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Bonny_Island
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Q640657
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AF
| 3,918,383
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Bonny Island is situated at the southern edge of Rivers State in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria near Port Harcourt. Ferries are the main form of transport, though recently an airstrip has been built and it’s fully functional - with flights from Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt respectively to and from the island. The local dialect spoken in Bonny Island is Ubani, an Ijaw language.
The Kingdom of Grand Bonny is located forty kilometers southwest of Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State of Nigeria. It lies within latitude 40° 278°, longitude of 7° 1000° and borders the shores of Southern Atlantic Ocean into which its main River, the Bonny Estuary, finally flows.
It shares boundaries with the Billes and Kalabaris in the West, the Andonis in the East, the Okirikans and the Ogonis in the North and the Atlantic Ocean form the boundary in the South.
History
Located at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean on the Bight of Bonny, the island of Bonny serves as the seat of a traditional state known as the Kingdom of Bonny.
Founding myths
Bonny's founding myth has two versions. The first tradition of origin states that Bonny originated from the Ngwa section of the Igbo people. One Alagbariya, a hunter, was said to have migrated to the Azumini Creek on a hunting expedition, and settled finally with his family on the virgin island. The original name given to the first settlement, which began as a small town was called Okuloma, a name christened after the Okulo (lit. Curlews) who inhabited the island in large numbers.
Another version states that the founders of the island kingdom were originally Ijaw people from Ebeni in modern Bayelsa State. The founder, Okpara Ndoli -a man from the Isedani lineage of Kolokuma in the Ebeni-toru region (in the present day Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa) - ruled for the duration of his life. He founded the kingdom before or about 1000 AD. The Ibanis identify as Ijaws today.
Structure of the kingdom
The monarch, or Amanyanabo (lit. owner of the land), is provided by the Pepple dynasty and presides over a chieftaincy system composed of "Ase-Alapu" (or high chiefs of royal blood) and "Amadapu" (or district heads). All of the former serve as members of the Bonny Chiefs' Council, the amanyanabo's privy council.
Bonny Island has thirty-five sub-sectional units (known as Houses). All represent the progeny of the founding generation of its kingdom. A few prominent houses are:
(i) The Fubara Manilla Pepple House,
(ii) The Wilcox House,
(iii) The Jumbo House,
(iv) The Awusa Halliday House,
(v) The Captain Hart House, and
(vi) The Banigo House.
The different houses are known for having individual ancestral headquarters and high chiefs.
Notable events
Bonny Island was a hotbed of economic activity right from the 15th century. The Portuguese arrived at this time, and the island kingdom subsequently established good relations with them. It sent its first ambassador, Prince Abagy, to Portugal in about 1450AD.
In the 19th Century AD, Bonny Island accepted Christianity through the ministry of Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther. Prior to this event, the totem of the kingdom had been the monitor lizard.
It was also in that century that a civil war was fought between those loyal to Chief Oko Jumbo of the Manilla Pepple house and those loyal to Chief Jaja of the Anne Pepple house. This war eventually led to the establishment of the Kingdom of Opobo.
Bonny today
With a thriving traditional system and robust cultural heritage, Bonny stands out as one of Nigeria's most vibrant communities. Her traditional institution is headed by King Edward William Asimini Dappa Pepple III, Perekule XI, who serves as amanyanabo and natural ruler. The Chiefs' Council is led by Chief Reginald Abbey-Hart, who is the high chief and head of Captain Hart house. Each high chief independently rules his house because the chiefs' council is traditionally seen as a commonwealth of independent nations that came together for the sole purpose of protecting the kingdom as a whole.
The community is subdivided into two main segments – the mainland and the hinterland. The mainland comprises Bonny Island and its segments, namely the Main Island (Township), Sandfield, Iwoama, Orosikiri, Aganya, Ayambo, Akiama, New Road, Wilbross Pipeline, Workers Camp, and some outlying fishing settlements lying along the Bonny River’s coastline. The hinterland includes the village communities such as Kuruma, Ayama, Kalaibiama and Oloma.
Presently, the Kingdom of Bonny has thirty-five chieftaincy houses. There are fourteen major chieftaincy houses (five among which are Duawaris); twenty minor chieftaincy houses; and then the George Pepple lineage of the Perekule royal house that has recently been producing kings of the kingdom. The ancestry of the Perekule royal house may be traced to the Duawaris themselves.
It was the founding generation of Bonny that established the kingdom's civilisation and commonwealth. All the chieftaincy houses, and the people that belong to them, derive their authority in Bonny from their descent from its founders.
The federal government of Nigeria through partnership with Nigeria LNG Limited is building a 39km road that will connect Bonny Island to the Ogoni community of Bodo in the mainlaind of Rivers State. The road will reduce both the risk and the travel time to the island spent on travelling through air and also boost tourism and economy on the island. Babatunde Fashola, Nigeria's minister of works and housing, confirmed at a project commissioning that the road will be ready by the end of 2023. The road was flagged off by the vice-president of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osibanjo in 2017.
Economy
In the early 1990s the Federal Government of Nigeria, in collaboration with 3 international partners, Shell Gas BV., CLEAG Limited [ELF] and AGIP International BV. started the multibillion-dollar project Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (Nigeria LNG).
Due to its strategic position, Bonny Island, particularly the Finima community area along Bonny Island, is hosting various multinational oil companies including Royal Dutch Shell, Mobil, Chevron, Agip, and TotalEnergies.
Education
Public and private secondary schools on the island include:
Bonny National Grammar School
Spring Foundation Group of Schools
Favourite International Academy
St.Paul's Comprehensive College
Government Girls Secondary School
Community Secondary School
Lucille Education Centre
Kingdom Heritage
King and Queen High School
RA International School
Logos International School
Twilight Nursery and Primary School
Institution:
Federal Polytechnic of Oil and Gas, Bonny
Tourist attractions
Bonny Island is surrounded on the west and south by long stretches of beaches. The beautiful beaches attract tourists and fun seeking inhabitants alike on sunny days and festive periods like Christmas and Easter. On 26 and 31 December of every year, thousands of people visit the Finima beaches for beach carnivals. There is also the Finima Nature Park, which is an important tourist area located at the right-hand side of the roundabout.
References
External links
Historians.org
http://bonnyhistoricalsociety.com/about-bonny-kingdom/
Islands of Nigeria
Islands of Rivers State
Geography of Port Harcourt
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Barkly_East
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Q808291
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AF
| 3,920,476
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Barkly East (Afrikaans: Barkly-Oos) is a town in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, seat of the Joe Gqabi District Municipality, and 117 km by road E.S.E. of Aliwal North, lying in the mountainous area just south of Lesotho. The town lies at the southern tip of the Drakensberg on the Langkloofspruit, a tributary of the Kraai River which, in turn is a tributary of the Orange River at an elevation of 1 790 meter (5 873 foot) above sealevel. Barkly East is characterized by rugged mountains and green valleys. Snow falls in winter, and the hamlet of Rhodes is 60 km or an hour's drive from Barkly East on the R396. Both are within the boundaries of the Senqu Local Municipality.
It has been one of the few areas in South Africa where winter sports are pursued, and in summer fly fishing for Rainbow trout and indigenous Smallmouth yellowfish, trail running, mountain biking, rock paintings by the San people, tennis and the magnificent scenery draw tourists to the district.
Xhosa and Afrikaans are spoken by most of the inhabitants, while English and some Sotho are also spoken. The primary economic base of the district is sheep-farming.
History
Like Barkly West, the town is named after Sir Henry Barkly, governor of the Cape Colony from 1870 to 1877. On 14 December 1874 the then-Governor, Sir Henry Barkly proclaimed that a town could split from Wodehouse.
Geography
Climate
Barkly East has a subtropical highland climate (Cwb, according to the Köppen climate classification), with mild summers and chilly, dry winters, with occasional snowfalls. It borders on a cold semi-arid climate (BSk). The average annual precipitation is , with most rainfall occurring during summer.
See also
Barkly West
Wodehouse
References
External links
Barkly East Community Tourism organisation
Wartrail & New England tourism
Wild Trout Association, Rhodes-based fly fishing organisation
Populated places in the Senqu Local Municipality
Populated places established in 1873
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Quigney,_Eastern_Cape
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Q7271940
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AF
| 3,923,624
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Quigney is a suburb of East London in South Africa.
It got its name from the "Gwygney River" according to the earliest maps of East London from September 1847 by William Jervois. The municipality started to sell plots "east of the Quigney River" after 1883.
References
Populated places in Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality
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Rhodes_Memorial
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Q3429602
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AF
| 3,925,355
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The Rhodes Memorial is a monument on Devil's Peak in Cape Town, South Africa, a memorial to the English-born South African politician Cecil John Rhodes. It was designed by architect Herbert Baker.
Location
The memorial is situated at Rhodes's favourite spot on the lower slopes of Devil's Peak. Rhodes's own wooden bench is still situated below the memorial. The view facing north-east can be imagined as the start of the Cape to Cairo Road and Rhodes's dream of a "red line" of British dominions spanning the continents north to its south.
Rhodes owned vast areas of the lower slopes of Table Mountain, most of which he gave to the nation on his death. Part of his estate was used for the University of Cape Town upper campus, part is now the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, while much else of it was spared from development.
Architecture
The architect, Sir Herbert Baker, allegedly modelled the memorial after the Greek temple at Segesta although it is actually closer to the temple of Pergamon in design. It consists of a massive staircase with 49 steps (one for each year of Rhodes's life) leading from a semi-circular terrace up to a rectangular U-shaped monument formed of pillars. The memorial is built of Cape granite quarried on Table Mountain.
At the bottom of the steps is a bronze statue of a horseman, Physical Energy by George Frederic Watts. Eight bronze lions by John Macallan Swan flank the steps leading up to the memorial, with a bust of Rhodes (also by JM Swan). The inscription on the monument is "To the spirit and life work of Cecil John Rhodes who loved and served South Africa." Inscribed below the bust of Rhodes are the last four lines of the last stanza from the 1902 poem Burial by Rudyard Kipling in honour of Rhodes:
The immense and brooding spirit still
Shall quicken and control.
Living he was the land, and dead,
His soul shall be her soul!
The monument was completed and dedicated in 1912. A memorial proposed by the Colonial Secretary Earl Grey never materialised: a massive "colossus of Rhodes" statue overlooking Cape Town from the summit of Lion's Head, rather like the statue of Christ overlooking Rio de Janeiro.
Outdoor activities
Today the memorial is part of the Table Mountain National Park. There is a well-known tea room behind the memorial, and it is a popular viewpoint and picnicking spot which is frequented by students from the University of Cape Town (UCT) as well as Cape Town residents and also tourists. It is also a starting point for walking and hiking on Devil's Peak. Around the memorial are groves of oaks and stone pines from Europe, and there are also a few remaining pockets of the original Afromontane forest nearby. Just up the slope from Rhodes Memorial there is a small forest of a famous native tree called the Silvertree. Table Mountain is possibly the only place on earth where this majestic tree grows wild and Rhodes Memorial has one of the last surviving stands.
Alien fallow deer used to live in the area, although they are now being eliminated to make way for the re-introduction of indigenous antelope species. Below the memorial is a game enclosure where eland, zebra and wildebeest are kept.
Rhodes Memorial is not generally used for events but does host occasional performances, an annual Easter sunrise service, and is often used as a location for filming. For safety reasons, the area is closed from sunset to sunrise.
The area around the memorial
Not far below the memorial are the University of Cape Town (UCT), Groote Schuur Hospital and Mostert's Mill. Above the memorial is the King's Blockhouse, and not far away is the Groote Schuur Zoo site, originally established as Rhodes's private zoo. The zoo was closed in the late 1970s, and only the lion's den now remains. Rhodes's Groote Schuur estate nearby is now a South African presidential residence.
A statue of Rhodes was situated on the UCT campus, on the lower part of Sarah Baartman Hall steps overlooking the university's rugby fields. This statue had become the focus of protests in March 2015 calling for its removal. It has now been permanently removed.
The area around the memorial was affected by the Table Mountain fire in 2021, and the visitor's cafe was burnt down.
Vandalism
In September 2015, the bronze bust of Rhodes at the memorial was vandalised. The nose was cut off and the memorial was daubed with graffiti accusing Rhodes of being a "Racist, thief, [and] murderer." It appeared that the vandals had attempted to cut off the whole head. The nose was later restored by a local artist and historian. In July 2020, the bust was decapitated. The head was recovered nearby and reattached on Heritage Day later that year.
Controversy of the memorial
The Rhodes Memorial is in post-Apartheid South Africa a controversial site due to the political impact Cecil Rhodes historically had in the formation of an inequal system.
Some are of the opinion that colonialism and apartheid are part of the history of South Africa and that the Rhodes Memorial therefore is appropriate. Another view on the matter is that, due to the impact the colonialism has had on forming the inequal society that is South Africa today, these kinds of memorials are inappropriate. There are also several other movements ongoing that are addressing issues on this topic, like discussions about monuments and statues in the UK and Europe that promoted colonialism and imperialism, and the Black Lives Matter movement.
Another point of view in this debate accepts the problematic signal that these kinds of monuments hold but argues that keeping them in the public light is preferable so that they can be critically interrogated on a regular basis.
The controversy around Cecil Rhodes monuments was addressed by the Rhodes Must Fall movement, a series of student protests, that eventually lead to the removal of the statue of Cecil Rhodes at the University of Cape Town campus. Many of the same arguments are brought up in the discussion of the memorial, as well as for other monuments and statues of Rhodes in Southern Africa. These point at how the letting such memorials stay in the public space gives significance to, and continues the promotions of, the ideas that Rhodes him selves promoted, like the elitism of the white population and the economical and geographical distribution and ownership. The students of South Africa, through the Rhodes Must Fall movement, expressed how they did not accept the insensitivities that these kind of monuments gives presence to.
The issue of symbolic representation in the South African context is an important topic in the decolonial and post-apartheid society. With Rhodes using his political power to re-distribute land from black Africans through the Glen Grey Act and at the same time increasing the limit of economic wealth needed for having the right to vote though the Franchise and Ballot Act, he was a large contributor to the inequality that still perpetuates the South African country today. These political decisions were made in the Parliament of Cape, and therefore the Rhodes Memorial, and other monuments in the area, is a constant reminder of the sort of power that was being performed in Cape Town at the time.
Currently there are efforts to transform the society of South Africa to make up for some of the inequal politics that the apartheid regime and colonialism has inflicted upon the country, like the land reform. The controversies around monuments like this symbolic representation of Rhodes power reflects the question concerning if there is need for recognition and erasure of the same historical political power on a symbolic level, as well as in the politics of the rights themselves.
The vandalism on the memorial in 2015 and 2020 is thought to be a result of the controversy and protests against legacies of colonialism and imperialism.
References
External links
Photograph of Rhodes Memorial during construction
Buildings and structures completed in 1912
Monuments and memorials in South Africa
British Empire
Herbert Baker buildings and structures
Tourist attractions in Cape Town
Buildings and structures in Cape Town
Articles containing video clips
1912 establishments in South Africa
Cultural depictions of Cecil Rhodes
Vandalized works of art
20th-century architecture in South Africa
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Bugesera_District
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Q2724056
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AF
| 3,934,534
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Bugesera is a district (akarere) in Eastern Province, Rwanda. Its capital is Nyamata.
The district is the location of two memorial sites of the Rwandan genocide at Ntarama and Nyamata.
Geography
Bugesera comprises areas south of Kigali, which were formerly in the Kigali Ngali province, around the town of Nyamata.
The area is prone to droughts as it has a higher average daytime temperature than the Rwandan average, and lower precipitation.
It is the construction site for a new international airport to serve Kigali, 40 km away, and the rest of the nation, replacing Kigali International Airport in the future.
Sectors
Bugesera district is divided into 15 sectors (imirenge): Gashora, Juru, Kamabuye, Ntarama, Mareba, Mayange, Musenyi, Mwogo, Ngeruka, Nyamata, Nyarugenge, Rilima, Ruhuha, Rweru and Shyara.
External links
Bugesera District government website
Visit Rwanda
Eastern Province, Rwanda
Districts of Rwanda
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Ngoma_District
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Q2724035
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AF
| 3,934,668
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Ngoma is a district (akarere) in Eastern Province, Rwanda. Its capital is Kibungo.
Sectors
Ngoma district is divided into 14 sectors
(imirenge): Gashanda, Jarama, Karembo, Kazo, Kibungo, Mugesera, Murama, Mutenderi, Remera, Rukira, Rukumberi, Rurenge, Sake and Zaza.
External links
Ngoma District government website
Eastern Province, Rwanda
Districts of Rwanda
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Nyagatare
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Q3562393
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AF
| 3,934,892
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Nyagatare is a town in the North East of Rwanda. With a population of more than 100,000, it is one of the most populous settlements in the Eastern Province along with Rwamagana and Kibungo.
Location
Nyagatare is located in Nyagatare District, Eastern Province, close to Rwanda's International borders with both Tanzania and Uganda. Its location lies about , by road, northeast of Kigali, Rwanda's capital and largest city. The coordinates of the town are:1° 18' 0.00"S, 30° 19' 30.00"E (Latitude:-1.3000; Longitude:30.3250)
Overview
Nyagatare is the largest metropolitan area and the capital of Nyagatare District, in Eastern Province, in Rwanda's northeast. At the center of a cattle farming region, the city is a point of milk collection for several milk producers such as Inyange Industries Ltd. Milk from Nyagatare is exported to other regions of Rwanda.
It hosts tiles manufacturing industry known as EAST AFRICA GRANITE INDUSTRIES
Infrastructure
Power
As of July 2021, only 1% of the population has access to electricity, The Rwandan government is contracting for the construction of a hydroelectric dam and power plant north of Nyangatare on the Muvumbe river.
Water
25% of households rely on water from public stand posts.
Population
In 2002, the population of Nyagatare, Rwanda was estimated at about 8,500. The population has grown considerably since 1994, boosted by an influx of former refugees from Uganda, reaching 52,107 in the 2012 census.
Points of interest
The following points of interest lie within the town limits or close to its edges:
Offices of Nyagatare Town Council
Offices of Nyagatare District Administration
Nyagatare Central Market
Nyagatare Hospital - A public hospital administered by the Rwanda Ministry of Health
A branch of the Bank of Kigali
A branch of Banque Populaire du Rwanda SA
A branch of Ecobank Rwanda
A branch of COGE Banque Rwanda
Children Sharing Centre, Nyagatare - A center that caters for the needs of vulnerable young people
There is also University of Rwanda, on the site of the former Umutara Polytechnic
Also a private university, THE EAST AFRICAN UNIVERSITY RWANDA.
It is also the exit of Akageranationalpark Nyirangegene
See also
Kigali
Nyagatare District
Eastern Province, Rwanda
Bank of Kigali
References
External links
Location of Nyagatare At Google Maps
Nyagatare District
Eastern Province, Rwanda
Populated places in Rwanda
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Kirehe_District
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Q596210
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AF
| 3,934,944
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Kirehe is a district (akarere) in Eastern Province, Rwanda. Its capital is Kirehe town (which is usually known as Rusumo, being the major settlement of the former Rusumo district).
Geography
The district comprises areas in the far south-eastern corner of Rwanda, bordering Tanzania and Burundi. Its most noteworthy feature is Rusumo Falls, the waterfall on the Kagera River, which has been key to Rwandan history.
Climate
The district is characterized by savanna, acacia trees and few natural forests, these and the existence of the Kagera River contributes to a temperate climate in the region.
Sectors
Kirehe district is divided into 12 sectors (imirenge): Gahara, Gatore, Kigarama, Kigina, Kirehe, Mahama, Mpanga, Musaza, Mushikiri, Nasho, Nyamugari, Nyarubuye.
External links
Kirehe District government website
Eastern Province, Rwanda
Districts of Rwanda
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Dschang
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Q289267
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AF
| 3,953,877
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Dschang is a city located in the West (Ouest) Province of Cameroon, with an estimated population of 87,000 (est) in 2001, growing dramatically from 21,705 recorded in 1981. The 2006 Population is estimated to be 200,000 inhabitants.
Dschang is the capital of the division of Ménoua. The Bamiléké are the predominant ethnic tribe.
History
Colonial era
The documented history of Dschang began in 1895, when it was invaded by a German military mission. In 1909, the city replaced Fontem as the capital of a Germany military district. The region where Dschang now exists was then not the place of any major settlement but, instead, was an area that two bordering chiefdoms fought over. The name Dschang translates to "dispute" in the local language.
Following Germany's defeat during World War I, Cameroon became both a British and French possession, France declared Dschang to be the capital of West Province, and developed the city's vacation resort in the 1940s. This resort now forms the basis of Dschang's plans to promote the city as a tourist destination.
Post-colonial era
On January 1, 1960, Cameroon became an independent state, and the regional administration was moved to the city of Bafoussam. Dschang suffered from this move, as much more effort was invested in the infrastructure of Bafoussam.
Following the opening of the Université de Dschang (University of Dschang) in 1993, however, foreign interest and developmental investment of the city began to increase, and plans for a drive to increase tourism and the exploitation of mineral deposits will contribute to the city's current development.
The current Mayor of Dschang is Baudelaire Donfack.
Economy and infrastructure
Due to its high elevation of over 1400 m, Dschang is favoured by relatively cool temperatures and attractive scenery. It is therefore regarded as a mountain tourist resort. Since colonial times, Dschang has been an important agricultural center. Pig production plays a major role.
Deposits of the aluminum-bearing ore bauxite have been discovered nearby; however, a lack of infrastructure has prevented full-scale mining operations to date.
