Bunyoro

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historical region pre-colonial African state traditional kingdom

Bunyoro is a traditional kingdom and historical region in western Uganda that was once a powerful pre-colonial African state.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Bunyoro sub-region 4
Bunyoro Kingdom cultural area 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
pre-colonial African state ⓘ
traditional kingdom ⓘ
abolishedAsKingdom 1967 ⓘ
associatedLanguageGroup Bantu NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderedBy Albert Nile NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lake Albert NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Hoima NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonialPower United Kingdom ⓘ
conventionalLongName Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Uganda ⓘ
currentStatus cultural kingdom within Uganda ⓘ
ethnicGroup Banyoro NERFINISHED ⓘ
flourishedDuringCentury 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom government NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCulturalSymbol royal drum ⓘ
royal regalia ⓘ
hasMonarchTitle Omukama NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalCapital Masindi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mparo NERFINISHED ⓘ
incorporatedInto Uganda Protectorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
incorporationPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
knownFor resistance to British colonial rule ⓘ
locatedIn western Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Africa ⓘ
lostTerritoryTo Ankole NERFINISHED ⓘ
Buganda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Toro NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
naturalResource fertile soils ⓘ
oil ⓘ
neighboringKingdom Ankole NERFINISHED ⓘ
Buganda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Toro NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableConflict Nyoro–British wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialLanguage Runyoro NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Great Lakes region of Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
preColonialPower yes ⓘ
predecessorState Empire of Kitara NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryEthnicIdentity Nyoro NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religion ⓘ
restoredAsCulturalInstitution 1993 ⓘ
rulingDynasty Babiito dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
shortName Bunyoro NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalClanSystem yes ⓘ
traditionalRulerTitle Omukama of Bunyoro NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Buganda → borderedBy → Bunyoro ⓘ
Kiryandongo District → locatedIn → Bunyoro ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bunyoro sub-region
Masindi District → locatedIn → Bunyoro ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bunyoro sub-region
Murchison Falls → locatedIn → Bunyoro ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bunyoro sub-region
Masindi District → partOf → Bunyoro ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bunyoro Kingdom cultural area
Masindi → partOfRegion → Bunyoro ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bunyoro sub-region