Fort Victoria

E82004

colonial-era city name former name of city

Fort Victoria was the colonial-era name for the Zimbabwean city now known as Masvingo, one of the country’s oldest urban settlements near the Great Zimbabwe ruins.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Fort Victoria canonical	4

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial-era city name ⓘ former name of city ⓘ
colonialPower	United Kingdom ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Rhodesia ⓘ surface form: Southern Rhodesia Zimbabwe ⓘ
establishedAs	colonial administrative center ⓘ
foundedBy	British colonial authorities ⓘ
hasCurrentName	Masvingo ⓘ
hasEconomicRole	service center for surrounding rural areas ⓘ
hasHeritageNearby	Great Zimbabwe ⓘ surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site Great Zimbabwe
hasHistoricalFunction	military fort ⓘ trading post ⓘ
historicalRegion	Rhodesia ⓘ
isOneOf	oldest urban settlements in Zimbabwe ⓘ
languageOfOfficialName	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Masvingo Province ⓘ southeastern Zimbabwe ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Central Africa Time ⓘ
locatedNear	Great Zimbabwe ⓘ Great Zimbabwe ⓘ surface form: Great Zimbabwe ruins
namedAfter	Queen Victoria ⓘ
nearbyFeature	Lake Mutirikwi ⓘ Mutirikwi River ⓘ
partOf	British Empire ⓘ Rhodesia ⓘ surface form: Southern Rhodesia colonial administration
replacedBy	Masvingo ⓘ
successorAdministrativeUnit	Masvingo ⓘ surface form: City of Masvingo
transportRole	stop on road between Harare and Beitbridge ⓘ
usedAsNameUntil	1982 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Masvingo → formerName → Fort Victoria ⓘ

Pioneer Column expedition → foundedSettlement → Fort Victoria ⓘ

Victoria Province → capital → Fort Victoria ⓘ

Victoria Province → formerColonialCapitalName → Fort Victoria ⓘ

subject surface form: Masvingo Province