Transport
The town is reached by year-round trafficable dust roads or asphalt roads. There are bus connections to Bafoussam and Yaoundé.
There is also an airstrip.
Higher education
Since 1993, Dschang has a university with faculties for Agricultural Sciences; Economic Sciences and Business Management; Humanities; Law and Political Sciences; and Sciences. The Faculty for Agricultural Sciences, has been the first faculty and the university continues to be very strong in this thematic area.
Culture
The population of Dschang mainly speaks Yemba language, a Bamileke language.
In early 2011, the Musée des Civilisations du Cameroun à Dschang was inaugurated. This museum offers to discover the origin of the Cameroonian people and the diversity of the country's four large cultural domains via their history, but also their artistic productions, their architectures, and their political and social organizations.
Gallery
References
External links
University of Dschang
Tourist office of Dschang
Mining in Cameroon
Populated places in West Region (Cameroon)
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Ad-Damazin
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Q311307
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AF
| 3,956,502
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Ad-Damazin () is the capital city of Blue Nile, Sudan. It is the location of the Roseires Dam and power generation plant.
Ad-Damazin is served by a terminal station of a branch line of the national railway network. However, the train service to Ad-Damazin has been discontinued many years ago. Instead the town can be reached from Khartoum via a decent tarmac road and by plane. However, Damazin Airport is mainly served by UNMIS or government flights. Ad-Damazin is a city filled with many dialects, but the majority of the population speaks Sudanese Arabic, which is an accent of the original Arabic language. The city lies west of the Nile river and northwest of the Roseires reservoir.
Blue Nile University (Jameat Al Neel Alazraq) is a public university located in Ad-Damazin, established in 1995.
Climate
Like other parts of the Sahel, Ad-Damazin has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSh), with a wet season and a dry season and the temperature being hot year-round. The average annual mean temperature is , the average annual high temperature is , while the average annual low temperature is . The hottest time of year is from March to May, just before the wet season starts. April is the hottest month, having the highest average high at and the highest mean at . May has the highest average low at . August has the lowest average high at and January has the lowest mean at . January also has the lowest average low at .
Ad-Damazin receives of rain over 70.7 precipitation days, with a distinct wet and dry season like the rest of the Sahel. January receives no precipitation at all, and almost no rain falls from November to March. July, the wettest month, receives of rainfall on average. August has 16.9 precipitation days, which is the most of any month. Humidity is much higher in the wet season than the dry season, with March having a humidity at just 21% and August having a humidity at 79%. Ad-Damazin receives 3000.6 hours of sunshine annually on average, with the sunshine being distributed fairly evenly across the year, although it is lower during the wet season. January receives the most sunshine, while July receives the least.
See also
Railway stations in Sudan
Al-Damazin Farms
References
State capitals in Sudan
Populated places in Blue Nile (state)
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Kaduqli
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Q1011819
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AF
| 3,956,578
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Kaduqli or Kadugli ( Sudanese pronunciation: ) is the capital city of South Kordofan State, Sudan. It is located south of El-Obeid, at the northern edge of the White Nile plain in the Nuba Mountains. It contains Hilal Stadium.
History
The Battle of Kadugli broke out during the 2023 Sudan conflict.
Economy
It is a trading centre for gum arabic and livestock. Industries include textiles, soap factories, and the production of leather. Kaduqli is also the Headquarters of Sector IV of the UNMIS (United Nations Mission in Sudan). The sector IV HQ houses the Egyptian Contingent and also includes the Indian Aviation Contingent, flying MI-17 helicopters.
Climate
Kaduqli has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSh).
External links
The Nuba Mountains Homepage
References
Populated places in South Kordofan
State capitals in Sudan
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Al-Fashir
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Q311204
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AF
| 3,956,787
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al-Fashir () is the capital city of North Darfur, Sudan. It is a large town in the Darfur region of northwestern Sudan, northeast of Nyala, Sudan.
A historical caravan post, Al-Fashir is located at an elevation of about . The town serves as an agricultural marketing point for the cereals and fruits grown in the surrounding region. Al-Fashir is linked by road with both Geneina and Umm Keddada. Al-Fashir had 264,734 residents , an increase from 2001, when the population was estimated to be 178,500.
Al Fashir University was created in 1990 by decree of President Omar Hassan Ahmed Bashir, and was officially opened in February 1991 in premises west of El Fasher Airport and south of the El Fashir School.
History
Late in the 18th century, Sultan Abd al-Rahman al-Rashid of the Sultanate of Darfur moved his itinerant court (fashir) to a site called Rahad Tendelti while campaigning in the region of northern Darfur as it was a superb spot for a settlement and grazing, eventually the site was renamed to al-Fashir. A town developed around the sultan's palace grounds. It was one of the cities Amelia Earhart visited while attempting to circumnavigate the world.
In April 2023, the town saw the Battle of El Fasher.
Climate
Al-Fashir has a hot arid climate (Köppen BWh) with three distinct seasons. There is a bone-dry and relatively "cool" season from October to February when temperatures are merely hot by afternoon and cool in the mornings, which gives way to a sweltering and equally arid "hot season" from March to May with high temperatures around and morning lows of . The Sahelian monsoon arrives in June and lasts until September, creating a short wet season that produces virtually all the year's rainfall of around , accompanied by extremely unpleasant conditions with much higher humidity than during the remainder of the year.
Economy
Due to the nearby Abu Shouk and Al Salam IDP camps with the influx of humanitarian aid from the United Nations as a result of the Darfur crisis, the city has experienced a significant economic and population boom. Rents and retail sales increased, including the selling of bottled water and the opening of a pizza parlor to cater to the demand from western aid workers. The number of gas stations has tripled in three years as a result of the increase in the amount of automobiles in the city. Employment opportunities also increased as the United Nations offered jobs to citizens. Economics analyst Adam Ahmed stated that the "people [of Al-Fashir] are beginning to think in a more business-minded way" to make the most of their situation.
See also
Chad – border country near Nyala, Sudan.
History of Darfur
Notes
References
External links
Adventures of Sudan: Al-Fashir
Historical weather for Al-Fashir
Fashir
State capitals in Sudan
Capitals of former nations
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Tarok_people
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Q7686522
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AF
| 3,963,572
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Tarok is an agrarian society in the hills and on the plains southeast of Plateau State, Middle Belt, Nigeria.
The Tarok People
The Tarok people call themselves oTárók, their language iTárók and their land ìTàrók . They are found principally in Langtang-North, Langtang-South, Wase, Mikang and Kanke Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Plateau State in Central Nigeria . Their main town of Langtang is located about 186 kilometres south-east of Jos, the state capital . They are also found in large numbers in Shendam, Qua'an-Pan, Kanam, Pankshin LGAs and some part of Tafawa Balewa LGA of Bauchi state the Sur (Tapshin) . Scattered in Nasarawa and Taraba states are Tarok farming communities . The people have been described to some extent in anthropological and ethnographical works by Fitzpatrick (1910), Roger Blench, Lamle (1995), Famwang and Longtau (1997) . The oTárók is an amalgamation of various peoples who now form a more or less ‘homogeneous’ group . The constituents were of Pe, Ngas, Jukun, Boghom, Tel ( Montol ) and probably Tal origins, while others still remain obscure or unknown . The culture at a micro level portrays this admixture of peoples of the Tarok nation. The focus here is a description of their language .
Name of the Language
In the literature, other names have been used for Tarok as Appa, Yergam and its variants of Yergum and Yergem . The name Tarok itself has been wrongly spelt by some as Taroh. The name Appa on the other hand is used by the Jukun to refer to oTarok as a friendship term . These fresh insights are pointing to a conclusion that Tarok was a nickname given to the Tal/Ngas immigrants. The name of the original group is lost and has been replaced by the nickname . The term Pe-Tarok refers to the people who first spoke the original form of the language called Tarok today the mismatch notwithstanding . The origins of the peoples may be a knotty topic, but it is clear that Proto-Tarok is the parent of the language which is known as Tarok today (whatever might have been their original name).
Tarok in a sea of Chadic languages
Longtau described Tarok as one of the Benue–Congo languages which is almost completely submerged in a sea of Chadic languages . These languages include Ngas, Tel, Boghom, Hausa / Fulfulde and Yiwom . Its non-Chadic neighbours are Pe, Jukun-Wase and Yangkam. Tarok has spread considerably in the twentieth century and it now borders Wapan in the South-East . The Chadic languages belong to a different language family called Afroasiatic . Longtau explained that Tarok had settled in their present abode long before the Eastern and Southward movements of Boghom and Ngas respectively.
Tarok History
Nankap Elias Lamle (2001) an anthropologist lecturing at the University of Jos in Nigeria stated that in the early twentieth century people from other ethnic groups such as Tal, Ngas, Jukun, Tel (Montol/Dwal) and Yiwom (Gerkawa) migrated and settled together with the initial Timwat and Funyallang clans. People from these ethnic groups came as migrants labour workers. The Timwat and Funyallang people gave them land to settle in Tarokland after they have served the former. Colonialism and Christianity came into Tarokland by 1904 (Lamle 1995). The initial inhabitants could not trust the missionaries and colonialists as such did not encourage their people to join them. with the introduction of modernism the later migrants to Tarokland used their connections to the missionaries and colonialists to acquire western education and join the army. Today these latter migrants are at the helm of affairs in Nigeria as such tries to use their influence to change history ( cf. Lamle 2005).
Furthermore, Lamle asserted that the framework of Tarok migration supports the assertion above and is based on the fact that the Tarok language is part of the Benue–Congo language family. However, other peoples of the Chadic language family, such as the Ngas, Boghom, Tel (Montol) and Yiwom, shifted to the Benue–Congo family and are given full status as Tarok (Lamle 1998). Also the Jukun, who speak languages of the Benue–Congo family, joined the Tarok. What is called the Tarok people are actually a mixture of many ethno-linguistic groups (Lamle 2008).
Culture
The Tarok people have an ancestral cult which retains considerable prestige and importance, despite major inroads of Christianity into the area. The ancestors, orìm, are represented by initiated males and post-menopausal women. Cult activities take place in sacred groves outside almost all Tarok settlements. Orìm are mostly heard, but emerge as masked figures under some circumstances, especially for the disciplining of ‘stubborn’ women and for making prophecies. Orìm figures speak through voice disguisers in a language dotted with code words although framed in normal Tarok syntax and their utterances are interpreted by unmasked figures.
Each Tarok settlement of any size has a sacred grove outside it, which is conserved as the place of the orim or ancestors. The singular form, ùrìm, is applied to a dead person or an ancestor, while orìm refers to the collective ancestors and the cult itself. Men above a certain age are allowed to enter the grove and engage with the ancestors. These inhabit the land of the dead and are thus in contact with all those who have died, including young people and children who were not admitted to the orìm. On certain nights when the ‘orìm are out’, women and children must stay in their houses. Orim can also be seen ‘dressed’, i.e. appearing as masquerades, when they engage with women through an interpreter. Surprisingly, most Tarok are Christian and Langtang hosts some large churches, but the association of the orìm with power ensures that these two systems continue to coexist. Indeed, it is said that the orìm take care to visit the houses of the retired generals and other influential figures at night to cement the bonds between two very different types of power. Orìm society is graded, in the sense that there are members who are not fully initiated and so cannot be let into the inner secrets of the society. Some of the orìm vocabulary is therefore for internal concealment, that is, there are code-words among the elder members to conceal the meaning of what is being said from junior members.
The main function of the orim from the external point of view is to maintain order, both spiritual and actual, within the society but also to prepare for warfare and other collective action. In practice, maintaining order seems to be about disciplining women, who are forced to cook food as a punishment for being lazy or ‘stubborn’. This category of orìm is called orìm aga., literally ‘masquerade that gives trouble’ and its speciality is to fine women. There is a special season, aga. ‘time of trouble’, for meting out fines to offenders. The orìm are also in contact with the dead and it is believed that the spirits of dead children require to be fed; hence they will request special meals from the mother of such children. Orìm also have a marriage-broking function; for example, young women tell the orìm the name of the young man they would like to marry, and they find ways of passing on the message.
The Tarok Website
The official website of the Tarok People was recently created and launched in December, 27th 2013.
It was created for the purpose of promoting their culture and tradition, which will serve as a rich resource for the up-coming generation. It also serves as a means for interaction between its members and as a voice to air out their ideas. It is aimed at promoting unity through various ways among the Taroks. It was discontinued late 2014.
Prominent Tarok People
Domkat Bali, military
Joseph Nanven Garba, military
Dindam D. Killi, Esq, lawyer and activist
Beni Lar, politician (House of Representatives)
Solomon D. Lar, chief
Daniel Lamda Bongtur, (HRH Madakin Langtang), Monarch
Victor Lar, politician (Senate)
John Nanzip Shagaya, military
Jeremiah Useni, military
Jonah Domfa Wuyep, military
Esther Bali, writer
Sim Shagaya, Businessman
Sticky Ya Bongtur, chief influencer, We Speak Tarok Campaign
Solomon Dalung, Politician (minister)
Manyil Dashe, Researcher
Reverend Canon Selchang Miner, Clergy (RTD)
Apostle Joshua Selman, Preacher.
TN Timkat, International Human Rights Activist
See also
Langtang, Nigeria
Langtang Mafia
References
Adive, J.R., 1989. The Verbal Piece in Ebira. Publication in Linguistics No. 85. Summer Institute of Linguistics and University of Texas at Arlington.
Blench, Roger. 2021. The language of the orim, the ancestral spirits of the Tarok of Central Nigeria. Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
Blench, Roger and Longtau, Selbut R., (in prep.). Tarok Farming in its Cultural Setting.
Blench, Roger and Longtau, Selbut R., 1995. Tarok Ophresiology: An Investigation into the Tarok Terminology of Odour. In Issues in African Languages and Linguistics. Essays in Honour of Kay Williamson, ed. by E. Nolue Emenanjo and Ozo-Mekuri Ndimele, pp. 340–344. Aba.
Lamle, E. N. Corporeality and Dwelling Spaces in Tarokland. Journal of Tarok studies: Nigerian Bible Translation Trust. Jos (Vol. 1 No 1 2005) pp 23
Lamle, E. N. (1995). Cultural Revival and Church Planting: A Nigerian Case study. Jos: CAPRO Media
Lamle, E. N. (2000). The Light Shines in Their hearts: COCIN and the Gospel in Tarokland. Jos: Crossroads Communication.
Lamle, E. N., (1998). The Essentials of Traditional Education in Nigeria: A Case Study of the Tarok people. Jos: Crossroads Communications
Lamle. E. N. Origin, Origin, Migration and Clan Structure of the Tarok People: Tree in the Forest Mandyeng: Journal of Central Nigeria Studies (pp 25–56 forthcoming)
Roger Blench (1995c) with S. Longtau, Tarok Ophresiology. pp. 340–344 in Issues in African Languages and Linguistics: Essays in Honour of Kay Williamson. Emenanjọ, E.N. and Ndimele, O-M. eds. Aba, National Institute for Nigerian Languages.
Kyanship and Kinship among the Tarok, by M. G. Smith and Mary F. Smith © 1990 Edinburgh University Press.
Tarok Language Committee, 1980. Re i nyi iTarok. [Let’s Learn Tarok, An Alphabet Booklet] Tarok Language Committee, Langtang.
Prof. Mary Lar, 1983. Nkuń ki iTarok 3. (Tarok Reader 3), Tarok Language Committee, Langtang.
Prof. Mary Lar, and Longtau, S.R., 1985. Tarok Teachers' Notes for Reader 1, 2, and 3. Tarok Language Committee, Langtang.
Prof. Mary Lar, et al. 1994. A Trilingual Tarok Dictionary. Nigeria Bible Translation Trust, Jos.
Roger Blench and Longtau, S.R. (in prep). Tarok Adjectives 1: Morphology.
Cooper, R.H., 1933. Wasika A Yohanna Ga Ngisi. The Langtang Church, S.U.M.
Crozier, D.H. and Roger Blench 1992. An Index of Nigerian Languages. Summer Institute of Linguistics Dallas.
Tarok Related Publications by Selbut Longtau, and together with others, October 2013
http://dailynews.gm/africa/gambia/article/the-gambia-government-loss-against-the-killing-of-deyda-hydara
External links
Tarok Website
Ethnic groups in Nigeria
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Fazogli
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Q5439246
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Fazogli (), also known as Fazughli, Fazoghl or Fazokl, was a historical province in what is now the border region between Sudan and Ethiopia. It was established by the Funj after their conquest of the kingdom of Fazughli in 1685 and was continued under the Turkiyyah and the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. It lay between the Blue Nile and the Sobat River, and included the mountains in the modern Asosa Zone of the Ethiopian Benishangul-Gumuz Region. The west slope of the hills drains the White Nile.
The area was believed to be rich in gold deposits, which led an Egyptian military expedition under the leadership of Ismail bin Muhammad Ali, son of Wali Muhammad Ali into the area (1820–1823) in part determine the truth of this belief, as well as to capture some 30,000 inhabitants to be slaves. He was accompanied by Frédéric Cailliaud, George Waddington, and George Bethune English, all of whom later wrote accounts of the expedition. Pasha Mohammad Ali later organized Fazogli into a number of sheikhdoms to govern its inhabitants. Later geologists who surveyed the area for gold included Josef von Russegger.
See also
Kingdom of Fazughli
Notes
References
History of Sudan
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Dormaa_Ahenkro
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Q5298059
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AF
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Dormaa Ahenkro is a city and also the capital of Dormaa Traditional Area Dormaa Municipal of the Bono Region, in Ghana. Dormaa Ahenkro has a historical reference for their brave warlords. Dormaa Ahenkro is the capital for the Dormaa traditional area and serves as the seat of the Paramount King Oseadeeyo Nana Agyeman Badu II, successor of Nana Agyeman Badu I. Politically, the empire currently is divided into three Districts; Dormaa Municipal Dormaa Ahenkro as its capital, Dormaa West DistrictNkrankwanta as its capital and Dormaa East District Wamfie as its capital.
Geography
Location
The municipality is situated at the western part of the Bono Region. It is bound in the North by the Jaman South district and in the east by the Dormaa East district, in the south and south-east by Asunafo and Asutifi districts respectively, in the west and south-west by Dormaa West and in the west and north-west by Ivory Coast. It is the municipal capital and is located about 80 kilometers west of the regional capital, Sunyani and also about 46.3 kilometers from Berekum.
Healthcare
A district Hospital "Dormaa Presbyterian Hospital" founded in 1955 is located in Dormaa Ahenkro.
Education
The main senior high school in the area is Dormaa Senior High School. There is a technical training center known as Dormaa Vocational Training Institute. The University of Energy and Natural Resources (Dormaa campus) and Presbyterian Midwifery and Nursing Center are also located within Dormaa Ahenkro.
Stadiums and sports
Stadium
Agyeman Badu Stadium
Sports
Professional sports teams based in Dormaa Ahenkro include:
Aduana Stars
References
Populated places in the Bono Region
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Bole_District
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Q820344
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AF
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Bole District is one of the seven districts in Savannah Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988, until the northern part of the district was split off by a decree of president John Agyekum Kufuor on 27 August 2004 to create Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District; thus the remaining part has been retained as Bole District. The district assembly is located in the western part of Savannah Region and has Bole as its capital town.
See also
References
Districts of the Savannah Region (Ghana)
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Igabi
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Q5991414
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AF
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Igabi is a Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State, Nigeria. It is chaired by the Executive Chairman - Jabir Khamis, It is one of 774 local government areas in Nigeria. Rigasa ward is under Igabi LGA, one of the most populous wards in the country.
History
Research by the DRPC Nigeria (Development Research and Projects Center Nigeria) has shown that Igabi was founded by a man from Kukawa in Borno state; the man was a Qur'anic scholar who settled near Rigachikun to teach Qur'an and Islamic studies in the region due to an overflow of Hausa people to the northeastern Nigeria especially Borno state in search of Islamic religious knowledge. The current local government's capital is Turunku. The genesis of Igabi town that led to local government was a man named Igabi who came and settled in the area. The man was from Borna named Mallam Ahmadu, an Islamic scholar who arrived at the site where he founded the town with a large number of Almajirai (students), numbering more than a hundred. Later more students from neighboring villages around joined him.
in 1907, Igabi was officially recognized as a district under Zazzau Emirate by the British colonial government of Northern Nigeria and the first district head was Turaki Babba of Zazzau. After the death of Turaki Babba in the early 1950s the leadership was transferred to Dan Madami Zubairu, then to Dan Madami Umaru and now Bello Sani.
The first confirmed H5N1 (bird flu) outbreak in an African country was on February 8, 2006, on a commercial chicken farm in Jaji, a village in Igabi.
Demographic
The indigenous people of Igabi are predominantly Muslims with the exception of Gbagyi who were non Muslims or traditionalist and they later accepted Christianity.
Wards
Afaka
Birnin Yero
Gadan Gayan
Gwaraji
Igabi ward
Kerawa
Kwarau
Rigachikun
Rigasa
Sabon Birni
Jaji
Turunku
Zangon Aya
Education
There are primary, secondary and tertiary education institutions in Igabi. The first Igabi primary school was established in 1945 at Rigachikun.
The Armed Forces Command and Staff College is a military training institution which was founded in May 1976, so also Demonstration Battalion, The Army School of Artillery are located at Jaji.
The Nigerian Tulip International College (NTIC) formerly Nigerian Turkish is located at Rigachikun. National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) is located in Igabi Local Government as part of community service organized educational activities among primary and secondary schools in the area.
