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