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6 unusual facts about Western Province


Cyangugu

Cyangugu (formerly Shangugu) is a city and capital of the Ruzizi District in Western Province, Rwanda.

Kabompo Ferry

The Kabompo Ferry is a vehicle pontoon ferry with a 25-tonne capacity on the Kabompo River dividing the Western and North-Western Provinces of Zambia.

Piliyandala

Piliyandala, Sri Lanka is one of the relatively more populated suburbs located in the Colombo District of the Western Province, Sri Lanka and it is surrounded by Moratuwa, Kesbawa, Maharagama, Pannipitiya, Bandaragama, and Kahathuduwa, which are suburbs nearby.

Suranimala Rajapaksha

Thereby he was sworn in as the Minister of Education, Sports, Youth, Women and Cultural Affairs in Western Province.

Western Province, Rwanda

Western Province comprises the former provinces of Cyangugu, Gisenyi, Kibuye, and a small portion of Ruhengeri.

Western Province, Zambia

The main one and the chief access for the province is the 610-kilometre Lusaka-Mongu road or Great West Road, which in the past has been poorly maintained but has recently been resurfaced.


Andrew Jordaan

All of his appearances were in the Howa Bowl, a South African cricket competition which was contested between Eastern Province, Natal, Transvaal and Western Province.

Christopher Laore

In August 2010, his brother Steve Laore was elected first time Member of Parliament for the constituency of Shortlands, in the Western Province, but died suddenly just three weeks later.

Dion O'Cuinneagain

O' Cuinneagain played rugby at various levels with University of Cape Town and then Western Province where his team mates included, among others, Tiaan Strauss, Corne Krige and Bobby Skinstad.

Fa Hien Cave

Pahiyangala Cave is a cave in the district of Kalutara, Western Province, Sri Lanka, according to a village legend named after the Buddhist monk Faxian (Wade-Giles: Pa hiyan).

Ingiriya Divisional Secretariat

Ingiriya Divisional Secretariat is a Divisional Secretariat of Kalutara District, of Western Province, Sri Lanka.

Kiunga Rural LLG

The Kiunga Rural LLG is a local level government area situated in the North Fly District of the Western Province of Papua New Guinea.

Kiunga Urban LLG

The Kiunga Urban LLG is a local level government area situated in the North Fly District of the Western Province of Papua New Guinea.

Neil Snyman

Neil Martin Snyman (born March 4, 1963, Prieska, Cape Province) is a former Boland and Western Province cricketer.

Ningerum Rural LLG

The Ningerum Rural LLG is a local level government area situated in the North Fly District of the Western Province of Papua New Guinea.

Ok Tedi Mine

The Ok Tedi Mine is an open-pit copper and gold mine in Papua New Guinea located near the headwaters of the Ok Tedi River, in the Star Mountains Rural LLG of the North Fly District of the Western Province of Papua New Guinea.

Olsobip Rural LLG

The Olsobip Rural LLG is a local level government situated in the North Fly District of the Western Province of Papua New Guinea.

Peter de Villiers

In 1998, he enjoyed his first major appointments as assistant coach for Western Province in the Currie Cup and also the South Africa national under-19 side, which he took to third in the 1999 Under 19 Rugby World Championship.

Shangombo

The small town of Shangombo located in Shangombo District in the Western Province of Zambia is one of the most remote towns in the country.

Star Mountains Rural LLG

The Star Mountains Rural LLG is a local level government situated in the Star Mountains in the North Fly District of the Western Province of Papua New Guinea.

Tommy Bowe

He wasn't included for the next two games before coming back for the match against Western Province where he scored his fourth try of the tour and set up another for Ugo Monye.


see also

Alamor

In the south-western province of Loja, is the canton Puyango, bordered on the north by the canton Avocados and the province of El Oro, on the south by the cantons of Celica and Pindal, east of Celica and Avocado Zapotillo and west of the Republic of Peru.

Awaba

Awaba Airport, an airport in Awaba, in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea

Gizo

Gizo, Solomon Islands, the capital of the Western Province in the Solomon Islands

Kabompo Ferry

The Kabompo Ferry is on the main north-south gravel road in western Zambia, from Lukulu, Kaoma and Mongu in Western Province to Kabompo, Zambezi town and Mwinilunga in North-Western Province.

Mumbwa

Its district covers the western part of the Central Province bordering Kaoma and Western Province to the west, Namwala and Southern Province to the south, Lusaka and Lusaka Province to the east, Kasempa and North-Western Province to the north and Kabwe to the north-east.

Parachute Association of South Africa

Skydive Robertson (Western Province Sport Parachute Club) - Student Operations, operates out of Robertson Airfield in the Western Cape town of Robertson at the heart of South Africa's wine route Route 62 (South Africa) - 147km from Cape Town.

Peter Kirsten

Kirsten represented Western Province at schools level in both rugby (Craven Week 1972-73) and cricket (Nuffield Week 1971-72-73).

Pyotr Dmitrievich Sviatopolk-Mirskii

After Sipiagin's assassination (1902) Sviatopolk-Mirskii resigned as Assistant Minister but was persuaded to accept the position of Governor-General of the North-Western province that included gubernias of Vilna, Kovno and Grodno (that is modern-day Lithuania and most of the Belarus).

Sabratha

In 1943, during the Second World War, archaeologist Max Mallowan, husband of novelist Agatha Christie, was based at Sabratha as an assistant to the Senior Civil Affairs Officer of the Western Province of Tripolitania.

Southern Province, Zambia

The south-western border with Western Province runs through the teak forests around Mulobezi which once supported a commercial timber industry and for which the Mulobezi Railway was built.