Regional1574

Battle of Sao Salvador

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
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Angola

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Sao Salvador (1574), part of the Portuguese Colonial Wars in West Africa. Portugal defeated Jaga Nomads.

Belligerents2

Portugal
Jaga Nomads

ON THE MAPKingdom of Portugal

Conflict graph

PART OFPortuguese Expansion in Africa

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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