Southeastern Angola

E902773

region of Angola

Southeastern Angola is a sparsely populated, resource-rich region of Angola that was a major stronghold and operational base for the UNITA rebel movement during the Angolan Civil War.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Eastern Angola	1

Statements (67)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	region of Angola ⓘ
biodiversity	high ⓘ
bordersCountry	Botswana NERFINISHED ⓘ Namibia NERFINISHED ⓘ Zambia NERFINISHED ⓘ
bordersRegion	Central Angola NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Namibia NERFINISHED ⓘ Northwestern Zambia NERFINISHED ⓘ Zambezi Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
characteristic	resource-rich ⓘ sparsely populated ⓘ
climate	tropical savanna climate ⓘ
conflict	Angolan Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
conservationSignificance	source area for Okavango Delta waters ⓘ
containsCity	Cuito Cuanavale NERFINISHED ⓘ Menongue NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsEcoregion	Kalahari woodland NERFINISHED ⓘ Miombo woodlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Zambezian flooded grasslands NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsProvince	Cuando Cubango Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Moxico Province NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of Bié Province ⓘ parts of Huíla Province ⓘ
containsTown	Cuito Cuanavale NERFINISHED ⓘ Dirico NERFINISHED ⓘ Mavinga NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Angola NERFINISHED ⓘ
drainageBasin	Okavango River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Zambezi River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicActivity	cattle herding ⓘ small-scale trade ⓘ subsistence agriculture ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Chokwe NERFINISHED ⓘ Ganguela-related groups NERFINISHED ⓘ Ovimbundu NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMajorRiver	Cuando River NERFINISHED ⓘ Cubango River NERFINISHED ⓘ Cuito River NERFINISHED ⓘ Okavango River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRole	major stronghold of UNITA ⓘ operational base for UNITA ⓘ
language	Portuguese ⓘ
localLanguage	Chokwe NERFINISHED ⓘ Umbundu NERFINISHED ⓘ various Bantu languages ⓘ
locatedIn	Angola NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInContinent	Africa ⓘ
locatedInSubregion	Southern Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
naturalResource	potential mineral resources ⓘ timber ⓘ water resources ⓘ wildlife ⓘ
partOf	Angolan Highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
populationDensity	low ⓘ
postWarIssue	infrastructure damage ⓘ landmines ⓘ
sawMilitaryPresenceOf	Angolan government forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Cuban forces ⓘ South African Defence Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
terrain	plateau ⓘ savanna ⓘ wetlands ⓘ
timePeriodOfMajorConflictActivity	1970s ⓘ 1980s ⓘ 1990s ⓘ
usedBy	UNITA NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasTheaterOf	Cold War proxy conflict ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

UNITA → regionOfActivity → Southeastern Angola ⓘ

Lunda → hasNativeSpeakersIn → Southeastern Angola ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Angola