Lango sub-region

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The Lango sub-region is an area in northern Uganda that serves as the traditional homeland of the Lango people, known for its distinct Luo-related language and culture.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Lango sub-region canonical 12

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
sub-region of Uganda ⓘ
borderedBy Acholi sub-region ⓘ
Bunyoro sub-region ⓘ
linked to: Bunyoro

Karamoja sub-region ⓘ
linked to: Karamoja region

Teso sub-region ⓘ
colonialHistory was administered under British colonial rule as part of Northern Province of Uganda ⓘ
containsDistrict Alebtong District ⓘ
Amolatar District ⓘ
Apac District ⓘ
Dokolo District ⓘ
Kole District ⓘ
Lira District ⓘ
Otuke District ⓘ
Oyam District ⓘ
country Uganda ⓘ
ethnicGroup Lango people ⓘ
growsCrop beans ⓘ
cassava ⓘ
maize ⓘ
millet ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
hasConflictHistory was affected by insurgencies in Northern Uganda ⓘ
hasCulturalAffiliation Luo-speaking peoples ⓘ
Nilotic peoples ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitutionType primary schools ⓘ
secondary schools ⓘ
tertiary institutions ⓘ
hasMajorEthnicGroup Lango people ⓘ
hasReligion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Traditional African religions ⓘ
hasTransportLink Kampala–Lira road ⓘ
hasUrbanCenter Apac ⓘ
linked to: Apac District

Dokolo ⓘ
Lira ⓘ
languageFamily Luo languages ⓘ
linked to: Luo language
languageSpoken Lango language ⓘ
largestTown Lira ⓘ
livestockActivity cattle keeping ⓘ
goat rearing ⓘ
locatedIn Northern Region, Uganda ⓘ
partOf Northern Uganda ⓘ
postIndependenceHistory became part of Northern Region of Uganda after independence ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity subsistence agriculture ⓘ
regionalCenter Lira ⓘ
timeZone East Africa Time ⓘ
traditionalHomelandOf Lango people ⓘ
utcOffset +3 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

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

Luo people of Uganda → region → Lango sub-region ⓘ
Lango people → primaryRegion → Lango sub-region ⓘ
Lira → locatedIn → Lango sub-region ⓘ
Lira → adminCenterOf → Lango sub-region ⓘ
Lira → regionServed → Lango sub-region ⓘ
Karamoja region → borders → Lango sub-region ⓘ
Lango → region → Lango sub-region ⓘ
Akokoro → locatedInGeographicRegion → Lango sub-region ⓘ
subject linked to: Akokoro, Apac District, Uganda
Acholi sub-region → bordersRegion → Lango sub-region ⓘ
Teso sub-region → borderedBy → Lango sub-region ⓘ
Kumam → region → Lango sub-region ⓘ
Dokolo → locatedIn → Lango sub-region ⓘ