Mount Fura region

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Mount Fura region is a historically significant area in present-day Zimbabwe associated with gold mining and the early development of the Mutapa (Monomotapa) state.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mount Fura region canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
associatedWith Monomotapa state ⓘ
linked to: Monomotapa

Mutapa state ⓘ
linked to: Mutapa Kingdom

gold mining ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Zimbabwe ⓘ
economicRole gold-producing hinterland for regional trade ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance early development of the Mutapa state ⓘ
knownFor precolonial gold production ⓘ
precolonial trade in gold ⓘ
languageContext Shona-speaking polities ⓘ
linkedTo Indian Ocean trade networks ⓘ
Swahili Coast trade ⓘ
locatedIn northern Zimbabwe ⓘ
present-day Zimbabwe ⓘ
partOf historical territory of the Mutapa state ⓘ
interior plateau of southern Africa ⓘ
politicalAssociation Monomotapa rulers ⓘ
Mutapa polity ⓘ
linked to: Mutapa Kingdom
relatedTo formation of centralized Shona states ⓘ
precolonial mining activities ⓘ
resource gold deposits ⓘ
timePeriodOfProminence early modern period ⓘ
late medieval period ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Mutapa Kingdom → capital → Mount Fura region ⓘ
Monomotapa → capital → Mount Fura region ⓘ