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Our Lady Muxima - National Museum of Natural History of Angola

The Museu Nacional de História Natural de Angola is located in the Ingombota District of the city of , . Established in 1938, it is the largest and only Museum of Natural History in Angola, and one of a collection of museums in Luanda.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Luanda, Angola
  • Also known as: “Museu Nacional de História Natural de Angola”, “National Museum of Natural History of Angola”, and “Nossa Senhora da Muxima - Museu Nacional de Historia Natural”
  • Address: Gamal Abdel Nasser, Luanda

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Iron Palace and Private School of Saint Joseph of Cluny.

Museum
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Palácio de Ferro is a historical building in the capital , believed to have been designed and built by – or by someone associated with – Gustave Eiffel, builder of the world-famous icons, the in Paris and the in New York City. is situated 470 metres northwest of Our Lady Muxima - National Museum of Natural History of Angola.

School
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Government office
The to Angola is an ecclesiastical office of the Roman Catholic Church in . It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador. is situated 710 metres south of Our Lady Muxima - National Museum of Natural History of Angola.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maianga and Luanda.

Suburb
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is one of the six municipalities of the administrative division of the , Angola. In 2011, as part of a restructuring of Luanda's regional government, the municipality was designated as one of Luanda's six urban districts.

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, the capital of , is on the Atlantic coast. Its current renaissance is an inspiring success story. Decades of conflict, which only ended in 2002, had long held Angola back.

Suburb
is one of the six urban districts that make up the , in the , Angola. is situated 4 km east of Our Lady Muxima - National Museum of Natural History of Angola.

Our Lady Muxima - National Museum of Natural History of Angola

Latitude
-8.81536° or 8° 48′ 55″ south
Longitude
13.23846° or 13° 14′ 19″ east
Open location code
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Wiki­data ID
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From Basque to Yoruba—“Our Lady Muxima - National Museum of Natural History of Angola” goes by many names.

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