Saldanha
Encyclopedia
Portugal
- Saldanha (Mogadouro), a civil parish in the municipality of Mogadouro
South Africa
- Saldanha BaySaldanha BaySaldanha Bay is a natural harbour on the south-western coast of South Africa, north west of Cape Town. The town that developed on the northern shore of the bay, also called Saldanha, was incorporated with five other towns into the Saldanha Bay Local Municipality in 2000. The current population of...
, a natural bay in Western Cape, South Africa - Saldanha, Western CapeSaldanha, Western CapeSaldanha, also known as Saldanha Bay, is a town of 22,000 people, located north of Cape Town on the northern shore of Saldanha Bay, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Its situation as a natural sheltered harbour has led to development as a port for the export of iron ore from Sishen in...
, a town on the northern shore of the bay - Saldanha Bay Local MunicipalitySaldanha Bay Local MunicipalitySaldanha Bay Municipality is a local municipality located within the West Coast District Municipality, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. As of 2007, it had a population of 78982...
, the unit of government that administers the Saldanha Bay region
People
- António de SaldanhaAntónio de SaldanhaAntónio de Saldanha was a Castilian-Portuguese 16th century captain. He was the first European to set anchor in what is now called Table Bay, South Africa, and made the first recorded ascent of Table Mountain.- Background :...
, a Portuguese explorer after whom the bay was named - Carlos SaldanhaCarlos SaldanhaCarlos Saldanha is a Brazilian director of animated films. He was the director of Ice Age: The Meltdown , Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Rio , and the co-director of Ice Age and Robots...
, a Brazilian movie director - Duke of SaldanhaDuke of SaldanhaDuke of Saldanha is a Portuguese title granted by royal decree of Queen Maria II of Portugal, dated from November 4, 1846, to João Carlos Saldanha de Oliveira Daun , also known as Marshal Saldanha, leader of the liberal armies, during the Liberal Wars in Portugal.Queen Maria II of Portugal has...
, a Portuguese title granted by royal decree - João Carlos Saldanha de Oliveira Daun, 1st Duke of SaldanhaJoão Carlos Saldanha de Oliveira Daun, 1st Duke of SaldanhaDom João Carlos Gregório Domingos Vicente Francisco de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun, , 1st Count , 1st Marquis and 1st Duke of Saldanha ; , was a Portuguese marshal and statesman, a grandson of Pombal, born at Azinhaga. He studied at Coimbra, served against the French, and was made a prisoner in 1810...
, a Portuguese marshal and statesman - João SaldanhaJoão SaldanhaJoão Alves Jobin Saldanha was a journalist and football manager. He coached the Brazil national football team during the South American Qualifying to the 1970 FIFA World Cup....
, a Brazilian journalist and football manager - José Pintos SaldanhaJosé Pintos SaldanhaJosé Luis Pintos Saldanha is a former Uruguayan footballer. He was nicknamed "Chango" during his career.-International career:...
, a Uruguayan footballer - V. J. P. Saldanha, Indian litterateur, dramatist, musician, and poet.
Other
- Saldanha SteelSaldanha SteelSaldanha Steel is a South African steel company which was originally formed as a partnership between Iscor Limited and the Industrial Development Corporation...
, a South African steel company - Beals v. SaldanhaBeals v. SaldanhaBeals v. Saldanha, [2003] 3 S.C.R. 416, 2003 SCC 72 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on the conflict of laws, where the Court established the requirements to enforce foreign judgments in Canada...
, a Supreme Court of Canada decision - Saldanha catsharkSaldanha catsharkThe Saldanha catshark is a species of catshark, family Scyliorhinidae, found from Cape Columbine to south of False Bay in South Africa, between latitudes 31° S and 40° S. Its length is up to 88 cm....
, Apristurus saldanha - Battle of Saldanha Bay (1796)Battle of Saldanha Bay (1796)The designation Battle of Saldanha Bay refers to the surrender without a fight of a squadron of the navy of the Batavian Republic under the command of Rear-Admiral Engelbertus Lucas to a Royal Navy squadron under the command of Vice-Admiral George Elphinstone at Saldanha Bay on August 17,...
, the surrender of a navy of the Batavian Republic squadron to a Royal Navy squadron at Saldanha Bay on August 17, 1796 - 1456 Saldanha1456 Saldanha1456 Saldanha is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on July 2, 1937 by C. Jackson at Johannesburg.- External links :*...
, an asteroid