Cassinga
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cassinga-226-1777379
title:
Cassinga
text:
Cassinga or Kassinga is a town and commune in the municipality of Jamba, province of Huíla, Angola. It is situated on an old and important two-track road from Jamba to Huambo. Established as an ore mine and during the Civil War allegedly used as Namibian guerrilla training site and refugee camp, the place was the scene of the Battle of Cassinga, an airborne raid by the South African Defence Force against the People's Liberation Army of Namibia on 4 May 1978 that killed several hundred SWAPO figh
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Commune and town in Huíla, Angola
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassinga
date created:
2006-06-24T01:35:12Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T00:59:12Z
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image:
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13
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