ANGRA PEQUENA

seapt. and bay Africa; called by Germans Luderitz Bay, after name of trader who established himself there in 1883; proclaimed Ger. protectorate (1884), which became nucleus of Ger. S.W. Africa. Good natural harbor; well-built town; surrounding country no vegetation; water obtained by large condensing plant, but before World War natural supply discovered near Aus, and works in _ progre . Diamonds found in 1908; climate healthy; captured by Botha without opposition, Sept. 18, 1914, and occupied again in Feb. 1915. duchy, central Germany; area, 888 sq. miles; eastern part flat and _ fertile, watered by Elbe and Saale, produces wheat, flax, rape, hops, tobacco; western part, towards Harz Mountains, has great mineral wealth—lignite, silver, lead, copper, hematite; sugar manufacture, brewing, distilling. Capital, De au. Duchy was formed in 1863 by com and A.-Bernburg; became Imperial State, 1871. In 1919 it was established as the Free State of Anhalt. Pop. 331,258.