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African Great Lakes

series of lakes in the Rift Valley
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African Great Lakes
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Summary

African Great Lakes is a group of lakes[1]. It ranks in the top 0.88% of group of lakes entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,576 views/month, #1 of 114).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Burundi[3], Zambia[4], Kenya[5], Democratic Republic of the Congo[6], Malawi[7], Mozambique[8], Rwanda[9], Tanzania[10], Uganda[11], Ethiopia[12]
  • Commons category: African Great Lakes[13]
  • Has part(s): Lake Kivu[14], Lake Victoria[15], Lake Tanganyika[16], Lake Malawi[17], Lake Albert[18], Lake Edward[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:African Great Lakes[20]
  • Topic has template: Template:African Great Lakes[21]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22], WikiProject Rwanda[23]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of African Great Lakes[24]

Why It Matters

African Great Lakes has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Related Entities

Burundi Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Kenya Lake Albert Lake Edward Lake Malawi Lake Tanganyika Malawi Mozambique Rwanda Tanzania Uganda University of East Africa Zambia

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15w ago · Charp238 · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of African Great Lakes
    Instance of → group of lakes
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Native label: Maziwa Makuu"
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