Economy
The economy of Igabi largely depends on agriculture and makes it one of the largest contributors to the domestic product in the state, with a total output of about $10m. Igabi contribute economically to kaduna state in term of production of maize in large quantity. Also production of feed for animals consumption this led to socio - economic growth.
Climate
With an average yearly temperature of 27.79°C and 128.91 days with precipitation, the savanna climate in Igabi is tropical wet and dry.
References
Local Government Areas in Kaduna State
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Royal_College_Port-Louis_(Mauritius)
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Q7373964
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AF
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The Royal College Port Louis (RCPL) is an academy in Cassis, Mauritius. It is regarded as one of the most prestigious secondary schools in Mauritius. Originally founded in 1799 during the French colonial period, the first stone of the school's current building at Cassis was laid by Princess Margaret during her first visit to Mauritius in 1956.
In the past, it only admitted boys having achieved the best results at the Certificate of Primary Education (CPE) exams, based on national rankings. RCPL has a tradition of Higher School Certificate (HSC) laureates who compete for state scholarships for tertiary studies abroad.
Following education system reforms and the introduction of nine year schooling, RCPL was converted into an Academy in 2021. Thus becoming a co-education institution admitting the best performing male and female students of the National Certificate of Education.
History
The creation of the college dates back to 1799 during the French colonisation period by Charles Isidor De Caen. The institution was then called "Lycée des Iles de France et de la Réunion", providing a primary and secondary education with a maximum capacity of 300 students.
In 1810, the island became an English colony, and the institution's name was changed to "Lycée Colonial". As the English took full possession of the island, it became important for them to have an English name for the institution. Thus, in 1817, the college was renamed "Royal College" following a decree from the King of England.
In 1824, the college's building was destroyed by a cyclone. Scholarships were briefly interrupted between 1827 and 1839. After that period, scholarships were reinstated and regularly given to student of each year. Until 1865, the exam boards were all run on the island itself.
In 1866, a malaria epidemic broke out in the capital Port-Louis and the college was converted into a hospital. The college was thus relocated to a different area of Port-Louis which was later deemed not reputable by officers whose children were also studying at the college. The increasing number of students was also a problem for the new college as space was limited. So, on 1 May 1899, the Legislative Council moved the Royal College from Port Louis to Curepipe.
On 1 October 1912, the foundation stone was laid in Curepipe by Director of Public Works Paul Le Juge de Segrais. The architecture was intended to be a smaller replica of the Buckingham Palace. Construction of the college in granite was completed by 1914. The new establishment was named Royal College School or simply La School. Due to the sheer number of pupils, the new branch also faced accommodation problems, leading to extension work.
As the island's population grew significantly and to reduce commuting times for students living in the northern part of Mauritius and Port Louis the government built a second and brand-new college at a location close to the capital. Thus, in 1956, during her visit to the island Princess Margaret laid the first stone for the new and ultimate building of Royal College Port Louis.
In 1970, the Royal College Port Louis swooped on all the 4 State Scholarships at stake on the boys' side (Also, that year, The Loreto College of Curepipe secured 1 scholarship and the other one was obtained by the Queen Elizabeth College.) In 1973, the Royal College Port Louis was honorably chosen to host the OCAMM Summit ('Organisation Commune Africaine, Malgache et Mauricienne'). 1979 marked the history of Royal College Port Louis as the school's 50th anniversary was celebrated with great pomp, with some of the highest dignitaries of the island, including the then Prime Minister. In December 1999, in the context of its 70th anniversary, the Royal College Port Louis was honoured with 'The Medal of the City of Port-Louis'. A grand ceremony took place at the Municipality to mark the occasion.
Later, in 2001, the school had the visit of the Manchester United Academy team. Two years later, Royal College Port Louis became a 'Form Six School' with no students admitted in Form 1. Yet, in 2005, the school underwent a change – Form 1 classes were reintroduced in Royal College Port Louis (and other 'star schools' such as Royal College Curepipe, Queen Elizabeth College, John Kennedy College). Thus, the school became a 'national college' and it was then in January 2007 that the first batch of Form 1 students after the reform were admitted.
In 2021, the school became a co-educational Academy. Thus admitting best performing female and male students of the National Certificate of Education.
Present day
Both Royal Colleges, Royal College Port-Louis and Royal College Curepipe share a common origin and students of the two institutions tend to consider each other as rivals. Both colleges' students are customarily called Royalists. Scholarships are attributed to the best pupils of the island for their high school certificate performances and the two institutions normally share most of the scholarships annually.
References
See also
List of secondary schools in Mauritius
Education in Mauritius
Boys' schools in Mauritius
Educational institutions established in 1914
Secondary schools in Mauritius
1914 establishments in Mauritius
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Barrydale
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Barrydale is a village located on the border of the Overberg and Klein Karoo regions of the Western Cape Province in South Africa. It was named after Joseph Barry, a well-known merchant of the 19th century. It is situated at the northern end of the Tradouws Pass which winds its way through the mountains to Swellendam.
History
Barrydale's history dates back to the early 18th century when farmers moved into the area looking for fertile arable land with water. The community built their church on a spot where the R62 and R324 roads meet. In the days before the church was built there were a number of nagmaal houses (houses where Holy Communion could be celebrated) and a school, but not much else. The Dutch Reformed Community of Barrydale came into being in 1878 when land was purchased to build the church.
As the farmers in the area were encouraged to plant vineyards and orchards, it was natural that a winery and distillery would eventually be built. In 1940 the Barrydale Koöperatiewe Wynkelder was formed and a distillery established giving rise to the wine industry in the area. Joseph Barry Brandy, produced locally, was voted best brandy in the world in 2003.
Over the years the village grew and eventually a municipality was established in 1921. Today there is an estimated population of ~4100 permanent residents. The population increases dramatically in the tourist season, with visitors drawn by arts and crafts displays including textiles, jewellery and African souvenirs.
Climate
Barrydale has a temperate climate of warm, dry summers with averages of 25°C occasionally up to 35°C, and mild, wet winters when the temperature occasionally dips to around -1°C accompanied by light frosts.
The warm temperate climate is perfect for the growth of various fruit trees with numerous orchards on the fertile soils of the Tradouw Valley. Apples, pears and oranges are harvested in the winter and crops of apricots, figs, cling peaches and grapes in the summer.
Culture
The town still shows the legacy of the apartheid era when it was divided into two to separate whites from non-whites, a large proportion of which are direct descendants of the indigenous Khoisan tribe. Barrydale is culturally diverse for a small village with English- and Afrikaans-speaking inhabitants as well as a substantial European expatriate community including French, German, Spanish and Italian residents.
The annual Barrydale Spring Festival in October is an important event on the town's calendar. The Joseph Barry Tradouw Pass Half Marathon attracts a large number of runners who compete over a 21 km course through the pass.
Flora and fauna
Barrydale and the surrounding area is rich in species diversity with abundant wildlife such as baboons, genets, mongooses, klipspringer (small khaki-coloured antelope often seen perched on rocks), and rock hyraxes, known locally as dassies (smaller relatives of the elephant). More elusive animals, such as porcupines, aardvarks, jackals, otters and the reclusive leopards, are occasionally seen in the mountains. Reptiles are common, especially snakes, with a few poisonous species such as puff adder, boomslang (tree snake) and Cape cobra.
The area is also home to numerous bird species such as the Cape eagle-owl, hadeda ibis, grey heron, sunbird (these often have iridescent plumage), fiscal shrike which impales its prey on acacia thorns or barbed wire, and black eagles often seen soaring high overhead on the thermals.
The area has many rare plant species, notably the fynbos flora on the slopes of the Langeberg mountain range in the south, and succulent-dominated Karroid flora to the north. There are many private and state reserves in the area such as the Grootvadersbosch Nature Reserve.
Churches in Barrydale
Like in many other South African cities and villages there are church buildings of different denominations.
References
External links
Useful knowledge with some good photos.
News from Barrydale online, accommodation, amenities etc
Barrydale accommodation and business directory.
Eponymous website with interesting facts.
Wine route encompassing the Breede River Valley and the Klein Karoo.
Accommodation list, local artists and map of area.
History of Barrydale
Populated places in the Swellendam Local Municipality
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Karisoke_Research_Center
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The Karisoke Research Center is a research institute in Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park. It was founded by Dian Fossey on 24 September 1967 to study endangered mountain gorillas. Fossey located the camp in Rwanda's Virunga volcanic mountain range, between Mount Karisimbi and Mount Bisoke, and named it by combining the names of the two mountains.
After Fossey's murder in December 1985, she was interred in the grounds of the institute. The camp subsequently continued to function under the auspices of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International. In 2012, Karisoke moved its headquarters to a more modern facility in Musanze.
At the time Fossey founded Karisoke, she feared that the mountain gorilla might become extinct by the end of the 20th century, as her mentor, Dr. Louis Leakey, had warned. A census published in 1981 found that the population had fallen to 242 individuals, from a 1960 estimate of 400–500. , 45 years later, some 480 mountain gorillas are known to inhabit the Virunga mountains (according to a census), a significant increase. Karisoke survived Fossey's murder in 1985 as well as years of civil strife and also expanded tremendously over the past few decades.
History
Karisoke Under Dian Fossey
In his book A Forest in the Clouds, John Fowler describes Fossey's remote mountain gorilla camp, Karisoke Research Center, a few years prior to her gruesome murder, telling the often-shocking story of the unraveling of Fossey’s Rwandan facility as pressures mount in an effort to extricate Fossey from her domain. Instead of the intrepid scientist many admired in the pages of National Geographic magazine, Fowler shows Fossey as a chain-smoking, hard-drinking woman bullying her staff and students into submission in her efforts to hold onto to her reputation as scientist and savior of the mountain gorillas.[6]
Rwandan Genocide
The site was closed down during the genocide and civil war in Rwanda when most of the workers became refugees in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire). Most Karisoke trackers lost their homes and possessions in the war, and some saw family members murdered. Some were imprisoned when they returned home. Rwandan staff continued to monitor the gorillas during this period whenever possible.
By 1998 Karisoke’s expatriate staff had evacuated five times. The facility was destroyed three times, rebuilt twice, and eventually relocated to Musanze (formerly Ruhengeri). Despite the constant threat of war, Karisoke continued to upgrade its capacity for scientific research through new technology and new partnerships with local authorities and other conservation organizations. The gorillas survived the war years in good condition, despite the greatly increased number of snares set by poachers. The buildings, now in ruins and overgrown by vegetation, are still a monument to Fossey, her work and the first camp dedicated exclusively to the study of mountain gorillas. The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund continues to operate the Karisoke Research Center, from its Regional Research Center headquarters in Musanze.
Current
Thanks to Karisoke Research Center's active conservation program, the mountain gorillas of the Virungas are the only great ape species to have increased in number in recent decades.
Karisoke conducts extensive daily protection and monitoring of the mountain gorillas, numerous science and research projects, various education initiatives, and community health and development projects. Since its establishment in 1967, Karisoke has produced an unparalleled amount of information about the mountain gorillas and their habitat and attracts scientists and science students from around the world.
Karisoke is also a significant resource for the people who live near the gorillas, employing more than 100 staff members, the great majority of whom are Rwandan. Over half of them are involved in research, protection, and monitoring of the gorillas. Others are engaged in biodiversity and socioeconomic research, education, health, and administration. In addition, Karisoke provides the human communities in the area with education, health, and economic development programs. Staff members provide conservation education to primary and secondary school students and to adult community members through a variety of media. The Fossey Fund supports and has helped renovate schools and a health clinic near the park and supports clean water, parasite treatment, and prevention programs that reduce transmission of disease from people to gorillas as well as improving the quality of life for the communities.
Ellen DeGeneres plans to help build a permanent home in Rwanda for the work of the Fossey Fund to protect critically endangered mountain gorillas. The Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Fossey Gorilla Fund is to be a permanent, specially designed facility for scientists who are helping to save mountain gorillas.
References
6. Fowler, John (2018). A Forest in the Clouds: My Year Among the Mountain Gorillas in the Remote Enclave of Dian Fossey. Pegasus Books. ISBN 9781681776330.
Bibliography
External links
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International
Research institutes established in 1967
Primate research centers
Nature conservation organisations based in Rwanda
1967 establishments in Rwanda
Research institutes in Rwanda
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Nyayo_National_Stadium
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Nyayo National Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Nairobi, Kenya. It is located at the square of Mombasa Road, Langata Road and the Aerodrome Road. It is approximately two kilometers from the City Center, directly opposite Nairobi Mega Mall, formerly known as Nakumatt Mega. The stadium was built in 1983 for a capacity of 15,000. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The popular AFC Leopards football club plays most of its home games at Nyayo stadium. The stadium is also used for athletics , swimming and various ceremonies most common of which are National Holiday celebrations. Other facilities at the Nyayo Stadium include a gymnasium and a 50-metre swimming pool. Rugby union club Mwamba RFC used the Nyayo National Stadium for home games.
The completion of the Nyayo Stadium gave Kenya the opportunity to be placed in the category of nations that were invited to bid for the 4th All-Africa Games in 1987, a bid that was awarded to Kenya, giving it International status. In essence, the Nyayo Stadium "gave birth" to Moi International Sports Centre.
The Nyayo Stadium was the host venue of the 2010 African Championships in Athletics.
The stadium was renamed to the Coca-Cola National Stadium after the multi-national company won the naming rights to the stadium in February 2009. The deal was worth US$1.5 million and would have seen the beverage company do branding, marketing and naming to the whole stadium for three years. Three months later, however, Coca-Cola withdrew from the contract, because the Kenyan government wanted to have the stadium branded as Coca-Cola Nyayo National Stadium. but was renamed again to the Nyayo National Stadium, as the Government of Kenya wanted it branded. This decision has been widely criticised by many Kenyan citizens, because they believe that Coca-Cola would have heavily improved and popularised the stadium.
The stadium houses headquarters for the Football Kenya Federation and Athletics Kenya.
Components
Main stadium
The main stadium, holding 15,000 people and a FIFA-approved standard-size football pitch, also contains floodlights, 2 VIP lounges, a boardroom and an internet-enabled media centre. The stadium can also be and has also been used to host concerts, public holiday celebrations, public rallies, meetings and crusades.
Aquatic Centre
The aquatic centre holds 2,000 people and contains a filtration plant and a public 50 x 25 m swimming pool.
Indoor Gymnasium
The indoor gymnasium holds 2,500 people and is the home of the Kenya National Basketball League and the Kenya national basketball team. It also features floodlights, electronic scoreboards, snack bars, a boxing ring, an indoor badminton court, a martial arts gym and other social facilities.
Handball and volleyball training courts
The handball and volleyball courts can accommodate up to 1,500 spectators and feature outdoor training courts.
References
External links
Sports Stadia Management Board – A body governing few stadiums in Kenya, including the Moi International Sports Centre
Photo at WorldStadiums.com
Photos at FussballTempel.net
Videos at NairobiKenya.com
Sports venues completed in 1983
Football venues in Kenya
Sports venues in Kenya
Sport in Nairobi
Kenya
Multi-purpose stadiums in Kenya
1980s in Nairobi
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Orlando Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Soweto, a township in Johannesburg, in Gauteng province in South Africa. It is the home venue for Orlando Pirates Football Club, a professional soccer team that plays in the Premier Soccer League and owned by the City of Johannesburg.
Orlando Stadium has hosted MTN 8 Cup Final and a Nedbank Cup Final.
Today
It is currently used mostly for football matches, as the home stadium of Orlando Pirates FC of the Premier Soccer League, and was intended to be utilized, as a training field, for teams participating in the 2010 FIFA World Cup after it was completely rebuilt and reopened on 22 November 2008. In addition to the stadium capacity of 36,761 people, there is an auditorium for 200 people, 120 hospitality suites, a gymnasium and a conference centre.
History
The stadium was originally built for the Johannesburg Bantu Football Association and it had a seating capacity of 24,000 and cost £37,500 to construct. It was opened by the Minister for Bantu development, MC de Wet Nel, and Ian Maltz who was then Mayor of Johannesburg on 2 May 1959.
Although intended for football the stadium has been used for concerts by the Jazz musicians Molombo and by the O'Jays. Boxing matches were also staged including the 1975 victory of Elijah 'Tap Tap' Makhatini over the world welterweight and middleweight champion Emile Griffith.
On 16 June 1976, thousands of black students marched to Orlando Stadium to protest at having to learn the Afrikaans language. It was intended to be a rally and although it was organised some of the students only joined the protest on the day. It was planned to be a peaceful protest by the Soweto Students’ Representative Council's (SSRC) Action Committee. The marchers got as far as their last meeting point when the police and tear gas arrived. The day ended in deaths and this was the start of the Soweto Uprising.
In 1978, the Orlando Pirates took on Phil Venter who had been the first White National Football Association player to play for a black side. He was soon joined by another white player Keith Broad.
In 1995, the stadium played host to the funeral of African National Congress stalwart, Joe Slovo, as well as that of Walter Sisulu in 2003 where Thabo Mbeki, Nelson Mandela, Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique, Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, and Pakalitha Mosisili of Lesotho were among the mourners.
In 2011, the stadium hosted the funeral of Albertina Sisulu where Jacob Zuma, Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania, and Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia were among the mourners, and also hosted the funeral of Winnie Mandela in 2018 where Cyril Ramaphosa; former presidents Thabo Mbeki, Kgalema Motlanthe, and Jacob Zuma; Hage Geingob of Namibia; Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo-Brazzaville; Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana; and Naomi Campbell of Britain were amongst the mourners.
In 1994, South Africa became democratic. On the anniversary of the Soweto Uprising, Nelson Mandela gave a speech at this stadium, where he committed the country to look after its children.
Redevelopment
From 2008 to 2010, the stadium was rebuilt with a steel frame and this increased the capacity to 36,761 at a cost of 280m Rand.
Other uses
The stadium hosted a Super 14 Rugby union semi-final in 2010, as well as the 2010 Super 14 Final, a week later. This was due to the Bulls' usual home ground Loftus Versfeld Stadium being unavailable, due to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Orlando Stadium was used as a training venue for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, it also hosted the FIFA World Cup Kick-Off Celebration Concert on 10 June 2010, featuring artists such as Hugh Masekela, the Parlotones, Freshlyground, the Soweto Gospel Choir, Alicia Keys, The Who, Kelly Clarkson, Mariah Carey, Rod Stewart, the Dave Matthews Band, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Justin Bieber, John Legend, the Black Eyed Peas, and Shakira.
References
External links
Stadium history
Stadium Management South Africa
Photos of Stadiums in South Africa at cafe.daum.net/stade
Soccer venues in South Africa
Rugby union stadiums in South Africa
Buildings and structures in Soweto
Orlando Pirates F.C.
Sports venues in Johannesburg
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HM Pitje Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Mamelodi, a suburb of the City of Tshwane, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is set to be utilized as a training field for teams participating in the 2010 FIFA World Cup after being renovated in 2009 and brought up to FIFA standards. Mamelodi Sundowns stopped using the stadium for its home games long before renovations. The Team management moved the team to
loftus versfeld. The previous owners tried by all means to detach the team to the people of Mamelodi by changing the team from Mamelodi Sundowns to just Sundowns.
In the past, it was the part-time home stadium of the Mamelodi Sundowns, who now play at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium.
The stadium was named after Hezekiel Mothibe Pitje, the first mayor of Mamelodi.
References
Soccer venues in South Africa
Multi-purpose stadiums in South Africa
Sports venues in Gauteng
City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
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Q401013
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The Ahmadu Bello Stadium, simply referred to as ABS is a multipurpose stadium in Kaduna city, Kaduna State, Nigeria. It was designed in 1965 by the English architects Jane Drew and Maxwell Fry. As of 2016, it is used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a capacity of 16,000 people.
The stadium consists of a main section for track and field events as well as football and two indoor sports centers.
Notable football events
1998 African Women's Championship
1999 FIFA World Youth Championship
2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup
References
Buildings and structures in Kaduna
Football venues in Nigeria
Kaduna
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The Jolly Nyame Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Jalingo, Nigeria. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is home for Taraba FC. The stadium holds 12,000 people and was built in 2002. It was named after the then Executive Governor of the state, Hon. Jolly Nyame.
References
External links
Pictures
Sports venues completed in 2002
Football venues in Nigeria
2002 establishments in Nigeria
21st-century architecture in Nigeria
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The City of Cape Town (; ; ) is the local government of Cape Town and surrounding areas. As of the 2016 community survey, it had a population of 4,005,016.
History
Cape Town first received local self-government in 1839, with the promulgation of a municipal ordinance by the government of the Cape Colony. When it was created, the Cape Town municipality governed only the central part of the city known as the City Bowl, and as the city expanded, new suburbs became new municipalities, until by 1902 there were 10 separate municipalities in the Cape Peninsula. During the 20th century, many of the inner suburban municipalities became unsustainable; in 1913 the first major unification took place when the municipalities of Cape Town, Green Point and Sea Point, Woodstock, Mowbray, Rondebosch, Claremont, Maitland, and Kalk Bay were unified to create the first City of Cape Town. In 1927 the municipality of Wynberg was also merged with Cape Town, with the result that all of the Southern Suburbs were incorporated into the City.
Many new municipalities were established during the 20th century. Durbanville achieved municipal status in 1901, Goodwood in 1938, Parow in 1939, Bellville and Fish Hoek in 1940, Pinelands in 1948, Kuils River in 1950, Milnerton in 1955, Kraaifontein in 1957, Gordon's Bay in 1961, Brackenfell in 1970. In 1979 Bellville was upgraded to city status. The areas not included in a municipality were governed by divisional councils. Most of the Cape metropolitan area fell under the Divisional Council of the Cape, while the eastern parts around Brackenfell, Kuils River and the Helderberg area formed part of the Divisional Council of Stellenbosch, and an area in the northeast around Kraaifontein formed part of the Divisional Council of Paarl.
