Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba
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Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba, is a culturally significant region in northern Togo renowned for its traditional earthen tower-houses and the living Batammariba culture that built and inhabits them.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba canonical | 1 |
| Land of the Batammariba | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5795109 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba Context triple: [World Heritage Sites in Africa, hasComponentSite, Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba]
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A.
Forest of the Pygmies
Forest of the Pygmies is a young adult adventure novel by Isabel Allende that follows journalist Kate Cold and her companions on a perilous journey into an African jungle to confront slavery and corruption.
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B.
Mandeali
Mandeali is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh in northern India.
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C.
Kerepakupai Merú
Kerepakupai Merú is the indigenous Pemon name for Angel Falls, the world’s highest uninterrupted waterfall located in Venezuela.
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D.
Noukadubi
Noukadubi is a 2011 Bengali-language film adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore’s novel of the same name, directed by Rituparno Ghosh.
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E.
Kala Lagaw Ya
Kala Lagaw Ya is an Australian Aboriginal language of the Western Torres Strait, spoken by Torres Strait Islanders and known for its complex grammar and long-standing contact with Papuan and Austronesian languages.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba Target entity description: Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba, is a culturally significant region in northern Togo renowned for its traditional earthen tower-houses and the living Batammariba culture that built and inhabits them.
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A.
Forest of the Pygmies
Forest of the Pygmies is a young adult adventure novel by Isabel Allende that follows journalist Kate Cold and her companions on a perilous journey into an African jungle to confront slavery and corruption.
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B.
Mandeali
Mandeali is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh in northern India.
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C.
Kerepakupai Merú
Kerepakupai Merú is the indigenous Pemon name for Angel Falls, the world’s highest uninterrupted waterfall located in Venezuela.
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D.
Noukadubi
Noukadubi is a 2011 Bengali-language film adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore’s novel of the same name, directed by Rituparno Ghosh.
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E.
Kala Lagaw Ya
Kala Lagaw Ya is an Australian Aboriginal language of the Western Torres Strait, spoken by Torres Strait Islanders and known for its complex grammar and long-standing contact with Papuan and Austronesian languages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World Heritage Site
ⓘ
cultural landscape ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Land of the Batammariba
ⓘ
linked to:
Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba
Pays des Batammariba ⓘ |
| architecturalFeature | takienta tower-houses ⓘ |
| area | 50000 hectares ⓘ |
| bufferZoneArea | 50000 hectares ⓘ |
| buildingMaterial |
clay
ⓘ
earth ⓘ straw ⓘ wood ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Togo ⓘ |
| culturalGroup | Batammariba ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
embodies Batammariba social and spiritual values
ⓘ
symbolizes harmony between people and landscape ⓘ |
| hasView |
Atakora mountain range
ⓘ
linked to:
Akwapim-Togo Range
|
| heritageCategory | cultural ⓘ |
| heritageType | living cultural landscape ⓘ |
| includes | Batammariba villages ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy | Batammariba people ⓘ |
| intangibleHeritage |
initiation ceremonies
ⓘ
ritual practices ⓘ sacred sites ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Batammariba cultural traditions
ⓘ
traditional earthen tower-houses ⓘ vernacular earthen architecture ⓘ |
| legalProtection | national heritage protection of Togo ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kara Region
ⓘ
northern Togo ⓘ |
| managementPlan | traditional community-based management ⓘ |
| nearBorderWith | Benin ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | UNESCO ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
climate variability
ⓘ
migration of younger generations ⓘ modernization pressures ⓘ |
| tourismAttraction | Batammariba tower-house architecture ⓘ |
| tourismType | cultural tourism ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy |
livestock rearing
ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ |
| UNESCOID | 1140 ⓘ |
| UNESCOInscriptionYear | 2004 ⓘ |
| UNESCORegion | Africa ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria |
(v)
ⓘ
(vi) ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus | inscribed ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba Description of subject: Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba, is a culturally significant region in northern Togo renowned for its traditional earthen tower-houses and the living Batammariba culture that built and inhabits them.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba