Noqui

For the food called "Ñoqui", see Gnocchi.
Noqui
Municipality and town
Noqui

Location in Angola

Coordinates: 5°52′5″S 13°25′57″E / 5.86806°S 13.43250°E / -5.86806; 13.43250Coordinates: 5°52′5″S 13°25′57″E / 5.86806°S 13.43250°E / -5.86806; 13.43250
Country  Angola
Province Zaire Province
Time zone WAT (UTC+1)
Climate Aw

Noqui (or Noki) is a town and municipality in Zaire Province in Angola.[1] It is on the Congo River, just across the border from the city of Matadi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Noki was the site of an early European trading post. In 1884 Alexandre Delcommune was appointed director of the Belgian factories in Boma and Noki.[2] In December 1884 Lieutenant Eduard Schulze tried to found a German colony near Noqui.[3]

References

  1. "City councils of Angola". Statoids. Retrieved April 9, 2009.
  2. De Coster, Pieter (1997). "Biografie van Alexandre Delcommune". De eerste Europese ontdekkingsreizen in Katanga 1797–1897 (in Dutch). p. VII.1.1.
  3. The West African Problems, in: The New York Times, January 21, 1885. (pdf)


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