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Abubakar_Tafawa_Balewa_Stadium | Q335700 | AF | 5,693,618 | Abubarkar Tafawa Balewa Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Bauchi, Nigeria. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of the Wikki Tourists. The stadium has a capacity of 11,000 and was opened in 1985 and named after Nigeria's first prime minister, Tafawa Balewa.
Abubarkar Tafawa Balewa ... |
Toteng | Q165871 | AF | 5,695,725 | Toteng is a village in the north west of Botswana, Ngamiland. The town is the location of the oldest "directly dated evidence of cattle in southern Africa". Nearby towns are Sehitwa and Bobideng to the west, Tsau and Gumare to the north and Maun to the northeast.
The village has both a hospital and a school.
There ar... |
Betty's_Bay | Q850471 | AF | 5,703,560 | Betty's Bay is a small holiday town situated on the Overberg coast of South Africa's Western Cape province. It is located 100 km from Cape Town beneath the Kogelberg Mountains on the scenic R44 ocean drive between Pringle Bay and Kleinmond. This village stretches over 13 km along the coast. Tourism plays a large role i... |
Botrivier | Q894766 | AF | 5,703,576 | Botrivier is a small town of approximately 10 000 people, situated in the Overberg region of the Western Cape in South Africa.
Village in the former Caledon district, 93 km southeast of Cape Town. It takes its name from the Bot River on the west bank of which it is situated. The form Botrivier is preferred for officia... |
Ososo | Q7107320 | AF | 5,706,211 | Ososo is a town situated in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area, in Edo State, Nigeria. With an average altitude of 1236 feet above sea level, it has a very temperate climate similar to that of Jos, Plateau State. The highest peak is a very large monolith often called the Oruku rock.
Description
The town is made up of f... |
Ellis_Robins_School | Q5365984 | AF | 5,719,120 | Ellis Robins School is a Zimbabwean boys' high school that was founded in Salisbury, Rhodesia in 1953. It is located in the suburb of Mabelreign in Salisbury (now called Harare). Next door is Mabelreign Girls High School, the school's sister school. The Ellis Robins school colours are blue and gold, the badge has two d... |
Tonkolili_District | Q1852020 | AF | 5,724,602 | Tonkolili District is a district in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. Its capital and largest city is Magburaka. The other major towns include Masingbi, Yele, Mile 91, Bumbuna, Yonibana, Matotoka. Mathora, Magbass and Masanga. Tonkolili District is home to the largest sugar factory in Sierra Leone, and one of... |
Chitipa | Q1074915 | AF | 5,735,581 | Chitipa is the capital of Chitipa District, Malawi and the birthplace of Malawian lawyer, politician, and philanthropist James Nyondo. It is also known as Fort Hill. It is very near Malawi's tri-point border with Zambia and Tanzania.
Climate
Demographics
References
Malawi–Zambia border crossings
Populated places ... |
Peterhouse_Group_of_Schools | Q17013682 | AF | 5,740,379 | The Peterhouse Group of Schools (or simply, the Peterhouse Group) is a group of Anglican boarding schools with 1,045 pupils on estates of just outside the city of Marondera, Zimbabwe, and comprises Peterhouse Boys' School, Peterhouse Girls' School, Springvale House the Preparatory School, Peterhaven at Nyanga and the ... |
Africa_Nazarene_University | Q4689577 | AF | 5,741,441 | Africa Nazarene University is a private Christian-founded university in, Kenya, and an affiliate of The Church of the Nazarene Colleges and Universities around the world. Africa Nazarene University is fully accredited by the Commission for University Education and the International Board of Education.
Location
The mai... |
En_Nahud | Q287343 | AF | 5,744,176 | En Nahud () is a town in the desert of central Sudan. Formerly located within the Sudanese political division of West Kurdufan, it is now part of the country's North Kurdufan state.
History
In 2021, the Darsaya gold mine in the town collapsed, leading to the deaths of at least 38 people.
Climate
En Nahud has a hot d... |
Ukwi | Q170631 | AF | 5,746,474 | Ukhwi is a village in the Kalahari desert of Kgalagadi District, western Botswana, from the border with Namibia. The population was 459 in 2011 census.
Although English is the official language of Botswana, numerous other languages are spoken in the area: Afrikaans, Tswana, Nama, and !Xóõ.
