Huambo

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Huambo is a major city in central Angola that served as a strategic stronghold and frequent battleground during the Angolan Civil War.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Huambo canonical 21
Huambo Province 3
city of Huambo 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
administrativeDivision municipality of Huambo ⓘ
climate subtropical highland climate ⓘ
connectedTo Lobito ⓘ
Luau ⓘ
controlledBy MPLA ⓘ
UNITA ⓘ
coordinateLatitude -12.776 ⓘ
coordinateLongitude 15.739 ⓘ
country Angola ⓘ
demographics predominantly Ovimbundu population ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
commerce ⓘ
transport hub ⓘ
elevation 1721 metres ⓘ
foundedBy Portuguese colonial administration ⓘ
foundingDate 1912-08-08 ⓘ
hasAirport Albano Machado Airport ⓘ
hasFeature central market ⓘ
railway workshops ⓘ
hasUniversity Universidade José Eduardo dos Santos ⓘ
historicalEvent Angolan Civil War ⓘ
isCapitalOf Huambo Province ⓘ
linked to: Huambo
languageUsed Portuguese ⓘ
localLanguages Umbundu ⓘ
locatedIn Huambo Province ⓘ
linked to: Huambo
locatedInRegion central Angola ⓘ
namedAfter Huambo Plateau ⓘ
near Bailundo ⓘ
Caála ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Huambo (1993–1994) ⓘ
originalName Nova Lisboa ⓘ
population approximately 600000 ⓘ
postWarActivity infrastructure rehabilitation ⓘ
reconstruction ⓘ
railwayServedBy Benguela Railway ⓘ
region Central Highlands of Angola ⓘ
religion Christianity (majority) ⓘ
renamingDate 1975 ⓘ
roadConnection EN120 ⓘ
EN250 ⓘ
roleInConflict frequent battleground during the Angolan Civil War ⓘ
strategic stronghold during the Angolan Civil War ⓘ
suffered heavy destruction during the Angolan Civil War ⓘ
timeZone West Africa Time ⓘ
urbanStatus major city in Angola ⓘ
utcOffset +1 ⓘ
wasRenamed Huambo ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Angolan Civil War → location → Huambo ⓘ
Morro de Môco → locatedIn → Huambo Province ⓘ
linked to: Huambo
Morro de Môco → nearCity → Huambo ⓘ
Huambo → locatedIn → Huambo Province ⓘ
linked to: Huambo
Huambo → isCapitalOf → Huambo Province ⓘ
linked to: Huambo
Huambo → wasRenamed → Huambo ⓘ
Lobito → connectedTo → Huambo ⓘ
Bié Plateau → nearbyCity → Huambo ⓘ
Nova Lisboa → replacedBy → Huambo ⓘ
Nova Lisboa → currentName → Huambo ⓘ
Huambo Plateau → near → city of Huambo ⓘ
linked to: Huambo
EN120 → connectsCity → Huambo ⓘ
EN250 → connectsCity → Huambo ⓘ
Caála → railwayConnectsTo → Huambo ⓘ
Caála → roadConnectsTo → Huambo ⓘ
Luena → hasRoadConnectionTo → Huambo ⓘ