Kafue Gorge Upper Power Station
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Kafue Gorge Upper Power Station is a major hydroelectric power facility in Zambia that generates electricity from the flow of the Kafue River.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kafue Gorge Upper Power Station canonical | 3 |
| Kafue Gorge Upper Hydropower Station | 1 |
| Kafue Gorge Upper Power Plant | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3258371 — 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: Kafue Gorge Upper Power Station Context triple: [Kafue River, hasHydropowerDam, Kafue Gorge Upper Power Station]
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A.
Nalubaale Power Station
Nalubaale Power Station is a major hydroelectric power plant in Uganda, located at the outlet of Lake Victoria on the Victoria Nile near Jinja.
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B.
Bujagali Hydropower Station
Bujagali Hydropower Station is a major hydroelectric power plant in Uganda that generates electricity from the Victoria Nile to supply a significant portion of the country’s power needs.
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C.
Batoka Gorge
Batoka Gorge is a steep, rugged chasm carved by the Zambezi River just downstream of Victoria Falls on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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D.
Gaborone Dam
Gaborone Dam is a major reservoir near Gaborone, Botswana, serving as a key water supply source and popular recreation area for the region.
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E.
Vaal Dam
Vaal Dam is a major reservoir in South Africa that supplies water to the Gauteng region and plays a key role in the country’s water management and power generation systems.
- 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: Kafue Gorge Upper Power Station Target entity description: Kafue Gorge Upper Power Station is a major hydroelectric power facility in Zambia that generates electricity from the flow of the Kafue River.
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A.
Nalubaale Power Station
Nalubaale Power Station is a major hydroelectric power plant in Uganda, located at the outlet of Lake Victoria on the Victoria Nile near Jinja.
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B.
Bujagali Hydropower Station
Bujagali Hydropower Station is a major hydroelectric power plant in Uganda that generates electricity from the Victoria Nile to supply a significant portion of the country’s power needs.
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C.
Batoka Gorge
Batoka Gorge is a steep, rugged chasm carved by the Zambezi River just downstream of Victoria Falls on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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D.
Gaborone Dam
Gaborone Dam is a major reservoir near Gaborone, Botswana, serving as a key water supply source and popular recreation area for the region.
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E.
Vaal Dam
Vaal Dam is a major reservoir in South Africa that supplies water to the Gauteng region and plays a key role in the country’s water management and power generation systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hydroelectric power station
ⓘ
power plant ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Zambia ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1971 ⓘ |
| connectsTo | Zambian national grid ⓘ |
| contributesTo | Zambia electricity supply ⓘ |
| country | Zambia ⓘ |
| damType | concrete dam ⓘ |
| environmentalContext |
Kafue River
ⓘ
surface form:
Kafue River basin
|
| expanded |
1972
ⓘ
1976 ⓘ |
| feedsInto |
ZESCO
ⓘ
surface form:
ZESCO transmission network
|
| gridConnectionVoltageLevel |
220 kV
ⓘ
330 kV ⓘ |
| hasFuel | water flow ⓘ |
| hasGenerationType | run-of-river and storage-based hydropower ⓘ |
| hasNameVariant |
Kafue Gorge Upper Power Station
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Kafue Gorge Upper Hydropower Station
Kafue Gorge Upper Power Station self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Kafue Gorge Upper Power Plant
|
| hasPrimaryEnergySource | hydropower ⓘ |
| hasReservoir |
Kafue Gorge Dam
ⓘ
surface form:
Kafue Gorge Reservoir
|
| hasTurbineType | Francis turbine ⓘ |
| installedCapacity | 990 MW ⓘ |
| isMajorAssetOf |
ZESCO
ⓘ
surface form:
ZESCO Limited
|
| isOneOfLargestIn | Zambia ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Kafue Gorge ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Southern Province, Zambia ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Kafue River
ⓘ
surface form:
Kafue
Lusaka, Zambia ⓘ
surface form:
Lusaka
|
| locatedOnRiver | Kafue River ⓘ |
| nearCity |
Lusaka, Zambia
ⓘ
surface form:
Lusaka
|
| numberOfTurbines | 6 ⓘ |
| operator |
ZESCO
ⓘ
surface form:
ZESCO Limited
|
| ownedBy |
ZESCO
ⓘ
surface form:
ZESCO Limited
|
| partOf |
Kafue Gorge hydropower complex
ⓘ
Zambian national grid ⓘ |
| purpose |
electricity generation
ⓘ
grid stability ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Southern African power pool and energy cooperation
ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Africa Power Pool
Zambia ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Kafue Gorge Lower Power Station ⓘ |
| startOfConstruction | 1967 ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| supportsSector |
industrial sector in Zambia
ⓘ
mining sector in Zambia ⓘ residential electricity supply in Zambia ⓘ |
| usesEnergySource | water ⓘ |
| watercourse | Kafue River ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kafue Gorge Upper Power Station Description of subject: Kafue Gorge Upper Power Station is a major hydroelectric power facility in Zambia that generates electricity from the flow of the Kafue River.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Kafue Gorge Upper Power Station
→
hasNameVariant
→
Kafue Gorge Upper Power Station
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Kafue Gorge Upper Hydropower Station
Kafue Gorge Upper Power Station
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hasNameVariant
→
Kafue Gorge Upper Power Station
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Kafue Gorge Upper Power Plant