In earlier years the right to vote in local elections was not restricted by race (see Cape Qualified Franchise), but the policies of the apartheid government aimed for complete segregation of local government. A 1962 amendment to the Group Areas Act introduced management committees for the areas designated for coloured and Indian residents. These management committees were subordinate to the existing local authorityeither a municipality or the divisional council. From 1972 no new non-white voters could be registered as voters for municipal or divisional councils, and existing non-white voters lost their voting rights when a management committee was established for the area where they lived.
In 1982 the Black Local Authorities Act created elected town councils for black communities. Five such councils were established in the Cape metropolitan areas. They were generally regarded as under-resourced and unsustainable, and were opposed by the United Democratic Front and other civic organisations. Turnout in BLA elections was very low.
In 1987 the divisional councils of the Cape, Paarl and Stellenbosch were dissolved and the Western Cape Regional Services Council (RSC) was created in their place. The RSC councils were indirectly elected, consisting of representatives nominated by all the local authorities within its area, including municipalities, management committees and town councils. The Cape Rural Council represented the rural areas of the RSC that were not included in any local authority. Also in 1987, an act of the House of Assembly allowed the creation of local councils for white communities in peri-urban areas.
Thus at the end of apartheid in 1994, there were over 50 different local authorities in existence in the metropolitan area, listed below.
Western Cape Regional Services Council (RSC)
Cape Rural Council
Cities
City of Cape Town
City of Bellville
Municipalities
Brackenfell Municipality
Durbanville Municipality
Fish Hoek Municipality
Goodwood Municipality
Gordon's Bay Municipality
Kraaifontein Municipality
Kuils River Municipality
Milnerton Municipality
Parow Municipality
Pinelands Municipality
Simon's Town Municipality
Somerset West Municipality
Strand Municipality
Management Committees (indicating in brackets the local authority to which they were subordinated)
Athlone and District MC (City of Cape Town)
Atlantis MC (RSC)
Belhar MC (RSC)
Cravenby MC (RSC)
Elsie's River MC (RSC)
Grassy Park MC (RSC)
Kensington MC (City of Cape Town)
Kraaifontein MC (Kraaifontein Municipality)
Macassar MC (RSC)
Matroosfontein/Nooitgedacht MC (RSC)
Melton Rose/Blue Downs/Delft MC (RSC)
Mitchells Plain MC (City of Cape Town)
Morningstar MC (Durbanville Municipality)
Ocean View MC (RSC)
Proteaville MC (City of Bellville)
Ravensmead MC (Parow Municipality)
Retreat/Steenberg MC (City of Cape Town)
Rylands Estate MC (City of Cape Town)
Sarepta MC (Kuils River Municipality)
Schotschekloof MC (City of Cape Town)
Scottsdene MC (RSC)
Sir Lowry's Pass MC (RSC)
Strand MC (Strand Municipality)
Strandfontein MC (City of Cape Town)
Temperance Town MC (Gordon's Bay Municipality)
Wittebome/Wynberg MC (City of Cape Town)
Woodstock/Walmer Estate/Salt River MC (City of Cape Town)
Town Councils
Crossroads Town Council
iKapa Town Council (Langa, Gugulethu and Nyanga)
Lingelethu West Town Council (Khayelitsha)
Lwandle Town Council
Mfuleni Town Council
Local Councils
Atlantis Industria LC
Bloubergstrand LC
Constantia LC
Kommetjie LC
Llandudno LC
Melkbosstrand LC
Noordhoek LC
Ottery East LC
Scarborough LC
Mamre Board of Management
As part of the post-1994 reforms, municipal government experienced a complete overhaul. The existing local authorities, political parties, ratepayers' organisations, and community organisations were brought together into a negotiating forum. This forum agreed on the creation of a two-level local government system consisting of multiple transitional metropolitan substructures (TMSs), brought together in a transitional metropolitan council named the Cape Metropolitan Council (CMC). The CMC would replace the Regional Services Council and take over its responsibilities; it would also be responsible for metro-level planning and co-ordination, improving service delivery in disadvantaged areas, and cross-subsidization of poorer areas with revenue from affluent areas. Initially, in a period called the "pre-interim phase", the existing local authorities would become TMSs but their councils would be replaced by councillors nominated by the members of the negotiating forum. This agreement came into effect, and the pre-interim phase began, on 1 February 1995.
The second phase of the transformation, known as the "interim phase" began on 29 May 1996 when local elections were held. The pre-interim TMSs were dissolved, and six new TMSs were established covering the whole metropolitan area: City of Cape Town (Central), City of Tygerberg, South Peninsula Municipality, Blaauwberg Municipality, Oostenberg Municipality, and Helderberg Municipality. The Cape Metropolitan Council continued with its coordinating functions.
In 1998 Parliament enacted legislation (the Municipal Structures Act) determining the final form of local government in post-apartheid South Africa. This legislation determined that metropolitan areas would be governed by unified metropolitan municipalities. Local elections were held on 5 December 2000; the Cape Metropolitan Council and the six interim TMSs were dissolved and replaced by the unified City of Cape Town. It is for this reason that the City of Cape Town is sometimes referred to as the "Unicity". At the time of the 2000 election the northern boundary of the metropolitan area was also extended to include Philadelphia, Klipheuwel, and the surrounding farmland.
The current municipality covers Cape Point in the south-west, Gordon's Bay in the south-east, and Atlantis in the north, and includes Robben Island. The remote Prince Edward Islands are deemed to be part of the City of Cape Town, specifically of ward 115.
Politics and government
Council
Cape Town is governed by a 231-member city council elected in a system of mixed-member proportional representation. The city is divided into 116 wards, each of which elects a councillor by first-past-the-post voting. The remaining 115 councillors are elected from party lists so that the total number of councillors for each party is proportional to the number of votes received by that party.
The makeup of the council after the 2021 election is shown in the following table.
The speaker of the council is Felicity Purchase of the Democratic Alliance.
The council is divided into 24 subcouncils which deal with local functions for between three and six wards. A subcouncil consists of the ward councillors and a similar number of proportionally-elected councillors assigned to the subcouncil. A subcouncil is chaired by one of the councillors and appoints a manager to run its day-to-day business. A subcouncil does not have any inherent responsibilities in law, but it is entitled to make recommendations to the City Council about anything that affects its area. The City Council may also delegate responsibilities to the subcouncils.
Executive
The executive authority for the city is vested in an Executive Mayor who is elected by the council. The mayor appoints a mayoral committee whose members oversee various portfolios. A City Manager is appointed as the non-political head of the city's administration.
With the Democratic Alliance (DA) having won an absolute majority of council seats in the election of 1 November 2021, its mayoral candidate Geordin Hill-Lewis, who had been a Member of Parliament since 2011, was elected.
The Mayoral Committee consists of 10 members who are appointed by the Executive Mayor. Each member manages a different area of the local government.
The current city manager is Lungelo Mbandazayo. He had been the acting city manager since the former city manager Achmat Ebrahim, who was appointed in April 2006, resigned in January 2018 amid misconduct allegations. He was formally appointed city manager in April 2018.
The local municipality was one of the four to have passed the 2009-10 audit by the Auditor-General of South Africa, who deemed it to have a clean administration.
Electoral history
The City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality in its present form took shape after the 2000 municipal elections. The old Central Cape Town MLC council had been governed by the New National Party (NNP), but they were losing support to the African National Congress (ANC) and the Democratic Party (DP). Fearing further losses, the NNP agreed to contest the upcoming local election in December 2000 together with the DP by forming the Democratic Alliance (DA), with DP and NNP members running as DA candidates. The DA won Cape Town with an outright majority, and Peter Marais, also a senior member of the provincial NNP, became mayor of the unicity. However, DA leader Tony Leon's attempt to remove Marais from his position in 2001 caused the disintegration of the alliance, and NNP came to ally with the ANC. Marais was replaced as mayor by Gerald Morkel, but Morkel was himself soon ousted during the October 2002 local floor crossing period after a large number of DA councillors had defected to the NNP. Nomaindia Mfeketo of the ANC became mayor supported by an ANC-NNP coalition. In 2004, after a dismal showing in the general elections that year, the NNP prepared for dissolution and merger with the ANC, and most of its councillors joined the governing party. This gave the ANC an outright majority on the council, which lasted until the next election.
In the 2006 local government election, the DA was the largest single party, ahead of the ANC, but with no party holding a majority. The new
Independent Democrats (ID) led by Patricia de Lille was in third place. The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) initiated negotiations with five other smaller parties who together formed a kingmaker block of fifteen councillors, collectively known as the Multi-Party Forum parties. Despite the ID voting with the ANC, Helen Zille of the DA was elected executive mayor on 15 March 2006 by a very narrow margin with the support of the Multi-Party Forum. Andrew Arnolds of the ACDP was elected executive deputy mayor and Jacob "Dirk" Smit of the Freedom Front Plus (FF+) was elected speaker. The initially fragile position of this new DA-led coalition, also known as the Multi-Party Government, was improved in January 2007 with the introduction of the ID following the expulsion of the small Africa Muslim Party for conspiring with the ANC. As a result of the ID's support, the coalition significantly increased its majority, resulting in a much more stable city government. The ID's Charlotte Williams became executive deputy mayor. However, she resigned just a few months later, and the post then went to Grant Haskin of the ACDP in late 2007. The DA would also bolster its position through by-election victories and floor crossing defections. With the ID and DA together holding a firm council majority, several of the smaller coalition partners were dropped from the city government by the time of the 2009 general elections, including the ACDP and FF+. The DA's Ian Neilson became deputy mayor, while Dirk Smit, who had defected to the DA, retained the position of speaker. Helen Zille left the mayorship the same year to take up the position of premier of the Western Cape, and Dan Plato became mayor.
In 2010, the DA and ID formalized an agreement in which the ID would merge into the DA by 2014. This was prompted in part by the ID's disappointing result in the 2009 general election. As per the agreement, ID ceased to exist at the local level after the 2011 municipal elections with ID members running as DA candidates. DA won a large outright majority in the election, and ID leader Patricia de Lille, who had defeated Plato in an earlier internal election, became the new mayor. The party extended its lead even further to win a two-thirds majority of the seats on the City of Cape Town council in the 2016 municipal elections, and De Lille was thus sworn in to serve a second term. It was however cut short following her resignation on 31 October 2018 after an extended battle with her party over accusations of covering up corruption, accusations she strongly denied. The previous mayor Dan Plato was chosen as her successor.
The DA's Geordin Hill-Lewis was voted in as mayor after the 2021 local government elections.
The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.
By-elections from November 2021
The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period since the election in November 2021.
Demographics
Geography
The municipality has a total area of 2455 km2.
Subdivision varies according to purpose. Main places for census purposes may differ from planning districts.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
Planning districts
The planning districts are:
Blaauwberg, which includes subdistricts: Atlantis, Blouberg, Mamre, Melkboschstrand, Table View, and parts of Cape Farms, Goodwood, Milnerton, and Maitland.
Cape Flats, which includes subdistricts: Athlone, False Bay Coastal Park, Grassy Park, Guguletu, Hanover Park, Manenberg, Ottery, Pelican Park, and parts of Muizenberg, Retreat, and Rondebosch.
Helderberg, which includes subdistricts: Gordon's Bay, Macassar, Sir Lowry's Pass, Somerset West, Stellenbosch Farms and Strand.
Khayelitsha/Mitchells Plain, which includes subdistricts: Blackheath, Blue Downs, Eerste River, Khayelitsha, Mitchell's Plain, and part of Guguletu
Northern, which includes subdistricts: Brackenfell, Durbanville, Eversdal, Joostenbergvlakte, Kenridge, Kraaifontein, Malmesbury Farms, Vredekloof, and Welgemoed.
Southern, which includes subdistricts: Bergvliet, Cape Point, Constantia, Fish Hoek, Hout Bay, Kalk Bay, Kommetjie, Newlands, Noordhoek, Ocean View, Plumstead, Simon's Town, Tokai, Wynberg, parts of Muizenberg, Retreat, Rondebosch, and Table Mountain.
Table Bay, which includes subdistricts: Camps Bay, Cape Town, Observatory, Pinelands, Robben Island, Sea Point, Signal Hill/Lion's Head, and parts of Epping, Goodwood, Langa, Maitland, and Table Mountain,
Tygerberg, which includes subdistricts: Airport, Bellville, Bishop Lavis, Delft, Elsies River, Kalsteenfontein, Kuils River, Parow, Plattekloof, and parts of Epping, Goodwood, and Milnerton.
Adjacent municipalities
Swartland Local Municipality, West Coast District Municipality (north)
Drakenstein Local Municipality, Cape Winelands District Municipality (northeast)
Stellenbosch Local Municipality, Cape Winelands District Municipality (northeast)
Theewaterskloof Local Municipality, Overberg District Municipality (east)
Overstrand Local Municipality, Overberg District Municipality (southeast)
The City of Cape Town is also bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the south and west.
See also
References
External links
City of Cape Town official website
City of Cape Town on the Western Cape Government website
City of Cape Town
Metropolitan Municipalities of South Africa
Municipalities of the Western Cape
Districts of the Western Cape
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Somhlolo National Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Lobamba, Eswatini. Built in 1968, it has artificial turf and holds 20,000 fans (all standing). It is used for football and rugby matches.
The stadium is named for King Somhlolo, who had moved his people into the region that is now Eswatini (Swaziland) about 200 years ago, and is considered the father of the country.
References
External links
Stadium Pictures
Photos of the stadium
Football venues in Eswatini
Athletics (track and field) venues in Eswatini
Eswatini
Multi-purpose stadiums
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Independence Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Lusaka, Zambia. It was originally built in the mid-1960s for use in hosting the country's independence celebrations. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 30,000 people. It is located adjacent to the National Heroes Stadium.
In 2004, the stadium was closed by the then national sports minister citing safety concerns due to the age and status of the building. The order was repealed in 2005, though safety concerns remained. As of 2007, the aging stadium is slated to undergo renovations to bring its structure and facilities up to internationally accepted standards as well as deal with its various safety issues. The stadium's west grandstand was demolished in late 2007.
A new 70,000-seat stadium, currently referred to as New Lusaka Stadium, would have been built next to the Independence Stadium for Lusaka's hosting of the 2011 All-Africa Games before Lusaka withdrew its hosting duties due to lack of funds. The games were given to Maputo.
References
Football venues in Zambia
Zambia
Multi-purpose stadiums in Zambia
Buildings and structures in Lusaka
Sport in Lusaka
Sports venues completed in 1964
1964 establishments in Zambia
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Tudun Wada is a local government area in Kano State. The postal code is 710104.
A 2018 study of Tudun Wada found that both temperature and rainfall were likely to increase with climate change in the region, causing increased stress on crops, and would require increased climate change adaptation for agricultural practices.
A 2014 study found significant groundwater in the area. Flooding in September 2021 affected the community.
A public health study in 1998 found significant presence of Onchocerca volvulus in the local government area.
References
Kano State
Local Government Areas in Kano State
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Garu-Tempane_District
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Garu-Tempane District is a former district that was located in Upper East Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Bawku East District in August 2004. However, on 15 March 2018, it was split out into two new districts: Garu District (capital: Garu) and Tempane District (capital: Tempane). The district assembly was located in the eastern part of Upper East Region and had Garu as its capital town.
Sources
References
Districts of Upper East Region
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Umm_Keddada
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Umm Keddada () is a city in North Darfur, Sudan located 700 km west of Khartoum, the capital of the country.
References
See also
List of cities in Sudan
Populated places in North Darfur
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The Jaekel House is a 2-storey colonial mansion in Ebute Metta, Lagos, Nigeria. The house was built in 1898 on a large expanse of landscaped land and named after the late Francis Jaekel OBE, a former superintendent of the Nigerian Railway Corporation who retired in the 1970s after almost three decades of active service. Jaekel House was formally the residence of the General Manager and was later converted to a senior staff rest house. The building has been renovated and restored by Professor John Godwin in collaboration with the Railway Corporation in 2010. The building is now a “mini Museum” showcasing photographic archives dating from 1940s through to 1970s of personalities, places, historical events in pre- and post-independent Nigeria and houses artefacts (tools, equipment, attires, pictures etc.) of the old Railway Corporation. It's also one of the fairy tale wedding locations in Lagos.
Jaekel House and Museum is now managed and maintained by Legacy1995 to preserve the legacy of the earliest railway tracks, repair yards and sheds in Nigeria.
Some scenes of Kunle Afolayan's Independence-era movie, October 1, 2019 biopic, The Herbert Macaulay Affair and a Simi music video were shot at Jaekel House.
References
External links
Houses in Lagos
Museums in Lagos
19th-century establishments in Lagos
Houses completed in 1898
1898 establishments in Lagos Colony
British colonial architecture in Nigeria
Historic buildings and structures in Nigeria
Historic house museums in Nigeria
19th-century architecture in Nigeria
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Busoga United Football Club, also Busoga United FC, is a football team from the town of Jinja, Jinja District, in the Busoga sub-region, in the Eastern Region of Uganda, who currently play in the Uganda Premier League after their promotion, in the 2013/2014 season.
History
Busoga United Football Club (BUFC) is a registered member of the Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA), and a professional football club in the top flight league, the Startimes Uganda Premier League (SUPL),
founded in 2012 as Kirinya-Jinja SSS.
Kirinya-Jinja SSS rebranded to Busoga United FC in 2019. The team is the most popular fan-based club in Busoga region, which comprises more than eight districts with over four million fans.
Busoga United FC has its offices at Kakindu Stadium in Jinja, and hosts its top flight home games at Kakindu Stadium, which has a capacity to seat a maximum of 45,000 fans.
Crest
Records and statistics
Players
The current squad is as of October 18th 2022.
Current squad
Management
Technical team hierarchy
Position Name
Chairman: Diana Hope Nyago
CEO: Lule Derrick
Head Coach/ Manager: Vincent Lukyamuzi
Assistant Head Coach: Jalendo Jimmy
Goal Keeping Coach: Bright Dhaira
Fitness Coach : Ikoba Afani
Team Doctor: Kulika Ivan
Team Doctor: Kaluma Racheal
Physiotherapist: Ongei Daniel
Stadium
The team uses Kakindu Stadium that has a seating capacity of 4,500 and this is shared with multiple clubs with in the Busoga Region such as Bul FC, Jinja Municipal Council Football Club.
References
External links
Website of Kirinya-Jinja SSS FC
Football clubs in Uganda
2012 establishments in Uganda
Association football clubs established in 2012
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Edwin_Clark_University
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Q56274195
|
AF
| 57,821,202
|
Edwin Clark University(ECU) is a privately owned university located in Kiagbodo, Delta State, Nigeria. It was approved by the Federal Executive Council of Nigeria in 2015.
History
Chief Edwin K. Clark is the founder of Edwin Clark University. The institution was established in May 2015.It was previously known as Edwin Clark University of Technology (ECUT) but was later changed.
Administration
The principal officers of the institution , are:
Programmes
The National Universities Commission, NUC, in 2018, after rigorous accreditation, approved the university to run 18 programmes at the institution.
Faculties
Faculty of Science
Departments:
Biochemistry
Biology
Microbiology
Computer Science
Mathematics
Industrial Chemistry
Chemistry
Physics
Faculty of Humanities, Social and Management Sciences
Accounting
Banking and Finance
Business Administration
Economics
English & Literary Studies
Geography
History & International Studies
Mass Communication
Political Science
Sociology
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences
Agric with options in:
Animal Science
Crop Science
Soil Science
Agricultural Economics and Extension
Aquaculture & Fisheries
Forestry & Wildlife
Hotel Management &Tourism
Faculty of Law
LL.B Law
Offices and units
Vice Chancellor's Office
Registry
Bursary
Librarian's Office
References
2015 establishments in Nigeria
Universities and colleges in Nigeria
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Omu-Aran
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Q49277987
|
AF
| 57,573,658
|
Omu-Aran the Head Post of Igbomina land, is a town in the Nigerian state of Kwara. It originated from Ife and currently the local government headquarters of Irepodun local government. Omu-Aran is about 8 kilometers away from Aran-Orin.
History
Omu-Aran was founded over 500 years ago. The community was founded due to the migration of people from Ile-Ifẹ. There was a drought in Ile-Ife. To know the cause of the drought, the oracle was consulted. The oracle said Ife was over-crowded and therefore some people had to leave. Some princes were selected to migrate to other places and were given the symbol of authority. One of the selected princes was Olomu-Aperan, the founder of Omu-Aran. Omutoto or Omitoto, one of the wives of Olofinaiye Oduduwa was the mother of both Olomu Aperan and Owa Obokun. This tradition is accepted in Ilesha and Ile Ife today. Olomu Aperan became the custodian of the Ogbo because of the Royal War title Esinkin. However, Ogbo, a symbol of authority was the property of the aboriginal people of Ile Ife. The Ogbo was also the symbol of oneness among the council of Elders in Ile Ife. Through the Ogbo the council could unknot every difficult problem. Hence, the council was called the Council of Ologbomona. Olomu Aperan left Ile-Ife with the Ogbo and found various Kingdoms.
Omu-Aran is made up of people from different backgrounds who migrated to the present site of the town.
Omu-Aran became the headquarters of Irepodun LGA on 24 August 1976.
Economy
Due to the vegetation of the area, Omu-Aran residents were predominately farmers. They were also famous in handicraft like basket weaving and blacksmith works.
