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Bengo River : ウィキペディア英語版
Bengo River

The Bengo (or Zenza) is a river in northern Angola with a source in the Crystal Mountains. Its mouth is at the Atlantic Ocean north of Luanda in Bengo Province. The river is long with a drainage area of . There is a large reservoir called Kiminha on the Bengo.〔( Source book for the inland fishery resources of Africa... ), FAO〕 There are several small lakes on the lower of the river floodplain including Lakes Panguila, Quilunda and Lalama. The Bengo River floodplain is the main source of the agricultural produce for Luanda.〔(The Province Of Bengo: Manna from Muxima ), ''Washington Post''〕 Drinking water from the Bengo River was transported to Luanda in barrels by boat before an aqueduct was built in 1889.〔(''Angola: Land of Shattered Dreams'' ), Zeca Santana, Xlibris Corporation, Jun 29, 2009〕〔(Angola and the River Congo, Volume 2 ), Joachim John Monteiro, Macmillan and Company, 1875, p. 15-19〕 Trucks deliver much of the city's modern water supply, loaded by pumps in the river.〔(In Oil-Rich Angola, Cholera Preys Upon Poorest ), SHARON LaFRANIERE, ''New York Times'', June 16, 2006〕
Mangroves grow in the estuary, near their southern limit. 〔(''World Atlas of Mangroves'' ), Mark Spalding, Mami Kainuma and Lorna Collins, Earthscan, 2010, p 241.〕 Crocodiles, manatees, ducks and fish were among the wildlife in the river. The only aquaculture industry in Angola is a tilapia farm on the Bengo River at Kifangondo in Luanda Province.〔(Fishery Country Data: Angola ), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations〕
The river has been the site of several battles. In 1641 the Portuguese retreated there when the Dutch captured Luanda. In 1873 the Dembos living between the Bengo and Dande rivers led an uprising against the Portuguese.〔(''The Creole Elite and the Rise of Angolan Protonationalism: 1870-1920'' ), Jacopo Corrado, Cambria Press, 2008, p. 35.〕 The Battle of Quifangondo in 1975 was an important point in the Angolan War of Independence.
==See also==

*List of rivers of Angola

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