Massangano | |
Settlement Type: | Commune |
Pushpin Map: | Angola |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Angola |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Angola |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Cuanza Norte |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Timezone: | WAT |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Aw |
Massangano is a town and commune of Angola, located in the province of Cuanza Norte.[1] [2]
Its name is sometimes written Masango. It was esblished by the Portuguese in 1582 as Fort Nossa Senhora da Vitória to be their base of operations in the interior of modern Angola until the late 17th-century.[3]