Climate
Omu Aran has a tropical wet and dry or savanna climate and is located at an elevation of 536.14 meters (1758.99 feet) above sea level (Classification: Aw). The district's average annual temperature is 0.26% higher than Nigeria's averages at 29.72°C (85.5°F). Omu Aran generally has 149.31 wet days per year (40.91% of the time) and average annual precipitation of roughly 102.08 millimeters (4.02 inches).
From January 23 to April 11, the hot season, with an average daily high temperature exceeding 89°F, lasts for 2.6 months. In Omu-Aran, March is the hottest month of the year, with an average high of 91°F and low of 71°F.
From June 21 to October 14, the chilly season, which has an average daily high temperature below 82°F, lasts for 3.8 months. With an average low of 68°F and high of 80°F, August is the coldest month of the year in Omu-Aran.
Omu-Aran has a tropical savanna climate. It is warm every month with both a wet and dry season. The average annual temperature for Omu-Aran is 60° degrees and there is about 336 inch of rain in a year. It is dry for 120 days a year with an average humidity of 71% and an UV-index of 6.
Festival
EGÚNGÚN FESTIVAL. This includes egungun àgbà, egungun pàràká, egungun ode (láyèwú), and egungun eléwe. Egungun is usually held once every two years in Omu-Aran and environs in remembrance of the ancestors.
ÒGBÓ FESTIVAL (also called "Orugbo Festival") is an openly held annual festival in Omu-Aran city to pay homage to OLOGBOMONA (Olomu Aperan) and to his goddess mother popularly called ÒMÙTÓTÓ (also known as "Ìyá Ògbó" or "Ìyá Àgbà"). This festival is popularly held in Omu-Aran (Igbomina Capital City) on behalf of the entire Igbomina-Yoruba land.
EPA and ANGERE FESTIVAL is also held in Omu-Aran within an interval of two years except at special occasions when angere comes out to entertain.
ALÁTÀ FESTIVAL is one of the traditional festivals that hold in Omu-Aran within a period of one to two years. Alata is a kind of masquerade made with palm fronds and ashes. Alata runs with a cane called "ÀTÒRÌN" in Yoruba. It pursues after some selected runners that dare it. Beating with canes is part of the festival (in which individuals present at the venue will engage each other in beating with the slash of a cane).
CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL is also one of the carnival-like annual festivals and is blissfully held in Omu-Aran. This is usually in the month of December. While Christians in Omu-Aran do host Christmas Festivals, Muslims in Omu-Aran similarly celebrate Ileya at Salah periods annually.
ILÉYÁ FESTIVAL (Eid al-Adha) is lovely to behold in Omu-Aran. It happens annually during the Salah period which corresponds to the Islamic calendar.
OMU-ARAN DAY is a kind of festival in Omu-Aran usually held within an interval of about four years. The event is used to raise funds for the physical development of the community. From funds raised from such a community fundraising in the past, the community has built some secondary schools (4 to 5 in number) which after completion were all freely handed over by the community to the government to aid good education in the state the community belongs to. Apart from secondary schools built by the community from such a fund, there are some roads in the community such as "RING ROAD" among others that the community commenced its development before government later came to complete. Likewise, the OMU-ARAN CITY COMPLEX was developed from hosting such an event in Omu-Aran.
ÌKÓRÈ ÒMÙ-ÀRÁN is held annually in Omu-Aran to generate fund to meet community expenses. From such a fund, government water-works and an electricity power-base stationed in the community have been assisted financially to function.
ÒMÙ-ÀRÁN Political and Economic Summit is a program designed to bring together all well meaning indigenes of the town from home and abroad to deliberate on a way forward of the political and economical prospect of the city. The second of its kind was organized and held on the 29th of December 2020 by Omu-Aran Peoples' Forum (OPF) in collaboration with Omu-Aran Development Association (ODA) and would be coming up every two years. That is, the next edition would be coming up on the 29th of December 2022.
Language
Since Omu-Aran is an Igbomina land the language widely spoken in Omu-Aran is Igbomina or Igbona.
Leadership
The system of leadership used is the traditional Oba (King) system. The traditional leader is known as OLOMU OF OMU-ARAN. The current Olomu of Omu-Aran, His Royal Majesty, Oba AbdulRaheem Oladele Adeoti Akolade Agboluaje ascended the throne on Saturday 22 September 2018. The previous Oba was His Royal Majesty Oba Charles Oladele Ibitoye (Adogbajale-bi-ileke II), died on 30 November 2017. Before Oba Ibitoye was Oba Suleiman Durotoye who was on the throne for close to 5 decades. Oba Durotoye was one of the longest-ruling kings in Omu-Aran.
Below is the list of all Olomus' from the foundation of the community till date:
1. Olomu Aperan: 1120-1190
2. Oseminigbokun Awo Igbomina: 1190–1235
3. Iba Areyin: 1240-1275
4. Atiko: 1275-1305
5. Obara: 1305-1320
6. Okokokioko: 1320-1366
7. Eringbagbo: 1366-1395
8. Lawosin: 1395-1430
9. Olomulodogbo: 1430-1565
10. Olomu Aga: 1565-1571
11. Agunbiade Agunkeloye: 1591–1629
12. Ogidigbo: 1630-1672
13. Onidade: 1672-1683
14. Amududuwusiloyo: 1683-1691
15. Ojonlasediekangbedegbede: 1691–1698
16. Ogiyan Dogbajalebiileke: 1698–1729
17. Olode ega: 1730-1733
18. Olomu efon: 1733-1738
19. Ajibade: 1739-1790
20. Ajayi Saiji Olodeogbagbara*: First time-1795-1800; Second time-1805-1809.
21. Ewedunmoye: 1801
22. Obe: 1801
23. Pepeloriesin: 1803
24. Akigbenijubiowawa: 1804
25. Alekunlogba Odeyemi: 1844-1850
26. Alakaka tinuopewa: 1859-1878
27. Lafofunogbo: 1879
28. Soganmoniju Oriade: 1879-1882
29. Fakayode Lasankale: 1899-1903
30. Esinkin Abegunde: 1904-1917
31. Momoloso: 1919-1937
32. Suleiman Durotoye: 1947-1993
33. Charles Oladele Ibitoye (Adogbajale-bi-ileke II): 1993–2017
34. Abdulraheem Oladele Adeoti (Olomu Efon II): 2018-till date.
Notable people
Late Brigadier General David Bamigboye (Born 7 December 1940 till 21 September 2018), First military governor of Kwara State for nine years
David Oyedepo (Born 27 September 1954), Presiding Bishop Living Faith Church Worldwide (a.k.a. Winners Chapel)
Colonel Theophilus Oladapo Bamigboye Former military governor of Bauchi and Osun State
Lateef Jakande, journalist, former governor of Lagos state
Oye Owolewa, Shadow representative to the U.S. House of Representatives from Washington, D.C.
Schools
Government Secondary School AKA (GSS).
Omu-Aran High School.
Ogbo Grammar School Omu-Aran.
Aperan Comprehensive College Omu-Aran.
Ofe-Aran Commercial College Omu-Aran.
Federal Government Girls' College Omu-Aran.
ECWA Girls' College Omu-Aran.
Christian Government College Omu-Aran.
Landmark University Secondary School Omu-Aran.
Fortunate Secondary School Omu-Aran.
Victory International College Omu-Aran.
Ansarul Islam Secondary School Omu-Aran. (AISS).
Landmark University Omu-Aran.
Moses Orimolade University Omu-Aran.
References
Populated places in Kwara State
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Sefhare
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Q72025
|
AF
| 57,585,033
|
Sefhare is a Botswana village located in the Central district. According to the 2011 census, the village has 5295 inhabitants.
Location
In the territory of the village there are the following 19 locations:
Booke of 2 inhabitants,
Borotsi of 7 inhabitants,
Dikamakama of 5 inhabitants,
Ditshoswane with 136 inhabitants,
Lelotong ,
Lenganeng of 1 inhabitant,
Letloreng of 411 inhabitants,
Letsiara Farm ,
Lwale of 13 inhabitants,
Mafoloso of 6 inhabitants,
Makobeng of 22 inhabitants,
Marulamantsi
Marotse of 16 inhabitants,
Mokoloboto of 43 inhabitants,
Morobisi ,
Motlhaba ,
Murukutshwane of 12 inhabitants,
Newclear of 3 inhabitants,
Rabalang of 6 inhabitants,
Tswerelamakabi of 10 inhabitantsee
References
Populated places in Botswana
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Ngamiland_East
|
Q165566
|
AF
| 57,585,034
|
Ngamiland East is one of the subdistricts of Ngamiland District of Botswana.
Villages
Bodibeng
Botlhatlogo
Chanoga
Habu
Kareng
Kgakge/Makakung
Komana
Mababe
Makalamabedi
Matlapana
Matsaudi/Sakapane
Maun
Phuduhudu
Sankuyo
Sehithwa
Semboyo
Shorobe
Toteng
Tsao
Localities
A.1.2 Vet Camp
A.I. Camp
Amusangwana
Audi
B.D.F Camp
Baapelo
Babalelampa
Bamotshaa
Bantshaa
Birds Camp
BLDC Ranch
Bobaatlhogo
Bodirelakgomo
Bodumatau
Bodumatau
Boesi
Bogare
Bohiwakgoma
Boiketso
Boikhutso
Boitapoloso
Boitumelo
Bolapologo
Bomakwhe
Bomoxwa
Bonno
Borakalalo
Boro
Boro B.D.F
Boro Prisons
Boseto Copper Mine
Boseto Copper Mine
Boswelaphiri
Bothakga
Bothulakgomo
Botshabelo
Botshelo
Botshelo
Boura
Buffalo Trials Camp 1
Buffalo Trials Camp 2
Camp
Camp Dizhana
Chelete
Chixoma
Chuchubega
Chuchubega Water Affairs
Crocodile Camp
Daugha
Dautsa
Deception Valley Lodge
Diakwe Quarantine Camp
Dikgakana
Dikgatho
Dikgatlhong (Maun)
Dikgongtseditshweu
Dinao
Dinokwane
Diphalana
Dipuo
Dithapelo
Dithutwana
Ditoro
Ditoro
Ditotoma
Dobe
Gabamochaa
Game
Gaonwe
Gogomoga
Golaobone
Goodhope
Goruku
Gwedao
Gxwegxwa
Hainaveld 66-70 Conservacy
Hitato
Ikageng
Inola
Ipelegeng
Island Safari Lodge
John's Farm
Joo
Jovurega
Kaberekele
Kaepe
Kaibara
Kakanaga
Kamisetso
Kamote
Kanana
Kangoa
Kanjuwe
Kaokemo
Karatshaa
Katoo
Kaure
Kgantshang
Kgaolo
Kgetsiyatsie
Kgolagano
Kgomotshwaana
Kgomotshwaana Gate
Kgopisamotswana
Kgoria
Kgwebe
Khooxoba
Khorotsau
Khudutlou
Khwai Camp
Khwai River Lodge
Khwareng
Kombakata
Konde
Kookale
Koromo
Kouwe
Kumokoga
Kwarabe
Latlhamatla
Lebaleng
Lebu (Ngamiland East)
Lediba
LedibalaDikubu
Legae
Legotlhwana
Lekurwane
Lentswana
Lentswana
Lerobo
Letlhajwa
Liverpool
Mababe Hunting Camp /
Mabeleapodi
Mabono
Machaba Camp
Machera
Maego
Maile
Maiteko
Majakomabedi
Makakung
Makalamabedi North Gate
Makgabaganyane
Makgabana
Makgadikgadi Wildlife Camp
Makgokong
Makoba
Makolwane
Makula
Makutsomo
Makwelekwele/Makgelekgele
Malalakgakana
Malomatsebe
Maloto
Mangororo
Mankwe Bush Camp
Manoga 1
Mantsentsela
Mapeno
Maphane
Maphane/Thaere
Mapororo
Mapororo Gate
Mapororo Properties
Maputi
Maragana
Maretlwana
Marophe
Marothodi
Marula
Marula
Masabango
Masamo
Maselenyane
Masogwana
Masongwana
Masu
Matabolaga
Mathamagana
Matlhomahibidu
Matsaudi
Matsebe
Matseke
Maumo
Maun Rest Camp
Maun Wildlife
Mawana
Mawana Vet Gate
Menomasweu
Meriroriro
Metsi-a-Kgomo
Metsimotse
Mgotlho Photography Camp
Mmadinotshe
Mmaetsho
Mmakebana
Mmamotaung
Mmatakgomo
Mmatakgomo
Mmumosweu
Mochabeng
Mochabo
Modimonthusa
Modimooteng
Moenyana
Mogapelwa
Mogobewathakadu
Mogorogorowatau
Mogowagowe
Mokgalo
Mokgalo
Mokgalo/Haka
Mokolwane
Mokolwane
Mokutsumo
Molatswana
Mopako
Mophane
Moporota
Moremogolo
Morobana
Morula
Mosarasarane
Moselewapula
Mosetlho
Moshu
Mosimanewadiphiri
Mosumoleele
Motlopi
Motopi Airport
Motopi P.W.D. Camp
Motopi Vet Camp
Mowana (Sehithwa)
Mpayabana
Mpayakgori
Mpayamonna
Mpayanonyane
Mphametsi
Mphampha
Mphampha SSG Camp
Mphoyame
Mphoyamodimo
Mushu
Nagotona
Nakalatswii
Namanyane
Nametsapelo
Namolaleuba
Naone
New Makolwane Camp
Ngoya
Ngwanaitseele
Nisa Vula
Nnakgolo
Ntshapelo
Nxabe
Nxame
Nxanxana
Nxenekau
Nxharaga
Odiakwa
Okavango River Lodge
Palamaokuwe
Pegasegwana
Pelobotlhoko
Pelotelele
Pelotshetlha
Pelotshwaana
Pelotshweu
Pelotshweu
Peteke
Peteke Gate
Phakawe
Phalaphala BDF Camp
Phalaphala Vet Camp
Phatlhana
Phatswe
Phefodiafoka
Phefodiafoka
Phefodiafoka Gates
Phenyo
Phirieatsena
Phuduhudu
Phuduhudu Lands
Phuduhudu wildlife camp
Phuthologo
Polokabatho
Polokabatho
Polokabatho
Qonga
Ramosuwana
Ranch No.80
Riverland/Thaji
Roads Camp
Roads Camp
Roads Maintenance Camp
Roman
Rombale
Rongwa
Sakadana
Samodupi
Sankoyo New Camp
Sankwasa
Santawana Lodge & Work Camp
Sanyana
Seamogano
Sebakhudu
Sedibana
Sedibana
Sedibana
Seerose
Segolame
Segolame
Segolame
Sekwaxamo
Semaotwana
Semente/Kakana
Semolo
Semphete
Seokgwe
Sepanapoleke
Serurubele
Setata Gate
Setata Gate
Setateng
Sethebe
Setsau
Sexaxa
Shandereke/Kaziekene Camp
Shashe
Shendango
Shewaronga
Shirobazo
Shokomokwe
Sitatunga Camp
Somela
Somela 1
South Gate Camp
Sulabompe
Tatamoga
Tauyanamane
Tebogo
Tenge
Thamalakane
Thapolathari
Thari ya Nanane
Thololamoro
Tianoga
Tjivaneno
Tlhalogane
Tolankwe
Tsanekona
Tsaro Elephant Lodge
Tsatsabaga
Tsetseku
Tshadamo
Tshelo jwa Motswana
Tshenolo
Tshimologo
Tshipidi
Tshipidi
Tsholofelo
Tshwaragano
Tshwaragano 1
Tsibogo-la-Matebele
Tsogaboroko
Tsogaobone
Tsoku
Tsoronyatli
Tswelenyane
Tudika
Wild dog Research
Workers Camp & Safari Camp
Xabarachaa
Xabaxwa
Xadora/Nanogaonne
Xaega
Xakukara
Xangoro
Xaraxau Flats
Xhabo SSG Camp
Xhai Pan Turn Off
Xhana
Xharaxhe
Xhatsitso
Xheche
Xheke Lands
Xhiredom
Xhobe
Xhoga
Xhoga SSG Camp
Xhomo
Xhutego
Xhwango
Xhwee
Xininkhwe
Xirixara Wildlife Camp
Xoboga
Xoo
Xoo
Xuxau
Xwamote
References
North-West District (Botswana)
Populated places in Botswana
|
Ngamiland_West
|
Q165601
|
AF
| 57,585,035
|
Ngamiland West is one of the subdistricts of Ngamiland District of Botswana.
Villages
Beetsha
Chukumuchu
Eretsha
Etsha 1
Etsha 13
Etsha 6
Gani
Gonutsuga
Gudingwa
Gumare
Ikoga
Kajaja
Kauxwhi
Mogomotho
Mohembo East
Mohembo West
Mokgacha
Ngarange
Nokaneng
Nxamasere
Nxaunxau
Qangwa
Samochema
Sekondomboro
Sepopa
Seronga
Shakawe
Tobere
Tubu
Xakao
Xaxa
Xhauga
Localities
Animal Health & Production C
B D F Camp
Badiba
Baku
Bate
Beetsha
Beetsha Lands
Boajankwe
Bodumatau
Bolatswanamane
Botshabelo
Ceba
Chiki
Chombona
Chukumuchu Vet Camp
Congo
Danga
Dikgakana
Dineha
Dineva
Dirurubele
Ditjao
Ditlou
Divitama
Dobe
Dobe Boarder gate
Dobe Vet Camp
Dobechaa
Dungu
Easy Link Farm
Elephant
Etsha No 10
Etsha No 11
Etsha No 12
Etsha No 2
Etsha No 3
Etsha No 4
Etsha No 5
Etsha No 7
Etsha No 8
Etsha No 9
Fire Fighting Camp
Fishing Camp
Garukwi
Ghanichaochao
Gildenhuys
Gombo
Gonitsuga
Gowe
Grecha Lands
Gucha
Guda
Ikoga gate
Ipope
Jaganxo
James BDF Camp
Jororo
Juiree
Kachirachira
Kadangasa
Kadwi
Kaepe
Kajaja
Kajaja 1
Kajaja 2
Kajaja Lands
Kamburu
Kanana
Kanyamokura
Kapotora Lands
Kapotora Veterinary Camp
Karui
Katalangoti
Katlapa
Katu
Kawaronga
Kawoyo
Kgomokgwana
Kgomokgwana Vet Camp
Kihabe MTB Mining
Kiho 85 Vet Camp
Kilo 40
Kilo 60
Kobokuboga
Kogobiye
Krokovango croc farm
Kubuga
Kuringama
Kwando 1
Kwando 2
Kwaronga
Kwaxiana
Lagoon Camp
Lebala Camp
Lejao
Lobala
Maano
Magopa
Mahito
Mahorameno
Majwana
Malatsong
Mangawe
Manyondo
Mapororo a ga Kayombo
Maronga Gate 1
Maronga II
Mathabanelo
Matswee
Mbiroba
Metsiakogodimo
Metsimatala
Mmadikgabo
Moaha
Moana
Modia
Mogotlho
Moiyagogo
Mokgalo
Mokolwane
Mokwelekgele
Moporota
Morambajiwa
Motswere
Mowana
Mowana
Nakana
Ndangu
Ndorotsha
Ndorotsha Lands
Nende
Ngaracha
Ngarangobe
Ngurungome
Njou
Njou
Njova
Njovo
Nxabeqau
Nxadao
Nxamazana
Nxaunxau
Nxauxau
Nxiniga
Nxlomosabodi
Nxomokao
Nxonicha
Nxwee
Nxweree
Obare
Okavango Game Farming
Okhutse
Omojiri
Palamaokue
Palamaokuwe
Pampiri
Phatayanare
Phatswa
Polamosege
Qoboga
Rekonda
Rekonga BDF Camp
Road Camp Gucha
Roads Camp
Roads Mainteinance Camp
Romaso
Roye
Rural Roads Camp
Saikarangwe
Samoho
Samorwa
Samoti
Samoxuma
Sechenje
Sekandoko/Shandokwe/Bana
Sekondomboro
Semotsoka
Senono
Seronga BDF Base Camp
Sesagarapa
Sesatire
Seshokora
Setoto
Shadinota
Shakanjara
Shamagwagwa
Shamathu
Shaowe
Shongweshongo
Somogwe
Tamboravati Camp
Tamochaa Vet Camp
Taudumo Gate
Teekae
Thabuku
Thale
Thamache
Thinxo
Tjaakwe Gate
Tjaakwe Vet Gate
Tjikumutju\Chukumuchu
Tjiperengo
Tlama
Tobere 3
Tobere 4
Tobere Lands
Tsaa
Tshwanda (Xawache)
Tsodilo Hills
Tsokong
Tsutsuruka
Tuponguta
Upanda
Vet Camp A1
Wao
Wao
Xabache
Xabe
Xamocha
Xamoga
Xamukucha
Xaodumo
Xaree
Xarobe
Xaweche
Xaxana
Xcacha
Xhaba
Xhademoxhao
Xhanxago
Xhaoga
Xhau
Xhauga Lands
Xheo
Xhoroma Veterinary Camp
Xhowi
Xhwiihaba Vet Camp
Xinigoba
Xokwedau
Xoro
Xoshe
Xowa
Xube
Xurube
Xwexwe
Xwima
Yamoxereku
Zambia (località del Botswana)
Zanibe I
Zao
Zaza
Zeneva II
References
North-West District (Botswana)
Populated places in Botswana
|
Mabutsane
|
Q171127
|
AF
| 57,585,040
|
Mabutsane is a Botswana village located in the Southern district, subdistrict of Ngwaketse West. According to the 2011 census, the village has 2,386 inhabitants.
