Pakwach

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Pakwach is a town in northwestern Uganda near the Nile River, known as a gateway to Murchison Falls National Park and nearby riverine attractions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Pakwach canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf town
administrativeStatus municipal town council
bridgeCrosses Albert Nile
climate tropical savanna climate
country Uganda
distanceFrom Arua
Gulu
Kampala
economicActivity agriculture
fishing
tourism services
hasAreaCode +256
hasBridge Pakwach Bridge
hasEthnicGroup Alur
Luo-speaking communities
hasFacility Pakwach Town Council offices
health centre
local markets
primary schools
secondary schools
hasPostalService Uganda Post (Posta Uganda)
hasTransportLink Arua–Gulu road
linked to: Gulu–Arua road

Kampala–Arua highway
isDistrictHeadquartersOf Pakwach District
knownFor fishing activities
riverine tourism
trade along the Nile
languageSpoken Alur
English
Luganda (as lingua franca)
linked to: Luganda
locatedIn Northern Region, Uganda
West Nile sub-region
locatedInAdministrativeUnit Pakwach District
locatedInFormerDistrict Nebbi District
locatedInGeographicalRegion northwestern Uganda
locatedNear Albert Nile
linked to: Nile

Murchison Falls National Park
locatedOnRiver Nile River
linked to: Nile
nearbyAttraction Nile River cruises
sport fishing on the Nile
wildlife viewing en route to Murchison Falls
regionCapitalOf Pakwach District local government
linked to: Pakwach District
religion Christianity (majority)
Islam (minority)
role gateway to Murchison Falls National Park
timeZone East Africa Time
utcOffset +3

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Referenced by (3)

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

Karuma Falls locatedNearTown Pakwach
Murchison Falls nearbyCity Pakwach
Northwestern Uganda hasMajorTown Pakwach
subject linked to: northwestern Uganda