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1963 survey
editI have removed the assertion that "A survey was made in 1963." and what I assume was the reference, "BRATHAY EXPLORATION GROUP EXPEDITION TO UGANDA 1963 RGS-IBG Expeditions Database".
I found two relevant points:
- Brathay Exploration Group visited the area in 1962; descriptions in this short film and this journal article do not mention Wadelai.
- The Uganda Museum's Baker Centenary Expedition did survey the Albert Basin in summer 1963, taking in two area:
- "The area to the south of Lake Albert and east of the Semliki River between the Kisegi and Wasa Rivers"
- "The Murchison Falls area to the north of Lake Albert on both banks of the Victoria Nile"
jnestorius(talk) 01:06, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
- All's well; I found online sources and re-added with proper cites. jnestorius(talk) 03:54, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
Co-ordinates
editThe co-ordinates 2°50′N 31°35′E / 2.833°N 31.583°E from the 1911 (11th) edition are unreliable; they appear to be a long way north-east of the actual site of the station; they were removed from the article by the 1929 (14th) edition. OTOH there are GeoNames co-ordinates for the modern settlement and sub-county; I'm not sure how reliable they are or what existence the settlement has on the ground as opposed to in a GIS database. Since the article is really about the fort rather than the putative modern settlement I don't think the latter's co-ordinates should be promoted from their present location in the running text. jnestorius(talk) 03:54, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
Here are the four relevant places from GeoNames; all in Northern Region, Uganda:
- Amuru District > Kilak County > Amuru subcounty > (?Atiti village >) Wadelai Hill 2°43′45″N 31°29′09″E / 2.72917°N 31.48583°E (? location of British "Wadelai" base)
- Pakwach District > Jonam County >
- Wadelai subcounty 2°38′26″N 31°21′17″E / 2.64056°N 31.35472°E >
- Wadelai
villagepopulated place 2°43′27″N 31°23′33″E / 2.72417°N 31.39250°E [not a "village" — see next section jnestorius(talk) 16:31, 5 November 2021 (UTC)] - Pakwinyo village > Emin Pasha Camp 2°43′09″N 31°26′21″E / 2.71917°N 31.43917°E
- Wadelai
- Wadelai subcounty 2°38′26″N 31°21′17″E / 2.64056°N 31.35472°E >
Villages
editFrom the Nebbi District website is the following 2015 list of the parishes and villages in Wadelai sub-county....
Parish | Population (2014) | Villages in the parish |
---|---|---|
Mutir | 3,303 | Ajei East, Ajei West, Mutir Central, Mutir East, Mutir West, Ojigu Central, Ojigu East, Ojigu West, Pailo Central, Pailo East, Pailo West, Palam East, Palam West |
Pakwinyo | 6,284 | Akonyi, Aparario, Forest, Kabamba, Kolokolo, Mangala, Ocayo Lower, Ocayo Upper, Ongwele East, Ongwelle West, Orra, Pabego, Pachora East, Pachora West, Pader, Padigo, Parabilo, Pavogi East, Pavogi West, Ponvidi |
Pumit | 4,644 | Agi North, Agu South, Aroga, Bar-Boro, Lwalo, Ngamia, Padei North, Padei South, Pajago West, Pajgo East, Pavuji East, Pavuji West |
Ragem Lower | 5,988 | Ajobo, Alicaku, Alla, Jupaley East, Jupaley West, Mukandwa, Nyakumba East, Nyakumba West, Nyawino, Okuma Central, Okuma East, Okuma South, Okuma West, Opetku, Pakich East, Ragem Central, Ragem West |
Ragem Upper | 3,927 | Ayabu Central, Ayabu East, Ayabu West, Borowio, Borowio Central, Kalalo, Paten Central, Paten Lower, Paten Ocayo, Paten Upper, Payeng East, Payeng West, Ragem Prison |
References
- ^ "Total Population by Sex, Total Number of Households and proportion of Households headed by Females by Subcounty and Parish, Northern Region, 2014" (PDF). Uganda Bureau of Statistics. pp. 27–28. Retrieved 2 November 2021.; "Nebbi District Local Government; Lower (LC I & LC II) Adminstrative Units" (PDF). Nebbi District. pp. 25–27.
Since 2015:
- Wadelai sub-county has been moved to Pakwach District
- the parishes of Ragem Lower and Ragem Upper have been erected into a new sub-county of Ragem
- two new parishes of Ongwelle and Ojigo have been created in the reduced Wadelai sub-county, presumably taking some of the villages previously in Mutir, Pakwinyo, and/or Pumit parishes. (Probably Ongwelle parish at a minimum includes Ongwele East and Ongwelle West villages, and Ojigo parish includes Ojigu Central, Ojigu East, and Ojigu West villages.)
OpenStreetMap has the most detailed map of the area; its "Wadelai" node has metadata properties "GNS:dsg_string" and "place" with values "populated place" and "village" respectively. The nodes neighbouring Wadelai mostly correspond to village names:
OpenStreetMap name | direction | possible village name(s) |
---|---|---|
Arogalibowa | NW | Aroga, ?Bar-Boro, ?Lwalo |
Agu | N | Agi [sic] North, Agu South |
Mutir | NE | Mutir Central/East/West |
Panyilo | E | ?Pailo Central/East/West, ?Pajago West, Pajgo [sic] East |
Pakwinyo | SE | |
Paten | S | Paten Central/Lower/Ocayo/Upper |
Oborowiyo | SW | Borowio, Borowio Central |
My surmises are as follows:
- the nodes on OpenStreetMap do not correspond to "village" in the sense of "officially defined local government subdivision of a parish", but rather
- EITHER "village" the vague sense of "settlement of small population"
- OR "populated place" in the sense of "small administrative unit", which may be a parish (as with name Pakwinyo, Mutir, and Pumit, all names on the map) or subcounty (as with Wadelai)
- In which case, it is wrong for GeoNames to have separate entries (and co-ordinates) for Wadelai subcounty and Wadelai populated place. They are one and the same.