Kuando Kubango

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Kuando Kubango is a sparsely populated, remote province in southeastern Angola known for its vast wilderness, rivers, and role as a former battleground during the Angolan Civil War.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cuando Cubango 2
Kuando Kubango canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
province
borderWith Bié Province
Cunene Province
Huíla Province
Moxico Province
Namibia
Zambia
capital Menongue
containsCity Menongue
containsTown Cuito Cuanavale
country Angola
countryCode AO
drainageBasin Okavango Delta system
linked to: Okavango Delta
formerName Cuando Cubango
linked to: Kuando Kubango
hasBiodiversity rich wildlife
hasBorderType international border with Namibia
international border with Zambia
hasCharacteristic remote
sparsely populated
vast wilderness
hasClimate tropical savanna climate
hasDevelopmentLevel underdeveloped infrastructure
hasEconomicActivity cattle herding
subsistence agriculture
hasEcosystem savanna
woodland
hasIssue landmines remaining from civil war
hasPopulationDensity low population density
hasProtectedArea Luengue-Luiana National Park
Mavinga National Park
languageUsed Portuguese
locatedIn Southern Africa
southeastern Angola
linked to: Southeastern Angola
locatedInCountry Angola
locatedInTimeZone West Africa Time
notableFor Cuito Cuanavale battlefield
linked to: Cuito Cuanavale
officialLanguage Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
partOf Angola
Okavango River basin
linked to: Okavango River
partOfRegion Angolan highlands
traversedByRiver Cuando River
Cubango River
linked to: Cuito River

Cuito River
utcOffset +1
wasBattlegroundIn Angolan Civil War

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Cuando Cubango Province formerName Kuando Kubango
Kuando Kubango formerName Cuando Cubango
linked to: Kuando Kubango
Cuito Cuanavale partOf Cuando Cubango
linked to: Kuando Kubango