Location
In the territory of the village there are the following 23 locations:
Bokhutlo of 11 inhabitants,
Bokspan of 12 inhabitants,
Ditlhako of 11 inhabitants,
Gasekhukhu ,
Ghia of 7 inhabitants,
hantse ,
Kabana of 3 inhabitants,
Kenna of 10 inhabitants,
Khawa ,
Lokatsane ,
Lwale ,
Makalamabedi of 15 inhabitants,
Marapalalo ,
Matimela Camp of 4 inhabitants,
Metlhaba ya Matlatlagwe of 3 inhabitants,
Metlhabeng ,
Motlops of 2 inhabitants,
Nankhwane of 20 inhabitants,
Nyetse ,
Palamaokuwe of 19 inhabitants,
Sekgwannabatho of 4 inhabitants,
Sekgwasentsho of 7 inhabitants,
Tlhatswe of 8 inhabitants
References
Southern District (Botswana)
Villages in Botswana
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Lorengecora
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Q31943584
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AF
| 57,660,675
|
Lorengecora is a settlement in the Northern Region of Uganda. It is the headquarters of Lorengecora Parish, in Iriri sub-county, in Bokora County, in Napak District, in the Karamoja sub-region.
Location
Lorengecora Town Council is located along the Soroti–Katakwi–Moroto–Lokitanyala Road, approximately , by road, northeast of Soroti. The town is about , by road, southwest of Moroto Town, the largest town in the Karamoja sub-region. This location is within the Bokora Corridor Wildlife Reserve, approximately , by road, northeast of Kampala, the largest city and capital of Uganda. The geographical coordinates of Lorengecora Town Council are 02°14'04.0"N, 34°15'57.0"E (Latitude:2.234444; Longitude:34.265833). Lorengecora is situated at an average elevation of , above sea level.
Overview
Lorengecora Town Council was created, effective 14 July 2011. In 2015, a study carried out by a non-government organisation, called African Network for the Prevention and Protection against Child Abuse and Neglect (ANPPCAN), on the streets of Kampala, found that 57 percent of all Kampala street children come from the Karamoja sub-region. Also, 44 percent of the same cohort, come from Napak District.
Efforts to resettle the nomadic children back in their home area, have focused in Lorengecora Town Council, where attempts are made to enroll in school and house the returnees at Kobulin Resettlement Camp in Napak District.
See also
Karamoja
Bokora Corridor Wildlife Reserve
References
External links
Napak District: Hazard, Risk And Vulnerability Profile As At August 2014
Populated places in Uganda
Cities in the Great Rift Valley
Napak District
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Umzingwane_District
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Q32037668
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AF
| 58,019,078
|
Umzingwane is a district in the northern part of Matabeleland South province in Zimbabwe. It was formerly known as Esigodini and before 1982 as Essexvale.
Its governing seat is located in the village of Umzingwane.
Geography
Umzingwane District is located in south-east of Bulawayo City, the second biggest town of the Republic of Zimbabwe. Located in the province of Matabeleland South with its main administrative council offices are situated at Esigodini under the administrative municipality council which is Gwanda municipality. UMzingwane district is neighboured to following district which are Insiza, Matopo, Gwanda and uMguza.
Places in Umzingwane
Bezha, a village, birthplace of Professor Thomas Dube, academic and lawyer who served as senior legal and political affairs advisor for 19 years at United Nations Security Council.
Bonjeni, a village
Bushtick, a village
Bushtick Mine
Esibomvu, a village
Esigodini, administrative centre
Esiphezini, birthplace of Canaan Banana, first president of Zimbabwe
Doyana, a village
Inyankuni reservoir
Kumbuzi, a village
Lake Cunningham Recreational Park, 41.72 km2
Matendele, a village
Mawabeni, a village
Mbizingwe, a village
Mzingwane Dam reservoir
Mzingwane River (Umzingwane River)
Nsezi, a village.Home of late President Canaan Banana and his burial place
Nswazi, a village
Selous House Homestake, historical site
Sihlengeni, a village
Umzingwane Recreational Park, 12 km2
Upper and Lower Ncema reservoirs
Administration and politics
Umzingwane District has government headquarters located in the village of Umzingwane, and by the Umzingwane Rural District Council, which has its offices in Esigodini. Traditionally the district is divided into four parts, each ruled by a local chieftain.
Esiphezini Communal Land tribal area
uMzinyathini Communal Land
Nswazi Communal Land
Economy
In 2012, Umzingwane District had 48 percent of the economically active population employed in agriculture (primarily farming and livestock production), 17 percent employed in services occupations, 17 percent employed in mining and construction and 2 percent employed in educational institutions.
Notes and references
External links
Districts of Matabeleland South Province
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Malkerns
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Q3699336
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AF
| 58,033,214
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Malkerns is a town in Eswatini, located in the Manzini District. As of 2019, it has a population of 8,074.
References
Populated places in Manzini Region
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Hluti
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Q4167668
|
AF
| 58,033,247
|
Hluti is a town in Eswatini, located in the Shiselweni Region. As of 2005, it has a population of 6,763.
References
Populated places in Shiselweni Region
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University_of_Malawi_College_of_Medicine
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Q56276679
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AF
| 58,084,995
|
The University of Malawi College of Medicine (UMCM), also Malawi College of Medicine in Blantyre, is a constituent college of the University of Malawi, the oldest and largest public university in the country. The college houses the Faculty of Medicine of the University, and is the only medical school in Malawi.
Location
The College's main campus is located along Mahatma Gandhi Avenue, in the city of Blantyre, Malawi's financial capital and largest city, adjacent to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, the University's teaching hospital. The geographical coordinates of the medical college's main campus are: 15°48'06.0"S, 35°00'56.0"E (Latitude:-15.801667; Longitude:35.015556).
The medical college maintains a second campus along Mzimba Road, in the national capital of Lilongwe, approximately , by road, northwest of the main campus in Blantyre. The coordinates of the second campus are: 13°58'35.0"S, 33°46'53.0"E
(Latitude:-13.976389; Longitude:33.781389).
A third campus is planned in the town of Mangochi, along the southern shores of Lake Malawi, at the premises of Mangochi District Hospital.
Overview
The college was created by the University of Malawi in 1991. It is one of the four constituent colleges of the university, the other three being (a) Chancellor College in Zomba, (b) The Polytechnic, in Blantyre and (c) Kamuzu College of Nursing, in Blantyre and Lilongwe. The anchor academic program is the five year Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree. Other undergraduate programs include Bachelor of Pharmacy and Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science.
Postgraduate degrees offered at the medical college include the two-year Master of Public Health, the four-year Master of Medicine in the clinical disciplines, and a Doctoral degree programme in collaboration with outside institutions.
Undergraduate courses
The following undergraduate courses are offered at UMCM.
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)
Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm)
Bachelor of Science in Medical Laboratory Sciences (BMLS)
Bachelor of Science in Physiotherapy
Bachelor of Science in Dental Surgery (BDS)
Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics (BND)
Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences (BMS)
Graduate courses
The following postgraduate courses are offered at the UMCM.
Master of Medicine (MMed) in Internal Medicine
Master of Medicine (MMed) in Family Medicine
Master of Medicine (MMed) in Obstetrics and Gynecology -
Master of Medicine (MMed) in Pediatrics
Master of Medicine (MMed) in General Surgery
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
See also
Eric Borgstein
Education in Malawi
University of Malawi
Mercy James Institute for Pediatric Surgery and Intensive Care
References
External links
University of Malawi Homepage
University of Malawi College of Medicine Homepage
University of Malawi
Medical schools in Malawi
Educational institutions established in 1991
1991 establishments in Malawi
Blantyre
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African_College_of_Commerce_and_Technology
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Q22672637
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AF
| 58,116,655
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African College of Commerce and Technology (abbreviated ACCT) is a private tertiary educational institution focusing on business, management, entrepreneurship, technical and information communication technology courses located in Kabale District, Uganda. The programs ACCT offers are examined by different examinations bodies in Uganda like the Uganda Business and Technical Examinations Board (UBTEB). The college is both day and boarding and students are of both genders.
History
African College of Commerce and Technology was established and commissioned as a business education institution under the name African College of Commerce on 14 April 1986. It was registered and recognized by the Ministry of Education in Uganda in June 1986. The college had its first graduation ceremony in 1990.
Timeline
1990: First graduation ceremony
1992: Introduction of computer science courses
1994: Affiliation to Uganda National Examinations Board, now known as Uganda Business and Technical Examinations Board (UBTEB)
2003: Affiliation to Makerere University Business School
2005: The college receives financial support from Germany to establish a campus including buildings, computers, textbooks and develop a human resource department
2007: ACCT wins the Bronze award Employer Of The Year 2006 by the Federation of Uganda Employers
2008: Accreditation by the Uganda National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) as a recognized institution of higher learning in Uganda
2014: Name change from African College of Commerce to African College of Commerce and Technology
2015: Affiliation to Kyambogo University for the Technical Teacher Training programs
2016: Cerebrated 30 years and 13th graduation on 15-04-2016
2018: Accredited by Uganda Business and Technical Examinations Board for the Diploma in Engineering Programmes
2018: UBTEB harmonizes All ACCT examinations centers No. BTV062
2018: Accredited by the Directorate of Industrial Training as a center for UVQF Assessments for levels 1, 2, 3, Modular assessment and the assessment of Workers PAS
2018: Cerebrated 32 years and graduated 671 former students on 25 August 2018
2020: Received support from World Bank through Private Sector Foundation Uganda under the Skills Development Facility to support the training of Internet of Things as a new innovation, the first of its kind in Uganda
2020: Graduated 402 students during the 15th Graduation Ceremony on 30 and 31 October 2020
Academic units
Faculty of Business and Management
The following Programmes are offered at the Faculty of Business and Management:
Faculty of Vocational
The following Programmes are offered in at the Faculty of Vocational at the college:
Faculty of Engineering
The following Programmes are offered in the Faculty of Engineering at the college:
Faculty of Education
The college offers a Diploma in Instructor and Technical Teacher Education (DITTE) of Kyambogo University with the following specializations:
Electrical Engineering
Building and Civil Engineering
Tailoring and Garment Design
Agriculture
Automotive Engineering
Lather Turning and Shoe Making
Notable alumni
Andrew Taremwa Kamba
References
External links
Universities and colleges in Uganda
Kabale District
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Bingu_National_Stadium
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Q28457050
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AF
| 58,188,354
|
Bingu National Stadium in Lilongwe is the national stadium of Malawi. It is used for football matches and also has an athletics track. It hosts the home games of the Malawi national football team. It holds 41,100 people. It is named after former Malawian president Bingu wa Mutharika.
This stadium became Ethiopian Football Federation home arena. This follows Ethiopian Football Federation request to CAF to use BNS as their national stadium is banned to host international matches for lacking minimum requirements as per the CAF Club Licensing criteria.
Construction
The stadium was built with a US$70 million price tag and opened in 2017.
References
Buildings and structures in Lilongwe
Football venues in Malawi
Athletics (track and field) venues in Malawi
Sports venues in Malawi
Malawi
2015 establishments in Malawi
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University_of_Zambia_School_of_Public_Health
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Q56280585
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AF
| 58,233,516
|
The University of Zambia School of Public Health (UNZASPH), is one of the schools that comprise the University of Zambia College of Health Sciences.
Location
The campus of UZASPH is located at the Ridgeway Campus of the University, at the corner of Burma Road and Nationalist Road, in the city of Lusaka, the capital and largest city of Zambia. The geographical coordinates of the school are:15°26'15.0"S, 28°18'44.0"E (Latitude:-15.437500; Longitude:28.312222).
History
The origins of the UNZASPH date back to 1970s, when the Department of Public Health was established at University of Zambia School of Medicine. In July 2016, the university split the School of Medicine into four stand-alone schools, namely: (1) University of Zambia School of Medicine (2) University of Zambia School of Health Sciences (3) University of Zambia School of Nursing and (4) University of Zambia School of Public Health.
Departments
At inception, in July 2016, the school had the following departments: (1) Department of Environmental Health (2) Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (3) Department of Health Policy and Management (4) Department of Health Promotion and Population Studies. At that time, there were twenty-two full-time lecturers supported by visiting lecturers.
Collaboration
In 2002, Professor Knut Fylkesnes of the Centre for International Health, at Bergen University, who has been active in Zambia, since 1990s, established a working relationship with the University of Zambia. Under this arrangement, the University of Bergen offers training to qualified Zambians at Masters and Doctorate levels in Bergen, on condition that they return to Zambia after completing their education. As of October 2016, fifty-five Zambian nationals had been trained under this arrangement.
Undergraduate courses
Bachelor of Science in Environmental Health.
Graduate courses
Master of Public Health in Environmental Health
Master of Public Health in Health Policy and Management
Master of Public Health in Health Promotion
Master of Public Health in Population Studies
Master of Science in Epidemiology and Biostatistics
See also
Education in Zambia
University of Zambia
University of Zambia School of Medicine
References
External links
Website of the University of Zambia
Choolwe Nkwemu Jacobs, BSN, MPH, PhD, Lecturer, University of Zambia, School of Public Health, Lusaka, Zambia
University of Zambia
Schools of public health
Lusaka
Universities and colleges established in 2016
2016 establishments in Zambia
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Lakeside,_Johannesburg
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Q56245323
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AF
| 58,258,240
|
Lakeside is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located adjacent to Modderfontein in the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
References
Johannesburg Region F
Townships in Gauteng
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Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Karonga
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Q870348
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AF
| 39,713,331
|
The Diocese of Karonga (in Latin: Dioecesis Karongana) is a see of the Roman Catholic Church suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lilongwe. In 2010, it counted 61,000 baptized people among a population of 400,000 inhabitants. Its current bishop is Martin Anwel Mtumbuka.
Located in the Northern region of Malawi, the Diocese of Karonga occupies a considerable portion of the landlocked country. Malawi, nestled in South Eastern Africa, covers an area of roughly 118,000km². It is surrounded by Tanzania to the North East, Zambia to the North West, and Mozambique enveloping both the South East and South West sides.
The Diocese of Karonga, a relatively recent establishment, was created by Pope_Benedict_XVI on July 21, 2010. Its official inauguration occurred later that year on November 20, coinciding with the consecration of Rt. Rev. Martin Anwel Mtumbuka as the Chief Shepherd of the Diocese. Geographically, the Diocese spans the entirety of Karonga and Chitipa districts, in addition to some northern parts of the Rumphi district.
Prior to the establishment of the Karonga Diocese, this area was governed by the Diocese of Mzuzu as its Northern Deanery, with the administrative center located in the town of Karonga. At its inception, the Karonga Diocese covered an approximate area of 12,000 km², populated by an estimated 451,861 people. Out of this populace, approximately 60,000 individuals, or 14%, were Catholics.
The 2008 population census recorded the populations of Karonga and Chitipa as 272,789 and 179,072, respectively. Both districts exhibited a population growth rate of 3.5%. Factoring in the populations from parts of Rumphi and this growth rate, the Diocese of Karonga is currently estimated to cater to roughly 590,000 people.
The geographical spread of the Karonga Diocese includes some of the country's most inaccessible regions. Its terrain is flanked by Lake Malawi on the east and mountainous areas on the west, reaching remote locations such as Livingstonia, Nyika plateau, and Misuku hills. Despite Tumbuka being the prevalent language, the residents also communicate in several other languages including Lambya, Ndali, Nyakyusa, and Ngonde.
Website
www.karongadiocese.org
Territory
The diocese corresponds to the Chitipa District and the Karonga District of the Northern Region of Malawi.
The see is located in the city of Karonga, where the cathedral of Saint Mary stands.
The territory is divided into 5 parishes.
History
The diocese was created on July 21, 2010, with the Papal bull Quo in Malavio of Pope Benedict XVI, taking territories from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mzuzu. It was originally suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Blantyre.
On February 9, 2011, it entered the Ecclesiastical province of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lilongwe.
Chronology of the bishops
Martin Anwel Mtumbuka since July 21, 2010
Statistics
When it was created, the diocese counted 400,000 inhabitants among whom 61,000 were baptized, which is 15.3%.
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| 2010 || 61.000 || 400.000 || 15,3 || 15 || 9 || 6 || 4.067 || || 5 || 40 || 5
|}
External links
The Karonga Diocese official website
The diocese on Catholic-hierarchy
Papal bull Quo in Malavio
Creation of the diocese
The diocese on Giga-catholic
Karonga
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Lilongwe
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Elgeyo-Marakwet_County
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Q15216433
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AF
| 39,728,812
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Elgeyo-Marakwet County is one of Kenya's 47 counties, which is located in the former Rift Valley Province with its capital and largest town as Iten. It borders the counties of West Pokot to the north, Baringo County to the east, southeast and south, Uasin Gishu to the southwest and west, and Trans Nzoia to the northwest.
Demographics
The total population of Elgeyo-Marakwet County is 454,480 persons, of this 227,317 are females, 227,151 males and 12 intersex persons. There are 99,861 households in the county with an average size of 4.5 persons per household with a density population of 150 persons per square km.
Religion
Religion in Elgeyo-Marakwe County
Geography, geology and topography
The Kerio River binds the county on the eastern side. From its alluvial plain the topography gradually rises towards the west. The Elgeyo Escarpment stands out distinctly and causes elevation differences of up to 1,500 m. In the northern and southern part of the county the topography is rugged, giving way to more subdued relief differences going westwards. The underlying geology mainly consists of gneisses from the Basement System. The Cherangany Hills rise gently to form the western half of the Great Rift Valley and extend northwest in a broken chain to Mount Moroto in Uganda. Non-volcanic in origin, the Cherangany Hills resulted from subsequent erosion of the raised western ridge of the Eastern Rift Valley. The range is approximately long and wide and averages in height; its highest point reaches more than . Many of the summits are covered with huge groundsels and lobelias. Some of the hills include Kameleogon (3581 m), Chebon (3375 m), Chepkotet (3370 m), Alaleigelat (3350 m) and Sodang (3211 m).
Climate
Temperatures range from a minimum of 12 °C which is extremely cold with mists and even frost to some extent to a maximum of 22 °C. Rainfall ranges annually from 800 to 2300 mm.
Religion and ethnicity
The county is mainly occupied by Keiyo, Sengwer also called Cherangany and Marakwet are part of the larger ethnic grouping of eight culturally and linguistically related ethnic groups known as the Kalenjin.Marakwet is a sub-tribe of the Kalenjin. It is made up of the sub-dialects Almoo, Endoow, Markweta (the sub-dialect giving rise to the common name), and Sombirir (Borokot) who presently predominantly live in Marakwet District in the North Rift Valley Province. Some now live in Trans Nzoia East and Uasin Gishu North districts and in other towns.The name Keiyo or Elgeyo has been used interchangeably to describe the Keiyo people. The latter name is disputed as a corruption of the true name, which was coined by the Uasin-Gishu Maasai, who were the Keiyo's neighbours in the mid-9th century at the western side of Eldoret.
Administrative and Political Units
Elgeyo - Marakwet is divided into 4 sub-counties, 20 county assemblies wards, 68 locations and 199 sub-locations.
Below is the distribution of the county assemblies wards.
Source
County government
Wisley Rotich who succeeded Alex Tolgos is currently serving his first term as the county's Governor. William Kisang is the current senator replacing Kipchumba Murkomen who was appointed as Cabinet Secretary for Roads. The County Women Representative is Caroline Jeptoo Ng'elechei, all of the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) Party, an affiliate of the Jubilee Alliance. The county has four constituencies in the National Assembly, and twenty ward seats in its County Assembly. The County Assembly Speaker is Mr. Albert Kochei.
County Executive Committee
Source
County Ward Representatives
Health
The county has over 130 public and private health facilities with an averages of 3.7 km access distance from one health centre to another. The county has 626 medical personnels across the fields of medical profession.
Transport and Communication
The is covered with 292.1 km of earth, 1,415.3 km of murram and 92.2 km of bitumen. As at 2014 there were 8 postal offices across the county with 1,600 installed letter boxes, 1,112 rented letter boxes and 488 vacant letter boxes.
Economy
The main economic activity carried out in the county is mixed farming, which consists mainly of livestock and subsistence farming. Other activities include small business, tourism and fluorspar mining in Kerio Valley. Oil Prospecting by Tullow Oil Company is ongoing in Kerio Valley.
As at 2014 county had 62,190,000 cattle, 7,220,000 goats and 10,232,000 sheep.
Tourism
Major Tourist Attractions are
Education systems
There are a total of 554 ECD centres, 418 primary schools and 112 secondary schools, 4 public technical and vocational colleges and 1 teacher training college in the county.
Source
Health
Sports
Major sports activity
The county is notable for its long-standing tradition of producing top athletes who have represented Kenya in many international athletics events.
Notable sport personalities
Notable Athletes hailing from this county include;
Important towns
EMC Towns
Eminent people
Services and urbanisation
See also
Kabarak
West Pokot County
Baringo County
Uasin Gishu County
Trans Nzoia County
References
External links
Kenya Open Data County Data Sheet
Counties of Kenya
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Fordsburg_Square
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Q15218002
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AF
| 39,731,150
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Fordsburg Square in Fordsburg is a thriving square that is the site of a flea market was recently known for being run-down. This square in Johannesburg is the location of a battle between striking miners and the South African police, army and air force.
Description
Fordsburg Square is the site of a flea market that was known for being run-down.
History
The Rand Rebellion against the powers of law and order ended here on the 14 March 1922. The uprising came out of a strike of black gold miners that started on `1 January 1922 in response to five shilling wage cut per shift. The White workers joined them ten days later because the owners of the mine had decided to cut costs by employing (cheaper) more black miners instead of the existing white workers.
