the Indian Ocean, the ...... Eight of the former colonies of Portugal have Portuguese as their official...
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Cabinda - GlobalSecurity.org  Sep 23, 2016 ... China refused Zaire's request to train Cabindan Liberation Front ... and angola were considered distinct and separate parts of portugal. In 1956 Portugal joined the administration of its Protectorate of Cabinda to that of its Colony of angola. ... a FLEC-FAC "command post" in the area had been closed down.
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Help WildMadagascar.org with translation  As the world's fourth largest island, Madagascar is a little larger than France but slightly smaller than Texas. ... Malagasy -- the name for the people of the island -- are descended from Indonesians who made their way across the Indian Ocean.