Kodutöö word variant 9 teema 19
formally established on request of Portugal in order to protect the centuries-long Portuguese
interests in the continent from rivalries enticed by the Scramble for Africa. Portuguese
Africa's cities and towns like Nova Lisboa, Sá da Bandeira, Silva Porto, Malanje, Tete, Vila
Junqueiro, Vila Pery and Vila Cabral were founded or redeveloped inland during this period
and beyond. New coastal towns like Beira, Moçâmedes, Lobito, João Belo, Nacala and Porto
Amélia were also founded. Even before the turn of the 20th century, railway tracks as the
Benguela railway in Angola, and the Beira railway in Mozambique, started to be built to link
coastal areas and selected inland regions.
Other episodes during this period of the Portuguese presence in Africa include the 1890
British Ultimatum. This forced the Portuguese military to retreat from the land between the
Portuguese colonies of Mozambique and Angola (most of present-day Zimbabwe and
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