The workers did not just withdraw their labour but the a portion of the 20,000 white workers and the 180,000 black miners took over areas of Johannesburg and they were in control of Benoni, Brakpan suburbs of Fordsburg and Jeppe. The strike had become an open rebellion and on the 15 March the army was called to bombard the Fordsburg square which was deemed the stronghold of the rebels. By this time the rebels had dug substantial World War I trenches across the square. Even the South African Air Force was called to bomb this square but they hit the nearby Mint Road Presbyterian Church.
Today
One of the buildings that offered protection to the rebels was the municipal toilets and these are still standing and in use. In 2013 a Blue Plaque was added to the side of that building to commemorate the role that the square took in the History of South Africa.
References
Geography of Johannesburg
Squares in South Africa
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Unki_mine
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Q16990101
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AF
| 39,733,455
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The Unki mine is an underground mine located in the central part of Zimbabwe in Shurugwi, Midlands Province. Unki represents one of the largest platinum reserves in Zimbabwe having estimated reserves of 34 million oz (964 tonnes) of platinum. The mine produces around 64,000 oz (1814 kg) of platinum/year.
References
Platinum mines in Zimbabwe
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James_Mpanza_House
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Q15229266
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AF
| 39,743,200
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The James Mpanza House is a simple house in Orlando near Johannesburg. James Mpanza was a champion for the rights of black South Africans to have homes. His house was where he and his family lived and it was also a place of public meetings and informal courts.
Description
James Mpanza's house is a single storey brick building on Hlatywayo Street in Orlando.
Mpanza had worked at a solicitors before he was convicted of fraud and murder. His death sentence was reprieved but he was in jail until 1925 where he became an unofficial preacher. He was released on parole to mark a visit by Edward, Prince of Wales. He moved here in the 1930s where he founded the Sofasonke Party in 1935 and with a message of "Housing and Shelter for All" he was elected to the Orlando Advisory Board in 1936. He married Julia Mngomezulu in 1939 and they were to have six children.
Mpanza held public meetings at his home in Orlando and in April 1944 he persuaded 8,000 people to go and make a new squatter camp called Sofasonke Township with himself as self declared mayor. By 1946 there were 20,000 people there and Mpanza was organising a police force for the squatters.
Mpanza also operated an informal court at his Orlando home where parents could bring their wayward children. He was known as a man of discipline and he would decide and arrange corporal punishment for the guilty. This was not taking the law entirely into his own hands as if the case was serious then it would be referred to the police. However the later growth of vigilante courts of "makgotla" that were common in Soweto are thoughto have been derived from the examples made at Mpanza's house.
Conditions were poor and the death of his son, Dumisani, was thought to be caused by the lack of a medical service. Mpanza had led the land invasion that resulted in the founding of modern Soweto and he was known as 'the father of Soweto'.
He was given an uplifting large civic funeral when he died in 1970 and he was buried in Doornkop cemetery. The "traditional courts" or makgotla that operate today in Soweto are thought to have derived from the "parents courts" that Mpanza operated at his own house. The James Mpanza House where his family lived after his death was given a blue plaque to mark his contribution to the history of South Africa.
References
Houses in Johannesburg
Heritage Buildings in Johannesburg
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Tarkwa_mine
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Q16734143
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AF
| 39,746,404
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The Tarkwa mine is one of the largest gold mines in the Ghana and in the world. The mine is located in the south-west of the country in the Western Region. The mine has estimated reserves of 15.1 million oz of gold.
Environmental, Social & Corporate Governance
In October 2001 a tailings dam ruptured at the company's Tarkwa Gold Mine in Ghana resulting in thousands of cubic metres of mine waste water spilling into the Asuman River and resulting in the death of significant marine life. While acknowledging the cyanide spill the company stated at the time that the spill did not affect human health or safety.
A further incident occurred in 2003 when water from an abandoned underground mine shaft was identified as having seeped into the Asuman River sparking further fears of contamination.
In July 2012 the mine was directed by the Ghana Environmental Protection Agency to halt a gold-recovery plant because water discharged from the site required additional treatment.
References
Gold mines in Ghana
Gold Fields
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Damang_mine
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Q16733450
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AF
| 39,746,422
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The Damang mine is one of the largest gold mines in the Ghana and in the world. The mine is located in the south-west of the country in the Western Region. The mine has estimated reserves of 10 million oz of gold. The mine is operated by Abosso Goldfields Ltd a subsidiary of the South African Gold Fields, which was acquired by the South African company in 2002.
See also
Geology of Ghana
Birimian
References
Gold mines in Ghana
Gold Fields
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Keta_Senior_High_Technical_School
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Q14813191
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AF
| 39,774,464
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Keta Senior High Technical School (Ketasco) formerly Keta Secondary School is a mixed Public Senior High School located at Dzelukope a town in the Keta Municipal District of the Volta Region, Ghana. The school has a student population of about 3,515 and a teaching staff strength of 150 as at 2020. Ketasco is the biggest school in Volta Region and one of the biggest in Ghana. The motto of the school is DZO LALI with the slogan Now or Never. The Eagle at the main gate is to remind students to always be like the Eagle.
History
Ketasco was established on the 27th of February, 1953, when some personalities were commissioned to start a day institution that would serve as a catchment school for the hosts of elementary schools scattered all over Keta. The school began in a rented house just opposite the (Kudzawu's House) premises of the present Electricity Company of Ghana at Dzelukope. Ketasco started with Nathan Quao, the educator, civil servant and diplomat as the Founding Headmaster and twenty-two pioneering pupils. In 1961 the school moved to its present and permanent site.
Headmasters
The table below shows the list headmasters since the school was established and their tenure of office.
Courses offered
General Science
Business
General Arts
Home Economics
Technical
Visual Arts
Agricultural Science
Houses
There are four houses in the school which cater for males and females plus an additional hostel built by the Parent Teachers Association (PTA).The four traditional houses are:
Quao
Quao is the premier House of Ketasco, named after the first Headmaster of the school Nathan Quao . It is called House One. The colour is Green and the Motto is FIRST AMONG EQUALS. It is sited very close to the main gate of the school. It is headed by Housemaster and three House Captains. At the girl's side, Quao House has a House mistress and three House Captains. The same structure is maintained in the three other houses. The Housemaster, Mr Foga Nukunu and Housemistress, Ms Valerie Gogovie.
Fiawoo
It is also known as House Two. It was named after the first Chairman of the Board of Governors, Late Rev. Dr F. K Fiawoo. The colour is Blue. The Housemaster, Mr Francis Egbenya and Housemistress, Ms Ketemepi Imelda.
Abruquah
The third Headmaster of Ketasco was J. W Abruquah. The colour is Yellow. It is sited very close to the school gate. The Housemaster, Mr Evance Dzokanda and Housemistress, Ms Testimony Agbetum.
Kotoka
This is House four and its color is Red. It was named in honour of Lieutenant General E.K. Kotoka, who led the 1966 Coup d'état. And the Housemaster, Mr Emmanuel Adonu and Housemistress, Ms Florence Kuwornu.
Note: Quao and Abruquah are also referred to as City while Kotoka and Fiawoo are called Zongo.
PTA HOSTEL
It was funded by the PTA (Parent Teacher Association). It is a modern edifice which houses only boys who could not get admission into the traditional houses.
Achievements
In 2011 Ketasco won the National Constitution Game Competition.
Ketasco won the National Human Rights Competition(December 2007) whipping PRESEC Legon in the Semi Finals.
In 2014, Ketasco won the Sprite Ball Basketball Competition
In 2012, Ketasco won the Montreal Protocol National Quiz Competition organized at Ola Senior High Secondary School.
Ketasco was the first runner up for the Constitution Game Competition for three times.
The school has won the Volta Regional Championship in the Constitution Game for four times.
Ketasco has won the Regional Project Citizen contest.
The school has shown class in the National Science and Maths Quiz over the years. In 2017, they ousted a highly rated Opoku Ware School with 52 points as the against 37.
In 2017, Keatsco took the App Silver award at the MTN APP Developer Challenger.
In 2008,Ketasco were the first Volta region school to reach semi-finals and end in the fourth place
References
External links
High schools in Ghana
Boarding schools in Ghana
Presbyterian schools in Africa
Educational institutions established in 1953
Christian schools in Ghana
Public schools in Ghana
1953 establishments in Gold Coast (British colony)
Education in Volta Region
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Mrima_Hill_mine
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Q15036526
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AF
| 39,781,902
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The Mrima Hill mine is a large niobium mine located in southern Kenya in the Coast Province, close to Mombasa. Mrima Hill represents one of the largest niobium reserves in Kenya, having estimated reserves of 105.3 million tonnes of ore grading 0.65% niobium metal.
References
Niobium mines in Kenya
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Ahafo_mine
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Q16002117
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AF
| 39,811,630
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The Ahafo mine is one of the largest gold mines in the Republic of Ghana and in the world. The mine is located in the center of the country in Brong-Ahafo Region. The mine has estimated reserves of 17 million ounces of gold.
The company has been accused of "human rights abuses and irresponsible practices" by Earthworks, an environmental organization, and others.
Pollution and social impact
In October 2008 an instrument malfunction caused a spill of sodium cyanide, and the Ghanaian EPA determined that the company had violated its permits. The company was fined $4.9 million and the government agency determined that Newmont failed to appropriately report or investigate the spill.
The cyanide spill caused a large fish kill. Newmont initially denied responsibility for the fish kill, stating that the deaths were due to over-population of the fish and depleted oxygen in the water. An independent investigation found high levels of cyanide in the fish, and that cyanide levels in the water were 1,400% higher than the World Health Organisation standard. The water also contained levels of cadmium and arsenic that far exceeded WHO safety standards.
Earthworks reports that the mine displaced about 9,500 people who were mostly subsistence farmers.
References
External links
Gold mines in Ghana
Brong-Ahafo Region
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American_International_University_West_Africa
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Q16251004
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AF
| 39,833,552
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American International University West Africa established The Gambia campus in January 2011 in Serekunda. The University offers medical program leading to Doctor of Medicine (MD) Degree. The curriculum is based on American Medical Schools systems. The University is open to students from Africa. AIU Health Science Center consists of 5 colleges: College of Medicine (6 year Program), College of Dentistry (5 year program), College of Pharmacy (5 year program), College of Nursing (3 year program), College of Health Professionals: MLT (2 year program). AIUWA admit students three times a year. The first campus is located at 89 Kairaba Avenue, KSMD, Fajara, The Gambia. 201 students from 14 countries enrolled in 2013. A new campus has been constructed at Kanifing Institutional Area. 120,000 square foot campus houses State of Art classrooms, Laboratories, Library, Conference rooms and other Students facilities. Construction of the new campus started in April 2013 and was completed by end of 2016. It has since graduated a high numbers of Nurses who are helping the Health sector of the county in various parts and most of the graduates are out of the country for further educations(such as Masters) or working with International Organizations such as WHO, UN MRC. although a large number of the students in the school, popularly known as AIUWA are international students, most have them are doing well in their countries. The school is accredited by National Accreditation and Quality Assurance Agency (NAQAA) which was established in 2015. AIUWA is a great place to be and most of the Lecturers in the school are Professors, PhDs and Masters holders.
References
Dhttps://www.google.com/maps/place/American+International+University+West+Africa/@13.4633001,-16.6760713,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0xec29bb570fe57f3:0xc3dc172edc7b379c!8m2!3d13.4633001!4d-16.6738826
https://wfme.org/world-directory/
Registered by Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology, Government of The Gambia
Accredited by National Accreditation and Quality Assurance Authority, Gambia
Program Accreditation: Pharmacy Council of The Gambia, Nursing and Midwifery Council of The Gambia
External links
https://search.wdoms.org/home/SchoolDetail/F0002927
Full member of Association of African Universities: www.aau.org/membership
American International University Banjul The Gambia www.aiusom.com Full Member
Universities and colleges in the Gambia
Educational institutions established in 2011
2011 establishments in the Gambia
Serekunda
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Bikita_mine
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Q16254733
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AF
| 39,834,564
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The Bikita mine is the largest lithium mine in Zimbabwe. The privately owned company holds the world’s largest-known deposit of lithium at approximately 11 million tonnes. The mine is located in southern Zimbabwe in Masvingo Province. The Bikita mine has reserves amounting to 10.8 million tonnes of lithium ore grading 1.4% lithium thus resulting 0.15 million tonnes of lithium.
In June 2022 the Sinomine Resource Group company bought the Bikita mine for $200 million.
References
Lithium mines in Zimbabwe
Masvingo Province
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Godfrey_Okoye_University
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Q13601184
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AF
| 39,852,165
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Godfrey Okoye University (GO University) was founded in 2009 by the Very Reverend Father Professor Dr. Christian Anieke for the Catholic Diocese of Enugu. The university, which got its operational licence on 3 November 2009 from the National Universities Commission (NUC), belongs to the Catholic Diocese of Enugu in Nigeria. It is the first university owned by a Catholic Diocese in Africa.
In 2009 the university started with 215 students and admitted 1,200 students by the end of 2012.
On 1 December 2013, GOU commenced a week-long programme of activities to celebrate its maiden convocation. 100 students were awarded bachelor's degrees during the final ceremony on 7 December 2013.
GOU is a member of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVC).
Faculties and courses
Faculties and courses postgraduate programmes
Partner universities and cooperations
All Hallows College, Dublin (Ireland)
BASF (Germany)
Bowie State University, Maryland (USA)
Birmingham City University (UK)
CIDJAP - Catholic Institute for Development Justice and Peace, Enugu (Nigeria)
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York (USA)
, Geneva (Switzerland)
Gustav Siewerth Academy (Germany)
Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, Köln (Germany)
IECE - Institute of Ecumenical Education, Enugu (Nigeria)
Institut für Anglistik, Amerikanistik und Keltologie, Bonn (Germany)
Johannes Kepler Universität, Linz (Austria)
Leopold-Franzens-Universität, Innsbruck (Austria)
Leuphana University of Lüneburg (Germany)
Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (Austria)
Pontifical Lateran University, Rome (Italy)
Private Pädagogische Hochschule, Diözese Linz (Austria)
Rotary Club (Landshut, Germany)
Umuchinemere Procredit Microfinance Bank Nigeria Limited (Nigeria)
UNESCO (Paris)
Universität für Angewandte Wissenschaften, TH Köln (Germany)
University of Münster (Germany)
University of Nigeria, Nsukka (Nigeria)
University of Stellenbosch Business School (South Africa)
Radio station
On 27 October 2014 the radio station for the Mass Communication Department was formally commissioned by Prof. Armstrong Idachaba, director of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC).
GO Uni Radio 106.9fm broadcasts live and via Internet from their studios at Godfrey Okoye University, Thinkers Corner, Enugu.
References
External links
Approved Academic Programmes of Nigerian Universities
Catholic universities and colleges in Nigeria
Enugu
Buildings and structures in Enugu State
2009 establishments in Nigeria
Universities and colleges established in 2009
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Selkirk_mine
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Q16989767
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AF
| 39,864,212
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The Selkirk mine is a large mine in the west of Botswana in the North-East District. Selkirk represents one of the largest nickel reserve in Botswana having estimated reserves of 135 million tonnes of ore grading 0.25% nickel. The 135 million tonnes of ore contains 0.3 million tonnes of nickel metal.
Operated for some years by the Tati Nickel Mining Company (TNMC), mine operations were sold to the Canada-based Premium Nickel Resources Corporation (PNR) in 2022.
See also
Phoenix nickel mine
References
Nickel mines in Botswana
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Phoenix_nickel_mine
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Q16990872
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AF
| 39,864,255
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The Phoenix mine is a large mine in the west of Botswana in the North-East District. Phoenix represents one of the largest nickel reserve in Botswana having estimated reserves of 329.7 million tonnes of ore grading 0.23% nickel. The 329.7 million tonnes of ore contains 0.78 million tonnes of nickel metal.
Francistown Mining and Exploration Ltd was founded in 1985 to develop Phoenix mine and the nearby Selkirk mine. Tati Nickel Mining Company (Pty) Ltd was founded in 1988. Phoenix was opened in 1995. Tati Nickel Mining Company (Pty) Ltd was owned for some time by Norilsk Nickel (85%) and the Government of Botswana (15%). Norilsk agreed to sell its 85% stake to BCL Limited around 2016, but BCL went into liquidation around this time, leading to a legal disagreements between the companies.
See also
Selkirk mine
References
Nickel mines in Botswana
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Mengo_Senior_School
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Q15253033
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AF
| 39,902,939
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Mengo Senior School, also known as Mengo SS, is a comprehensive, mixed day school in Kampala. , it had over 5300 students, 250 teachers, 28 technical staff, and more than 30 support staff.
Location
Mengo SS is located on Namirembe Hill, along Hoima Road in Lubaga Division, in the north-western part of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda. The coordinates of the school are 0°19'14.0"N, 32°33'42.0"E (Latitude:0.320556; Longitude:32.561667).
History
Having been founded in 1895 by the Church Missionary Society, the school is the oldest school in Uganda. According to the school magazine, Akwana, the school complex started as an informal home school where a missionary, Miss Chadwick, taught reading and writing. Her students were mainly youth who came to her house for prayers every afternoon.
Most of the boys Chadwick taught were houseboys of the missionaries. After a while, she began sending them to chiefs, asking that the latter send their children to her for lessons. Soon, the potential of her efforts began to be noticed. As the number of Chadwick's learners grew, it was realised that her house was no longer sufficient to serve as a school. The missionaries, eager to use formal education to fuel their religious work, established a standard formal school on Chadwick's foundation.
In 1895, an elementary mixed school known as Kayanja was founded at Mengo, making it one of the first standard formal schools in Uganda. The school's location and appearance are thus described by A. K. Sempa in his 1941 article African Schools. The first school building was a reed-walled structure, with a grass-thatched roof.
The magazine points out that most of the first students who enrolled in the first Mengo School (Kayanja) became school masters posted by Church Councils to rural areas. Many became clerks and chiefs. The number of learners attending the school grew. It soon became necessary to house the learners in a boarding school. The Prime Minister of Buganda (Katikkiro), Apollo Kaggwa, gave them his house on Namirembe Hill, which they used for nine years.
But the numbers kept growing, with students coming from as far as Busoga, Bunyoro, Toro, and Ankole. As a result, a larger school was needed. In June 1904, the Church Missionary Society held a conference where it was resolved to build two new schools. One on Namirembe Hill and another at Buddo.
The schools were to produce men fit to serve God. By the end of 1904, a boarding school had been set up. The school was named Mengo High School with 250 students. The subjects taught included arithmetic, geography, and elementary science.
Reputation
Academically, Mengo Senior School is ranked among the best secondary schools in Uganda and currently the best performing day school because of its continued academic excellence, especially at A-level.
Notable alumni
James Mulwana - Industrialist, businessman, and entrepreneur.
Senteza Kajubi - Academic and academic administrator.
Charles Hamya - Businessman and one of the wealthiest individuals in Uganda.
Steven Kavuma - judge of the Uganda Court of Appeals.
Muyanja Mbabaali - Ugandan politician and businessman.
Allan Ssewanyana - Ugandan sports journalist.
Mugalu Najib Mohsin - Interior and landscape designer.
References
External links
Official Webpage
Educational institutions established in 1895
Mixed schools in Uganda
Kampala District
1895 establishments in Uganda
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Hanover_Park,_Cape_Town
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Q15222957
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AF
| 39,932,485
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Hanover Park is a neighborhood of the City of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa
In February 1980 the neighborhood was the starting point of a national prolonged school boycott in protest of apartheid laws and policies. Although Hanover Park is its own neighborhood separate from Philippi to its south it is situated within the Philippi police precinct area.casecade court
Hanover Park currently has a very high crime rate.
Notable people
Benni McCarthy, South African footballer
Albert Fritz, South African politician
References
Suburbs of Cape Town
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Kisii_University
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Q15036631
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AF
| 39,945,024
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Kisii University is a public university located in Kisii. It was founded in 1965 as a primary teachers’ training college on a 61-acre land that was donated by the County Council of Gusii. The college continued up to 1983 when it was upgraded to a secondary teachers’ college to offer Diploma programmes.
History
The Government of Kenya mandated the university to take over the college as its campus in 1994. Kisii Campus was one of the earliest campuses to be created in Kenya by the then Head of State, H.E. Daniel arap Moi. In 1999, the Faculty of Commerce established a Bachelor of Business and Management as its first degree programmes within the campus to run alongside a postgraduate Diploma in Education, which was phased out in 2001.
On 23 August 2007, Kisii University College was established through a Government Legal Notice No.163 of 2007 as a constituent college of Egerton University. On 6 February 2013, it was awarded a charter to become the 13th public university in Kenya.
The university main campus is situated 2 km from Kisii Town Centre, off the Kisii – Kilgoris Road.
Campuses and schools
The students are distributed over the Main Campus, Kisii Town Campuses, Keroka Campus, Nyamira Campus, kisumu, Ogembo Campus and migori Campus.
The university has the following faculties, schools and institutes:
School of Law
Founded in 2009, Kisii University School of Law has gained national recognition for registering impressive results in the Kenya School of Law examinations. For instance, of the International and local Universities represented in the November 2018 bar examinations, Kisii University emerged top after 20 of its 60 students passed for admission.
School of Pure and Applied Sciences
School of Health Sciences
School of Business and Economics
School of Education and Human Resource Development
School of Arts and Social Science
School of Information Science and Technology
School of Agriculture and Natural Resource Management
As part of its expansion programme, the university has opened campuses in Nairobi, Eldoret, Kisumu, Kitale and Kabarnet.
