Central Africa
Angola
Bengo Province

Muxima

Muxima is a town and commune in the municipality of , Icolo e Bengo Province, Angola. The village, located by Kwanza river, was occupied in 1589 by the Portuguese who erected a church and a fortress in 1599.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Village
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: “Mushima”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Muxima Fortress.

Fort
Photo: Virgilio Pena da Costa, Public domain.
The Fortress of Muxima, built of stone and mortar in 1599, is situated in the of next to the .

Muxima

Latitude
-9.51793° or 9° 31′ 5″ south
Longitude
13.95725° or 13° 57′ 26″ east
Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)
Open location code
6F2MFXJ4+RW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1416900513
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2239103
Wiki­data ID
Q430436
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Uzbek—“Muxima” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Muxima”
  • German: “Muxima”
  • Greek: “Μούσιμα”
  • Irish: “Muxima”
  • Italian: “Muxima”
  • Japanese: “マクシマ”
  • Malay: “Muxima”
  • Polish: “Muxima”
  • Portuguese: “Muxima”
  • Swedish: “Muxima”
  • Ukrainian: “Муксіма”
  • Ukrainian: “Мушіма”
  • Uzbek: “Muxima”

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Highlights include Ilha Cajú and Paróquia Imaculada Conceição da Muxima.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Muxima”. Photo: Jjtkk, CC0.