Caála
Encyclopedia
Caála is a town located in Huambo Province in Angola
. It was known as Robert Williams town
while Angola was a Portuguese
colony, after the famous railroad developer and mining
magnate, Sir Robert Williams. The town's last known population count was 22,010.
) and was remarkable for huge outcroppings of boulder
s that jutted from the fields just outside of the town. In those outcroppings researchers could find pottery shards, primitive metal smelting pits, and other archeological detritus.
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Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...
. It was known as Robert Williams town
Robert Williams town
Vila Robert Williams was the former name of Caála, Cuando Cubango province of Angola, in the then Portuguese Angola . The town of Robert Williams was just west of Nova Lisboa and was remarkable for huge outcroppings of boulders that jutted from the fields just outside of the town...
while Angola was a Portuguese
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
colony, after the famous railroad developer and mining
Mining
Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or seam. The term also includes the removal of soil. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock...
magnate, Sir Robert Williams. The town's last known population count was 22,010.
History
Vila Robert Williams was the former name of Caála, in the then Portuguese Angola (before 1975). The town of Robert Williams was just west of Nova Lisboa (now HuamboHuambo
Huambo, formerly Nova Lisboa , is the capital of Huambo province in Angola. The city is located about 220 km E from Benguela and 600 km SE from Luanda. The city's last known population count was 225,268...
) and was remarkable for huge outcroppings of boulder
Boulder
In geology, a boulder is a rock with grain size of usually no less than 256 mm diameter. While a boulder may be small enough to move or roll manually, others are extremely massive....
s that jutted from the fields just outside of the town. In those outcroppings researchers could find pottery shards, primitive metal smelting pits, and other archeological detritus.
Transport
Caala is served by a station on the Benguela Railway and is also the junction for a branch railway to CuimaCuima
- Transport :It is the terminus of a branch railway that junctions of the Benguela Railway near Pais....
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