See also:

• KWANZA (COANZA or QtANZA)

KWANZA (COANZA or QtANZA)  , a See also:

• RIVER

river of See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, with a course of about 700 M. entirely within the Portuguese territory of See also:

• ANGOLA

Angola . The source lies in about 13° 40' S., 170 30' E. on the Bihe See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau, at an See also:

• ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

altitude of over 5000 ft . It runs first N.E. and soon attains fairly large dimensions . Just See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of 12° it is about 6o yds. wide and 13 to 16 ft. deep . From this point to lo° it flows N.W., receiving many tributaries, especially the Luando from the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east . In about 1o°, and at intervals during its See also:

• WESTERLY

westerly passage through the See also:

• OUTER

outer plateau escarpments, its course is broken by rapids, the river flowing in a well-defined valley flanked by higher ground . The lowest fall is that of Kambamba, or See also:

• LIVINGSTONE, DAVID (1813-1873)

Livingstone, with a drop of 70 ft . Thence to the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, a distance of some 16o m., it is navigable' by small steamers, though very shallow in the dry See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season . The river enters the sea in 90 15' S., 13° 20' E., qo M . S. of See also:

• LOANDA (Sao Paulo de Loanda)

Loanda . There is a shifting See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar at its mouth, difficult to See also:

• CROSS

cross, but the river as a waterway has become of less importance since the fertile See also:

• DISTRICT

district in its See also:

• MIDDLE

middle See also:

• BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat. baccinus or bacchinus, probably derived from bacca, a bowl)
• BASIN, THOMAS (1412—1491)

basin has been served by the railway from Loanda to Ambaca (see ANGOLA) . KWEI-CHOW, a See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-western See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• CHINA

China, bounded N. by Sze-ch`uen, E. by Hu-nan, S. by Kwang-si, and W. by Yun-nan .

It contains 67,000 sq. m., and has a See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population of about 8,000,000 . Kwei-yang Fu is the provincial See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital, and besides this there are eleven prefectural cities in the province . With the exception of plains in the neighbourhood of Kwei-yang Fu, Ta-ting Fu, and Tsun-i Fu, in the central and See also:

• NORTHERN

northern regions, the province may be described as mountainous . The See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain ranges in the south are largely inhabited by Miao-tsze, who are the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original owners of the See also:

• SOIL

soil and have been constantly goaded into a See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of See also:

• REBELLION

rebellion by the oppression to which they have been subjected by the See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese officials . To this disturbing cause was added another in 1861 by the spread of the See also:

• MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan rebellion in Yun-nan into some of the south-western districts of the province . The devastating effects of these See also:

• CIVIL

civil See also:

• WARS

wars were most disastrous to the See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade and the prosperity of Kwei-chow . The See also:

• CLIMATE

climate is by nature unhealthy, the See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply of See also:

• RUNNING

running See also:

• WATER

water being small, and that of stagnant water, from which arises a fatal See also:

• MALARIA

malaria, being considerable . The agricultural products of the province are very limited, and its See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• WEALTH

wealth lies in its minerals . See also:

• COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

Copper, See also:

• SILVER

silver, See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead, and See also:

• ZINC

zinc are found in considerable quantities, and as regards quicksilver, Kwei-chow is probably the richest See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country in the See also:

• WORLD

world . This has been from of old the chief product of the province, and the See also:

• BELT (a word common to Teutonic languages, the Old Ger. form being bale, from which the Lat. balteus probably derived)
• BELT, THOMAS (1832-1878)

belt in which it occurs extends through the whole district from south-west to north-east . One of the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• MINING

mining districts is Kai Chow, in the prefecture of Kwei-yang Fu, and this district has the See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage of being situated near Hwang-Ong Chow, from which See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place the products can be conveniently and cheaply shipped to See also:

• HANKOW (" Mouth of the Han ")

Hankow . See also:

• CINNABAR (Ger. Zinnober)

Cinnabar, See also:

• REALGAR

realgar, See also:

• ORPIMENT (auripigmentum)

orpiment and See also:

• COAL

coal See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of the See also:

• MINERAL

mineral products of Kwei-chow .

See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

Wild See also:

• SILK

silk is another valuable See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article of export . It is chiefly manufactured in the prefecture of Tsun-i Fu .