Southeastern Angola

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Southeastern Angola is a sparsely populated, resource-rich region of Angola that was a major stronghold and operational base for the UNITA rebel movement during the Angolan Civil War.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
southeastern Angola 2
Angola–Zaire border region 1
Eastern Angola 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (67)

Predicate Object
instanceOf region of Angola ⓘ
biodiversity high ⓘ
bordersCountry Botswana ⓘ
Namibia ⓘ
Zambia ⓘ
bordersRegion Central Angola ⓘ
Northern Namibia ⓘ
Northwestern Zambia ⓘ
Zambezi Region ⓘ
characteristic resource-rich ⓘ
sparsely populated ⓘ
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
conflict Angolan Civil War ⓘ
conservationSignificance source area for Okavango Delta waters ⓘ
containsCity Cuito Cuanavale ⓘ
Menongue ⓘ
containsEcoregion Kalahari woodland ⓘ
Miombo woodlands ⓘ
Zambezian flooded grasslands ⓘ
containsProvince Cuando Cubango Province ⓘ
Moxico Province ⓘ
parts of Bié Province ⓘ
parts of Huíla Province ⓘ
containsTown Cuito Cuanavale ⓘ
Dirico ⓘ
Mavinga ⓘ
country Angola ⓘ
drainageBasin Okavango River basin ⓘ
linked to: Okavango River

Zambezi River basin ⓘ
linked to: Zambezi Basin
economicActivity cattle herding ⓘ
small-scale trade ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
ethnicGroup Chokwe ⓘ
Ganguela-related groups ⓘ
Ovimbundu ⓘ
linked to: Umbundu
hasMajorRiver Cuando River ⓘ
Cubango River ⓘ
linked to: Cuito River

Cuito River ⓘ
Okavango River basin ⓘ
linked to: Okavango River
historicalRole major stronghold of UNITA ⓘ
operational base for UNITA ⓘ
language Portuguese ⓘ
localLanguage Chokwe ⓘ
Umbundu ⓘ
various Bantu languages ⓘ
locatedIn Angola ⓘ
locatedInContinent Africa ⓘ
locatedInSubregion Southern Africa ⓘ
naturalResource potential mineral resources ⓘ
timber ⓘ
water resources ⓘ
wildlife ⓘ
partOf Angolan Highlands ⓘ
linked to: Huambo Plateau
populationDensity low ⓘ
postWarIssue infrastructure damage ⓘ
landmines ⓘ
sawMilitaryPresenceOf Angolan government forces ⓘ
Cuban forces ⓘ
South African Defence Force ⓘ
terrain plateau ⓘ
savanna ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
timePeriodOfMajorConflictActivity 1970s ⓘ
1980s ⓘ
1990s ⓘ
usedBy UNITA ⓘ
wasTheaterOf Cold War proxy conflict ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

UNITA → regionOfActivity → Southeastern Angola ⓘ
Lunda → hasNativeSpeakersIn → Eastern Angola ⓘ
linked to: Southeastern Angola
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain → setting → Angola–Zaire border region ⓘ
linked to: Southeastern Angola
Menongue → region → southeastern Angola ⓘ
linked to: Southeastern Angola
Kuando Kubango → locatedIn → southeastern Angola ⓘ
linked to: Southeastern Angola