Naulila

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Naulila
Naulila (Angola)
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Coordinates 17 ° 12 ′  S , 14 ° 41 ′  E Coordinates: 17 ° 12 ′  S , 14 ° 41 ′  E
Basic data
Country Angola

province

Cunene
Município Ombadja
Comuna Naulila
height 1122 m

Naulila is a town in southwest Angola .

administration

Naulila is the seat of a municipality of the same name (Comuna) in the district ( Município ) of Ombadja , in the province of Cunene . Calueque is one of the localities of the municipality .

history

During the First World War in South West Africa , the battle for Naulila between German and Portuguese troops took place there, which had already been preceded by the German attack on Cuangar .

See also

literature

  • Thomas Morlang: No sparing. The Naulila incident and the German punitive expeditions against the neutral Portuguese Angola . In: Military History . No. 8/1998, pp. 43-48.

Individual evidence

  1. entry Naulilas on the Site Census 2014, accessed April 12, 2014