References
Villages in Bot... |
Ncojane | Q170637 | AF | 5,746,488 | Ncojane or Nojane is a town in the Kalahari desert of Ghanzi District, western Botswana. It is located 20 kilometres from the border with Namibia, and it has a primary School called Ncojane Primary School and secondary school called Marakanelo Community Junior Secondary School and a clinic. The population was 1,439 in ... |
Garba_Tula | Q5521974 | AF | 5,746,656 | Garba Tula (also spelled Garbatulla) is a town in Isiolo County, Northern Kenya. The town has an urban population of about 5,500 .
In 2007 it was up-graded to a District status. But with the new administrative sub-divisions of Kenya, Garba Tula is a sub-county of Isiolo County, as well as an administrative ward.
The ... |
Birnin_Kudu | Q4916902 | AF | 5,746,906 | Birnin Kudu is a town and a Local Government Area in the south of Jigawa State, Nigeria, some 120 kilometres south-east of Kano. As of 2006 the town of Birnin Kudu had an estimated population of 419,800 and is the most populous local government in the state.
Birnin Kudu is an old historic city renowned for its rocks a... |
Foggo | Q5464094 | AF | 5,746,925 | Foggo is a town in Bauchi State, northern Nigeria some 150 km south-east of Kano, and about 40 km southwest of Azare.
Geography
Foggo sits on the east bank of the Bunga River and is located 7 km southwest of Faggo. Foggo has an estimated population of 18,799.
References
Populated places in Bauchi State |
Gwarzo | Q5623352 | AF | 5,746,950 | Gwarzo is a Local Government Area in Kano State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Gwarzo.
It has an area of 393 km and a population of 183,987 as of the 2006 census.
The postal code of the area is 704.
Wards
Gwarzo local government has the total number of ten wards;
Getso
Gwarzo
Jama'a
Kara
Kutama
... |
Dapchi | Q5221571 | AF | 5,746,970 | Dapchi is a town in Yobe State, northeast Nigeria. It is 75 kilometres south of the border with Niger.
History
On 19 February 2018, 110 girls were kidnapped from the Government Science and Technical College in Dapchi by Boko Haram insurgents. On 21 March 2018, 101 of the girls were dropped back to the town.
Referenc... |
Bornu_Yassa | Q4946161 | AF | 5,747,010 | Bornu Yassa is a town in Borno State, north-east Nigeria near Titiwa, some 80 kilometres south of the border with Niger. As of 2007, it had an estimated population of 5,987.
References
Populated places in Borno State |
Gwio_Kura | Q5623677 | AF | 5,747,023 | Gwio Kura is a town in north-east Yobe State, Nigeria administered by the Bade Local Government. It is located about 50 kilometres south of the border with Niger.
Populated places in Yobe State |
Disina | Q5282234 | AF | 5,747,060 | Disina is a town in Shira Local Government Area, Bauchi State, northeastern Nigeria, located 35 kilometres southwest of Azare. It lies along the Bunga River, between the towns of Jemma and Foggo. The estimated population as of 2007 is 18,792.
References
Populated places in Bauchi State |
Moshoeshoe_I_International_Airport | Q645462 | AF | 5,759,299 | Moshoeshoe I International Airport is an airport serving Maseru, the capital city of Lesotho. The airport is named in honor of Moshoeshoe I, king of Lesotho from 1822 to 1870. It is in the town of Mazenod, southeast of downtown Maseru.
Facilities
The airport has an elevation of above mean sea level. It has two asp... |
Umm_Dam | Q7881621 | AF | 5,775,604 | Umm Dam () is a town in North Kurdufan State in central Sudan 60 kilometres north east of El Obeid. It lies about halfway between Surur to the northwest and Habila to the southeast.
Populated places in North Kurdufan |
Ar_Rahad | Q657012 | AF | 5,775,629 | Ar-Rahad (, "The Water-shrine") is a city located in the state of North Kordofan, Sudan, at an altitude of above sea level. It is about away from the capital, Khartoum. It is a major railway station linking East and Central Sudan and the West, which is also a market for crops, especially hibiscus as well as livestock... |
Umm_Bel | Q16902283 | AF | 5,775,747 | Umm Bel () is a town in North Kurdufan State in central Sudan, about 170 kilometres west of El Obeid, and north of En Nahud.
Acacia tortilis grows in the vicinity.
