Mongu

E340711
human settlement town

Mongu is a town in western Zambia that serves as the administrative and cultural center of the Lozi people and a key hub near the Zambezi River’s Barotse Floodplain.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mongu canonical 7

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
administrativeCenterOf Western Province, Zambia ⓘ
capitalOf Western Province, Zambia ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Zambia ⓘ
culturalCenterOf Lozi people NERFINISHED ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 1000 metres ⓘ
ethnicGroup Lozi people NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBody Mongu Municipal Council ⓘ
hasAirport Mongu Airport ⓘ
hasClimate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
hasFacility hospital ⓘ
market ⓘ
secondary school ⓘ
hasFeature causeway access to floodplain settlements ⓘ
seasonal flooding nearby ⓘ
hasIndustry fish trade ⓘ
retail trade ⓘ
timber trade ⓘ
hasPostalCodePrefix 50 ⓘ
hasReligiousBuildingType church ⓘ
mosque ⓘ
knownFor Barotse Floodplain ⓘ
Kuomboka ceremony ⓘ
Lozi cultural traditions ⓘ
localLanguage Lozi language ⓘ
locatedIn Western Province, Zambia ⓘ
locatedInRegion western Zambia ⓘ
locatedNear Barotse Floodplain ⓘ
Zambezi River ⓘ
locatedOn eastern edge of the Barotse Floodplain ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity cattle herding ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
regionHistoricallyPartOf Barotseland Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Barotseland
roadConnectionTo Kalabo ⓘ
Limulunga ⓘ
Lusaka, Zambia ⓘ
surface form: Lusaka

Senanga ⓘ
timeZone Central Africa Time ⓘ
traditionalAuthoritySeatOf Litunga of Barotseland ⓘ
transportHubFor Western Province, Zambia ⓘ
utcOffset +2 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Barotse Floodplain → capitalSettlementOfRegion → Mongu ⓘ
Barotse Floodplain → nearestMajorTown → Mongu ⓘ
Rotse → hasCapitalOfTraditionalKingdom → Mongu ⓘ
Barotseland region → capital → Mongu ⓘ
subject surface form: Barotseland
Barotseland region → majorTown → Mongu ⓘ
subject surface form: Barotseland
Sioma, Zambia → roadConnection → Mongu ⓘ
Bulozi Plain → mainSettlement → Mongu ⓘ