Directorate of E-Learning
Due to the COVID-19 virus that is ravaging the whole world, e-learning is becoming a model of teaching for the university with a full directorate that is spearheading offering of learning through that platform.
Departments
The university has several other departments that support the academic wing of the university. One of the notable ones is the Anti-Ada Unit that coordinates the prevention, early detection and mitigation of substance abuse through education, advocacy, empowerment and partnership for a productive university community - students and staff.
Other Supportive Programmes
Online Orientation
Special moments call for special interventions. The university through the vice chancellor's officer is now offering online orientation for students who want to enrol into new semesters. This is saving both students and staff time and money that they could have used to come physically on campus to participate in the exercise.
Selfcare
Staff and students have been enabled to request for university services at the comfort of their homes through the selfcare platform of the university.
Up-Coming Centre
The main mission of a university is research and teaching. While the later is obvious, the former is yet to be well cultivated. In responding to the global mandate of universities, Kisii University is setting up a Centre for Natural Products and Drugs at Nyangweta farm in South Mugirango Constituency of Kisii County. This centre will have a botanical garden of flora and fauna of medicinal value found in the western region of Kenya from which natural products of medicinal value will be extracted, isolated and elucidated for the healing of diseases.
References
External links
Mbaka, J. (2019, June 20). Mass failures rock law school again. The Star. https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2019-06-20-mass-failures-rock-law-school-again/
Universities and colleges in Kenya
Educational institutions established in 2013
2013 establishments in Kenya
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Gomoa_Amoanda
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Q15045470
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AF
| 39,953,774
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Amoanda is a small town and a sub of Gomoa East district in the Central Region of Ghana.
References
Populated places in the Central Region (Ghana)
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Ngezi_mine
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Q16979254
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AF
| 39,986,832
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The Ngezi mine is a collection of underground mines located in the northern part of Zimbabwe in Mashonaland West Province. Ngezi represents one of the largest platinum reserves in Southern Africa having estimated reserves of 107.4 million oz of platinum. The mine produces around 200,000 oz of platinum/year.
References
Platinum mines in Zimbabwe
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Mimosa_mine
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Q16979342
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AF
| 39,986,837
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The Mimosa mine is a large underground mine located in the southern part of Zimbabwe in the Zvishavane District of Midlands Province. Mimosa was the first platinum mine in the Great Dyke of Zimbabwe. It had, as of 2012, platinum reserves estimated at 7.9 million ozs of platinum. The mine produces around 120,000 oz of platinum/year.
History
1. 1926 - 60oz extracted from oxides.
2. 1966 - 2 vertical shafts sunk – trial mining – 40 000 t processed.
3. 1971 - Operations suspended.
4. 1975 - Blore Shaft established – 90 000 t processed.
5. 1978 - Operations suspended.
6. 1990 - Bulk sample to Mintek for test work.
7. 1990/94 - Reserve estimates and feasibility studies completed.
8. 1995 - Current operations started @ 212tpd.
9. 2003 - Current process – 4050tpd.
Ownership
Mimosa is wholly owned by Mimosa Investments Limited, a Mauritius-based company jointly held by Implats and Sibanye-Stillwater in a 50:50 joint-venture.
Geology
The Mimosa Mine is located on the Wedza Geological Complex in the Zimbabwean Great Dyke east of Bulawayo.
Expansion summary
1. Capital cost US$38.1million
2. Funding – US$30 million Implats equity – Operational flows
3. Mill commission – Nov 2002
4. Full mill throughput – Jan 2003
5. Full mining tonnage – Sept 2003
Mineral processing
1. Design from Mintek test work and past operations
2. 3 stage crushing 2MF circuit 4e recoveries – 80.6%
3. Produce final concentrate
4. Road transport concentrate to Implats
5. Long-term concentrate off take agreement
Notes and references
Platinum mines in Zimbabwe
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2013_Kano_bus_bombing
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Q16821013
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AF
| 40,005,137
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On March 18, 2013, a suicide attack was committed against Christian civilians at the Kano bus station, all of whom were boarding the buses to go to the mostly Christian south.
The attack
On March 18, a Volkswagen Golf packed with explosives and driven by three suicide bombers sped to five buses, which were being boarded by civilians, mostly Christians, to east and south Nigeria. The car hit one of the buses and exploded. After the explosion, people started evacuating from the remaining buses. A fire spread to the four remaining buses, many of which still had passengers in them.
Casualties
It is speculated how many people died in the attack. Sources like the Vanguard claim the attack killed up to 60 people. BBC claims it was 22, though according to Reuters, the number is 25. Though the target of the attacks is not disputed, the buses were carrying mostly Christians, the main target of Boko Haram.
See also
Boko Haram insurgency
January 2012 Northern Nigeria attacks
References
Terrorist incidents in Nigeria in 2013
Suicide car and truck bombings in Nigeria
History of transport in Nigeria
March 2013 events in Africa
2013 murders in Nigeria
Bus bombings in Africa
21st century in Kano
Mass murder in 2013
Transport in Kano
Crime in Kano
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David_Webster_House
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Q17008572
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AF
| 40,021,043
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The David Webster House is at 13 Eleanor Street in Troyeville and it is important not only because this is where the anti-apartheid activist David Webster lived but it is also where he was killed by a government assassin. The house is still in private ownership but it is decorated to commemorate his life.
History
David Webster was a Zambian who came to South Africa to study and to become an anthropologist. Whilst he was in South Africa his friend Neil Aggett was killed whilst in police custody. Webster formed the Detainees Parent Support Committee. He also joined the United Democratic Front and other anti-apartheid organisations. This activism was compounded when he witnessed the authorities covertly smuggling weapons into the country from Mozambique. He set up house at 13 Eleanor Street where he lived with his partner Maggie Friedman.
When Webster returned from shopping on 1 May 1989 he was killed by Ferdi Barnard with a shotgun under a contract from the government sponsored covert Civil Co-operation Bureau. Barnard was caught in 1998 and sentenced to life sentences and 63 years.
With the permission of the current owners the house has been decorated with designs made from tiles under the artistic guidance of Ilse Pahl, but the work has been done by a community of his friends. The design includes an outline of his daughter's hand, outstretched hands of friendship, local cattle and a football stadium. The message reads:
"David Webster 19 Dec 1945 – 1 May 1989. Assassinated here for his fight against apartheid. Lived for justice, peace and friendship". In 2012 the house was granted heritage status.
References
Houses in Johannesburg
Heritage Buildings in Johannesburg
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Aston_Bay,_South_Africa
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Q10420874
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AF
| 40,023,024
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Aston Bay is a suburb of Jeffreys Bay in Sarah Baartman District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It incorporates Marina Martinique, a large residential marina.
It is situated about west of Port Elizabeth.
It was established as a fishing village in the 1850s.
References
Populated places in the Kouga Local Municipality
Populated coastal places in South Africa
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Budongo_Forest
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Q16954344
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AF
| 40,032,160
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The Budongo Forest in Uganda is northwest of the capital city Kampala on the way to Murchison Falls National Park and is located on the escarpment northeast of Lake Albert. It covers parts of Hoima and Kikuube. It is known for its former abundance of East African mahogany trees as well as being home to a population of chimpanzees. An exceptionally large mahogany tree is still found here and is more than 80 meters tall and some 20 meters in circumference. The forest covers 82,530 hectares and is a catchment for Lake Albert. It is managed by National Forestry Authority (NFA).
Setting and conservation
The area, situated between 1° 37 N - 2° 03 N and 31° 22 - 31° 46 E, is 435 km² in extent and is composed mainly of moist, medium-altitude, semi-deciduous forest, with patches of savanna and woodland. It covers a gently rolling landscape, sloping down to the East African Rift. Four streams, Waisoke, Sonso, Kamirambwa and Siba, drain the forest and flow into Lake Albert. Annual rainfall in the area is between 1200 and 2200 mm, the rainy season being from March - May and again from September - November, the dry season being December - February.
It is made up of six forest blocks that is Siba, Waibira, Busaju, Kaniyo-Pabidi, Biiso and Nyakafunjo.
The nearest town is Masindi, and much of the land around the forest is given over to crops, dwellings and villages, placing continuous pressure on the forest margins, and leading to exploitation for building materials and bushmeat, the snares set by poachers causing mutilation of the chimpanzees and other animals. The mahogany trees that still remain are cut and removed by itinerant pit sawyers.
Some of the human activities carried out include; charcoal burning, illegal logging, poaching, mining and unsustainable agriculture such as rice farming. Some parts of the forest has been cleared to plant sugarcanes and tobacco.
It is managed by National Forestry Authority (NFA) and it has supplied tree seedlings to environmentalists to plant them.
In 2021, the UNCHR partnered with NFA to reforest and 50 hectares of Budongo forest reserve were restored.
Wildlife
Recorded from Budongo are more than 360 bird species (such as Nahan's Partridge Ptilopachus nahani), plant species such as Senna spectabilis (white barked senna) tree, 20 species of amphibians some 292 butterflies, 130 moths, 465 trees, and 24 mammals (of which 9 are primates and others include: buffaloes, bush elephants, Uganda kobs, jackals). About 600 chimpazees are estimated to saty in the forest. Classified as a moist semi-deciduous medium-altitude forest, Budongo supports various species of tree, the most impressive being, large buttressed giant mahoganies that have been left unfelled and now stand up to 60m tall. The bird checklist includes 60 west or central African bird species known from fewer than five locations in East Africa. Yellow-footed flycatcher, often associated with ironwood trees, has not been recorded elsewhere in Uganda, while Ituri batis, lemon-bellied crombec, white-thighed hornbill, black-eared ground thrush and chestnut-capped flycatcher are known from only one other East African forest.
Chimpanzee tracking has become an activity popular with eco-tourists, necessitating behavioural guidelines for visitors in order to avoid undue disturbance of both animals and forest. Trails have been cut criss-crossing the forest, initially to ease access for research workers and since then used by Eco-tourists, forest animals and poachers.
Wildlife research
Vernon Reynolds first studied chimpanzees in this forest in 1962 and he eventually founded the Budongo Conservation Field Station. He wrote a book about the forest and its chimpanzees in 1965. Reynolds was one of a trio of pioneer field researchers - the others being Jane Goodall and Adriaan Kortlandt. During the 1970s and 1980s civil war raged in the country, with an accompanying breakdown of law and order. Chimpanzee mothers were shot and the infants taken from the forest and smuggled to collectors in Asia, Europe and America. Reynolds returned to Uganda in 1990 to determine whether a viable population of chimpanzees still existed in Budongo. By 1995 some fifty individuals had been identified, and this figure remained constant until 2000 when the numbers started rising, thought to be due to an influx of chimpanzees from other areas.
The research team renovated and occupied buildings that had been constructed for the Budongo Sawmills Ltd. In 2005 funding for the project was provided by the RZSS at Edinburgh Zoo, as well as a number of other sources. The Budongo Forest Project became a Ugandan NGO and was renamed the Budongo Conservation Field Station.
Richard Byrne, Cat Hobaiter and colleagues have been based at the Field Station to studying chimpanzee communication in the twenty-first century. A research by International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources by Howard P. C in 1991 published a detailed research finding on wildlife and forest reserves in Uganda entitled Nature Conservation in Uganda's Tropical Forest Reserve.
See also
Central Forest Reserves of Uganda
Mabira Forest
Wambabya Central Forest Reserve
References
Forest reserves of Uganda
Victoria Basin forest–savanna mosaic
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Rosslyn,_Gauteng
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Q10657170
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AF
| 40,042,509
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Rosslyn is an industrial suburb of Akasia, 29 km north-west of Pretoria and part of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality in the Gauteng province of South Africa.
This industrialized area is best known for its automotive industry, in particular the BMW South Africa factory, which opened in 1968, BMW's first factory outside Europe as well as the Nissan South Africa factory, manufacturing a vast range of motor vehicles, trucks, light delivery vans (LDV's, locally known as bakkies) and 4X4 offroaders and the IVECO too has a plant.
In 2012, vehicle manufacturing plants in South Africa contributed about 6.2% to the country's gross domestic product.
References
Populated places in the City of Tshwane
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Border_Post,_Eastern_Cape
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Q15203433
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AF
| 40,042,678
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Border Post is a village in Amathole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
The name indicates the border post that existed between the former homeland of Ciskei and the Republic of South Africa, during the apartheid years of 1981–1994.
The village has one primary school, Kuhle Primary, which teaches Grade R to 7. When the learners finish primary school they go to high schools in neighboring villages. These include Nompumelelo, Kei Road and Donqaba.
Border Post is home to former WBO and IBF world champion boxer Simphiwe Nongqayi and former Thembisa Classic and Mpumalanga Black Aces FC defender Sibusiso Dabi.
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Populated places in the Amahlathi Local Municipality
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Braunschweig,_Eastern_Cape
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Q901864
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AF
| 40,042,740
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Braunschweig is a small town in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa.
Braunschweig, situated in the former district of King William's Town, is one of the villages that were established after the arrival of the German Legion and German settlers in British Kaffraria in and after 1857. It is represented today solely by a Lutheran church complex consisting of the neo-Gothic church, a parsonage and a school building, surrounded by veld. The original church building established by the Lutherans in 1866-7 was a simple structure under thatch, while the present church was built in 1904.
The St Peter's Lutheran Church was closed in September 1985, when the apartheid government sold the land and the nearby farms to the Ciskei government. Before then, all the farms around it were owned by Germans who attended the church. The congregation built a new church in Komga, which was opened in 1989.
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Populated places in the Amahlathi Local Municipality
German settlements in South Africa
1857 establishments in the Cape Colony
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Kgomokasitwa
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Q170836
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AF
| 40,044,107
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Kgomokasitwa is a small village in the Southern District of Botswana, located some few kilometers north of Lobatse. To reach the village you travel by the A2 road between Lobatse and Kanye, then branch to the right at the Molapowabojang ward called Tshweneyagae. Kgomokasitwa has a population of about 1423 (2011 Census). The village falls under the administration of the Southern District Council which is headquartered in Kanye, Botswana. For civil administration it falls under Moshupa Sub District.
History
Kgomokasitwa gets its name from a hill which is located 6 km from the village. Occasionally there can be seen mist at the top of the hill indicating that it may be cold up there, hence the name Kgomokasitwa or loosely translated, Freezing Cow. ( Kgomo = cow) and (sitwa = freezing). The majority of people in the village are of Bangwaketse tribe even though it is multi tribal.
Administration
The local councilor is Mr. Sonny Phiri of Botswana Democratic Party. The village Chief or Headman of records is Mr. Sam Tshetlhe Radimpa from May 2013.
Geography
Kgomokasitwa is located in hilly area. To the central east there is lentswe la Kgomokasitwa (Kgomokasitwa Hill); to the right east there are Mmadithakwe Hill and Mokgorana Hill. To the north there is Lentswe la diphala. There are seasonal rivers, Kwelepane River to the south and Chawe River to the north and far western parts of the village.
Education
Kgomokasitwa has one primary school for pupils aged from 5 year to 13 years. The pupils complete a 7-year curriculum which is finished by seating for PSLE( Primary School Leaving Examination) Students then attend intermediate junior high in either Molapowabojang or Lobatse. For High school there is Lobatse Secondary School in Lobatse.
Health
Kgomokasitwa is serviced by Kgomokasitwa Health Post for primary care, and for hospital the community depends on Athlone Hospital in Lobatse.
Developments
Electricity: Serviced by Botswana Power Cooperation (BPC) under the national grid as from 2003.
Water: Until 2008, Kgomokasitwa was supplied by Water Affairs, but now the services are provided by Water Utilities Cooperation (WUC).
Transport
Accessible from Tshweneyagae Junction, from A2- Lobatse- Windhoek highway or from B105 from Magotlhwane. B105 runs from Mogobane (By Otse Police College) to Ranaka.
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Populated places in Botswana
Southern District (Botswana)
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Action_Senior_High_&_Technical_School
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Q16250115
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AF
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Action Progressive Institute, also known as Action Secondary Technical School and Action Senior High School, is an educational institution for secondary and technical education located in Madina Estate in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana.
See also
List of schools in Ghana
List of senior secondary schools in Ghana
References
Education in Accra
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Wikipedia Culture Dataset (nDNA/WikiCulture)
Overview
This dataset provides coarse-grained geographic culture labels for English Wikipedia articles, mapped into eight buckets:
- NA: North America
- EU: Europe
- AU: Oceania (UN M49 “Oceania”)
- AS: Asia (excluding Western Asia and Greater China)
- CH: Greater China (CN, HK, MO, TW)
- AF: Africa
- LA: Latin America & Caribbean (Americas excluding Northern America)
- ME: Middle East (UN M49 “Western Asia”)
The labels are intended for controlled sampling and stratified analysis of Wikipedia content by broad region. They are not intended as fine-grained cultural or ethnographic ground truth.
Data Sources
The dataset is constructed from three public components:
- UN M49 country/area regional classification (UN Statistics Division), used to generate a deterministic mapping from ISO3166-1 alpha-2 codes to the eight buckets.
- Wikipedia Cultural Diversity dataset, used as the article-level signal source (including per-article ISO country code and Wikidata-derived fields) [https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.7039514].
wikimedia/wikipedia(Hugging Face dataset), used to attach the full article text via a join.
Labeling Methodology
1) Deterministic ISO2 → bucket mapping (UN M49)
An ISO3166-1 alpha-2 code is mapped to one of the eight buckets using UN M49 region/subregion fields:
- EU if UN M49 Region = Europe
- AF if Region = Africa
- AU if Region = Oceania
- ME if Sub-region = Western Asia
- NA if Region = Americas and Sub-region = Northern America
- LA if Region = Americas and not Northern America
- CH if ISO2 ∈ {CN, HK, MO, TW} (Taiwan forced to CH)
- AS if Region = Asia and not Western Asia and not CH
This mapping is deterministic and versioned.
2) Geo label assignment from CCC
Each article in the CCC dump provides iso3166 (ISO3166-1 alpha-2). The primary label is:
culture_geo = bucket(iso3166)
Rows with missing iso3166 or unmapped ISO2 are excluded.
3) High-precision consistency filtering
To increase label precision and remove cross-regional or ambiguous items, an additional consistency check is applied using CCC’s Wikidata-derived columns:
country_wdlocation_wd
Offline QID → ISO2 bootstrap.
Because no online Wikidata queries are used, we construct a bootstrapped mapping from QID to ISO2 by taking the most frequent iso3166 observed for each qitem in the CCC dump.
Evidence extraction.
For each article, QIDs are parsed from country_wd and location_wd, mapped to ISO2 using the bootstrapped table, then converted to bucket sets via the UN M49 mapping.
Hard-strong inclusion rule. An article is retained as high-precision if:
- It has at least one non-empty evidence set from
country_wdorlocation_wd, and - If
location_wdevidence is present, it must equal{culture_geo}exactly; otherwise, country_wdevidence must equal{culture_geo}exactly.
This rule is deliberately discard-heavy.
4) Middle East retention exception
In the CCC snapshot used, many ME-labeled rows have empty evidence after offline QID resolution (coverage limitations of the bootstrapped mapping). To avoid eliminating nearly all ME-labeled examples, a restricted exception is applied:
- If
culture_geo == "ME"and both evidence sets are empty, the row is retained (geo-only).
Attaching Wikipedia Text (wikimedia/wikipedia join)
The final dataset includes the full article text by merging the filtered labeled table with the Hugging Face dataset wikimedia/wikipedia.
A left inner join is performed on the article identifier:
- CCC / labeled table:
page_id wikimedia/wikipedia:id
- CCC / labeled table:
Only rows that match across both sources are included in the released dataset, ensuring every labeled example has associated article text.
Dataset Fields
Each row contains:
page_title(string): Wikipedia article title (from CCC / Wikipedia metadata)Qid(string): Wikidata QID (qitem)culture_geo(string): one of{NA, EU, AU, AS, CH, AF, LA, ME}text(string): The article text (fromwikimedia/wikipedia)
Intended Use
This dataset is suitable for:
- constructing geographically stratified Wikipedia subsets,
- controlled pretraining mixtures or evaluation subsets by region,
- studying representation and performance disparities across broad regions.
It is not suitable for:
- fine-grained cultural identity claims,
- country-level ground truth without additional validation,
- resolving inherently transnational or multi-regional topics (which are preferentially excluded by design).
Limitations
- Labels are coarse and operationalize “culture” as broad geography.
- The strict filter excludes many global and transnational pages.
- The offline QID→ISO2 bootstrap is a heuristic and may miss QIDs not well-represented in the CCC rows.
- The Middle East geo-only exception yields a subset with weaker evidence than the hard-strong subset, but is retained to mitigate coverage loss under offline constraints.
- The final dataset includes only articles present in both the labeled CCC-derived table and
wikimedia/wikipediaafter thepage_id↔idjoin.
Reproducibility
The pipeline is deterministic given:
- the UN M49 table snapshot used,
- the CCC dump snapshot used,
- the fixed mapping rules and filtering rule described above,
- the
wikimedia/wikipediasnapshot/config used for the text join.
Licensing and Attribution
This dataset is derived from Wikipedia-related resources and UN statistical classifications. Users should comply with the licensing and attribution requirements of:
- Wikipedia content (CC BY-SA and related terms),
- the CCC dataset’s licensing/terms,
- UN M49 documentation and terms where applicable.
Citation
If you use this dataset, cite:
- the CCC dataset (Wikipedia Cultural Diversity / Cultural Context Content) and associated publication,
- UN M49 (UN Statistics Division),
- the
wikimedia/wikipediaHugging Face dataset, - this dataset repository (
nDNA/WikiCulture).
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