Maludi

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Maludi
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Maludi
Location in Angola
Coordinates: 8°01′11″S21°17′18″E / 08.019816°S 21.28828°E / -08.019816; 21.28828
CountryFlag of Angola.svg Angola
Province Lunda Norte Province
Time zone UTC+1 (WAT)

Maludi is a town in the municipality of Cambulo in Lunda Norte province of Angola.

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History

Maludi developed out of the exploitation of diamond resources in Portuguese Angola, as did Dundo and Nzagi, and was a Diamang company town. [1] [2]

References

  1. Diamang's urban project: Between the Peace of Versailles and the Colonial Act, Routledge Handbook of Urban Planning in Africa Colonial urban planning and pre-colonial urban heritage in Africa
  2. (10 November 2007). Diamonds are forever out of reach, The Globe and Mail (discussing illegal diamond mining continuing in Maludi)