Mossamedes

Moçâmedes is a city in southwestern , and the capital of . The city's current population is 345,987. Founded in 1840 by the Portuguese colonial administration, the city was named Namibe between 1985 and 2016.
  • City with about 255,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 40 metres (140 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code MSZ
  • …was formerly known as “Namibe”
  • Description: city in Angola
  • Also known as
    “AONBE150101”
    “Moçâmedes”

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Latitude
-15.1951° or 15° 11′ 42″ south
Longitude
12.1458° or 12° 8′ 45″ east
UN/LOCODE
AO MOS and AO MSZ
Open location code
5FPJR43W+X8
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place = city
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Mossamedes” goes by many names.
MoçâmedesAfrikaans
MossamedesAfrikaans
NamibeAfrikaans
ሞሳመደስAmharic
موسامديسArabic
موساميدسArabic
ناميبيArabic
ՄոսամեդիշArmenian
MoçâmedesAsturian
MossamedesAzerbaijani
МасамэдышBelarusian
НамібэBelarusian
নামিবেBengali
মোসামেদেসBengali
NamibeBreton
МосамедишBulgarian
НамибеBulgarian
NamibeCatalan
NamibeCebuano
Namibe (kapital sa lalawigan sa Angola)Cebuano
木萨米迪什Chinese
木薩米迪什Chinese
納米貝Chinese
纳米贝Chinese
MoçâmedesCroatian
NamibeCroatian
MoçâmedesCzech
NamibCzech
NamibeCzech
MoçâmedesDagbani
NamibeDanish
MoçâmedesDutch
MossamedesDutch
Namibe (historical)Dutch
ناميبىEgyptian Arabic
MoçâmedesEsperanto
NamibeEsperanto
MoçâmedesEstonian
Namibe (historical)Estonian
MoçâmedesFinnish
Namibe (historical)Finnish
ნამიბეGeorgian
Namibe (historical)German
ΜοσάμεντεςGreek
ΝαμίμπεGreek
નમીબેGujarati
MoçâmedesHausa
MossamedesHausa
नामईबेHindi
मोसामेदेसHindi
MoçâmedesHungarian
NamibeHungarian
MossamedesIndonesian
NamibeIndonesian
MoçâmedesIrish
MoçâmedesItalian
NamibeItalian
ナミベJapanese
モザメデスJapanese
MossamedesJavanese
ನಾಮಿಬೆKannada
МосамедесKazakh
МосамедесKirghiz
NamibeKongo
나미브Korean
모사메드스Korean
모자 메데스Korean
NamibeLatvian
MosamedesasLithuanian
MosamedišasLithuanian
NamibėLithuanian
MoçâmedesLuxembourgish
MoçâmedesMalagasy
MossamedesMalay
NamibeMalay
नामीबेMarathi
NamibeNorthern Frisian
MoçâmedesNorwegian
NamibeNorwegian Bokmål
MoçâmedesNorwegian Nynorsk
MossamedesOromo
МосамедишOssetian
НамибеOssetian
ਮੋਸਾਮੇਦੇਸPanjabi
نامیبهPersian
نامیبه، آنگولاPersian
MoçâmedesPolish
Namibe (historical)Polish
Namibe (historical)Portuguese
موسامیدسPushto
NamibeRomanian
МосамедишRussian
МоссамедесRussian
НамибеRussian
NamibeSerbian
НамибSerbian
НамибеSerbian
NamibeSerbo-Croatian
නැමිබේSinhala
MoçâmedesSomali
MossamedesSomali
نامیبهSouth Azerbaijani
نامیبه، آنقولاSouth Azerbaijani
MoçâmedesSwahili
MossamedesSwahili
MoçâmedesSwedish
MossamedesSwedish
Namibe (historical)Swedish
MoçâmedesTagalog
МосамедесTajik
நாமைப்Tamil
МосамедесTatar
నమిబెTelugu
มูซามือดึชThai
MossamedesTurkish
NamibeTurkish
МозамэдесUkrainian
МосамедишUkrainian
МосамедішUkrainian
НамібеUkrainian
نامیبےUrdu
MoçâmedesUzbek
MossamedesUzbek
NamibeVenetian
MoçâmedesVietnamese
MoçâmedesWaray (Philippines)
NamibeWaray (Philippines)
نامیبےWestern Panjabi
MoçâmedesZulu

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