References
Populated places in North Kurdufan |
Pakwach | Q451589 | AF | 5,784,058 | Pakwach is a town in the Northern Region of Uganda. It is the main commercial, political and administrative center of Pakwach District. In the 19th century the town came under brief occupation by the Ottoman tributary of the Khedivate of Egypt, as part of Hatt-ı Üstuva (Equatoria) Vilayet.
Location
Pakwach is in Pakwa... |
Marampa | Q6754754 | AF | 5,784,435 | Marampa Mines is the site of an hematite iron ore mine based in the town of Lunsar, Port Loko District, Sierra Leone.
Railway
The mine is connected to the port at Port Pepel by an 84 km long gauge railway. This railway is experiencing problems with the theft of its track, and other obstructions.
Mine
In Septemb... |
Mount_Huye | Q1639437 | AF | 5,796,810 | Mount Huye is a mountain located near to the city of Butare in southern Rwanda. It is connected by a ridge to Nyungwe Forest to the west, and is on the outer edges of the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift. The mountain is an important source of mineral water, supplying both the Huye bottled wa... |
Cape_Columbine | Q5034723 | AF | 5,809,662 | Cape Columbine is well known for its lighthouse, the last staffed lighthouse built on the South African coast. . The Cape Columbine Lighthouse was commissioned on October 1, 1936. Both the headland and lighthouse derive their name from the barque Columbine, that was wrecked 1.5 km North of the lighthouse on March 31, 1... |
Elgin,_Western_Cape | Q2263903 | AF | 5,818,230 | Elgin is a large, lush area of land, circled by mountains, in the Overberg region of South Africa. This broad upland valley lies about 70 km southeast of Cape Town, just beyond the Hottentots Holland Mountains.
The Elgin region is centered on the town of Grabouw.
The Elgin Valley is one of the more intensively farmed... |
Rokel_River | Q1781219 | AF | 5,822,764 | The Rokel River (also Seli River; previously Pamoronkoh River) is the largest river in the Republic of Sierra Leone in West Africa. The river basin measures in size, with the drainage divided by the Gbengbe and Kabala hills and the Sula Mountains. The estuary which extends over an area of became a Ramsar wetland site... |
National_English_Literary_Museum | Q6972462 | AF | 5,895,780 | The Amazwi South African Museum of Literature, previously the National English Literary Museum (NELM), is a museum that houses archival material relating to South Africa's literary heritage. It is located in Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown) in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
Amazwi's primary functions are t... |
Nnamdi_Azikiwe_Stadium | Q763975 | AF | 5,927,783 | Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Enugu, Nigeria. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Enugu Rangers. The stadium has a capacity of 22,000 and it was named after the first president of the Republic of Nigeria, Nnamdi Azikiwe.
History
Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium ... |
Bukuru | Q4987153 | AF | 5,929,165 | Bukuru is a city located on the Jos Plateau in Nigeria. It was previously considered a separate city from the city of Jos close by, but like every other form of urbanization, the city of Jos has merged with the town of Bukuru to form the Jos-Bukuru metropolis. It is the headquarters of Jos South Local Government Area.... |
Bebeji | Q4878426 | AF | 5,934,976 | Bebeji is a Local Government Area in Kano State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Bebeji.
It has an area of 717 km and a population of 188,859 at the 2006 census.
The postal code of the area is 711.
Geography
The town of Bebeji is located 45 km southwest of Kano, with an estimated population of 350,346.... |
Loyola_Jesuit_College | Q16949533 | AF | 5,946,863 | Loyola Jesuit College is a private Catholic secondary boarding school, located in Gidan Mangoro, Abuja, Nigeria. The school was founded by the Society of Jesus on October 2, 1996, and is named after the Society's founder, St. Ignatius of Loyola. The school has consistently ranked at the top of Nigerian schools in the W... |
Winam_Gulf | Q776116 | AF | 5,960,979 | Winam Gulf is a significant extension of northeastern Lake Victoria into western Kenya. Formerly known as Kavirondo Gulf, Nyanza Gulf, and Lake Nyanza Gulf, it is a shallow inlet and is connected to the main lake by Rusinga Channel ( wide), which is partly masked from the main body of the lake by islands.
The port of ... |
Aapravasi_Ghat | Q9276 | AF | 5,963,425 | The Immigration Depot (, ISO: Āpravāsī Ghāta) is a building complex located in Port Louis on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, the first British colony to receive indentured, or contracted, labour workforce from many countries. From 1849 to 1923, half a million Indian indentured labourers passed through the Immigra... |
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