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Kasaï-Central
Kasaï-Central, DRC province created 2015 from Kasaï-Occidental, capital Kananga, about 5.09 million people, 59,079 km², five territories, subsistence farming, artisanal diamond and gold mining, epicenter of the 2016 Kamuina Nsapu conflict.
Kasaï-Occidental Province
Kasaï-Occidental (Western Kasai) was a former province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, capital Kananga, existing 1966 to 18 July 2015, when it split into Kasaï-Central and Kasaï; known for Tshikapa diamond mining, deindustrialization, and a 74.8% poverty rate.
Kasak (कसक) (1992 film)
Kasak (कसक) is a 1992 Hindi remake of Mani Ratnam's Mouna Ragam, directed by K. Bapaiah, starring Rishi Kapoor, Neelam Kothari, and Chunky Pandey; completed 1990, released January 1992, a flop.
Kasam Tere Pyaar Ki (कसम तेरे प्यार की)
Kasam Tere Pyaar Ki (कसम तेरे प्यार की), also listed as Kasam Teri Pyaar Ki, is a Colors TV Hindi romantic drama (2016–2018, 623 episodes) by Balaji Telefilms starring Ssharad Malhotra and Kratika Sengar in a reincarnation love story.
Kasama, Northern Province
Kasama is the capital of Zambia's Northern Province, 852 km from Lusaka; district population 340,678 (2022 census), TAZARA railway stop, upgraded Kasama Airport, Bemba Ukusefya Pa'ngwena ceremony, and a new 100 MW solar project.
Kasamh Se
Kasamh Se (कसम से, English title The Promise) is a Balaji Telefilms Hindi soap opera that aired on Zee TV from 16 January 2006 to 12 March 2009, running 742 episodes about sisters Bani, Piya and Rano, with Prachi Desai and Ram Kapoor as Bani and Jai Walia.
Kasane Teto (重音テト)
Kasane Teto (重音テト) is a Japanese virtual singer created as an April Fools' joke on 2channel in 2008, voiced by Oyamano Mayo, given a UTAU voicebank, and re-released in 2023 as Synthesizer V AI by AHS; hits include Mesmerizer and Override.
Kasangati
Kasangati is a fast-growing town council in Wakiso District, Uganda, 13 km northeast of Kampala on the Gayaza road; 277,685 residents at the 2024 census, home to Kasangati Health Centre IV and Kasangati Times.
Kasanje
Kasanje was an Imbangala warlord who, after the Portuguese moved their presidio to Ambaca in 1618, migrated east and founded the kingdom of Kasanje in what is now Angola.
Kasanje state
The Kasanje state (Ukasanje) was an Imbangala warrior kingdom founded around 1630 in northwestern Angola, ruled from fortified kilombo camps and a major participant in the transatlantic slave trade until its end in 1912.
Kasaqa
Kasaqa was a royal wife of Alara of Kush, the founder of the Napatan royal line, and the mother of Tabiry, who married the Kushite king Piye.
Kasaragod (കാസർഗോഡ്)
Kasaragod (കാസർഗോഡ്) is Kerala's northernmost district, formed 24 May 1984 from Kasaragod and Hosdurg taluks. Known as Saptha Bhasha Sangama Bhoomi, land of seven languages, with 1,307,375 people (2011), 1,992 sq km, Bekal Fort, and the long-delayed Kasaragod Medical College.
Kasaragod district
Kasaragod district (Malayalam: കാസര്ഗോഡ്), Kerala's northernmost district, formed 24 May 1984 from Kannur district; 1,992 sq km, 12 rivers, four taluks, 2011 population 1,307,375, literacy 90.09%, Bekal Fort.
Kasaragod Embassy
Kasaragod Embassy (കാസർഗോഡ് എംബസി) is a 2026 Malayalam crime thriller web series on ZEE5, directed by Atish M Nair, about cousins Azi and Chemmu drawn into a fake passport racket in 2008-2010 Kasaragod, Kerala.
Kasarla Shyam
Kasarla Shyam (కాసర్ల శ్యామ్), Telugu film lyricist and folk singer from Warangal; debut Chantigadu (2003), breakthrough 'Neelapuri Gajulu' (Mahatma, 2009); National Film Award for Best Lyrics 2025 for 'Ooru Palletooru' from Balagam.
Kasauli (कसौली)
Kasauli (कसौली) is a cantonment town and hill station in Solan district, Himachal Pradesh, at 1,951 m, established as a British Army cantonment in 1842 and laid out by Robert Napier, known for Monkey Point, colonial churches, and the Kasauli Club.
Kasautii Zindagii Kay (कसौटी ज़िंदगी की) (2001 TV series)
Kasautii Zindagii Kay (कसौटी ज़िंदगी की), the 2001 Star Plus Hindi romantic drama by Ekta Kapoor's Balaji Telefilms, ran 2001–2008 about star-crossed lovers Anurag and Prerna, starring Shweta Tiwari, Cezanne Khan, Urvashi Dholakia, and Ronit Roy.
Kasautii Zindagii Kay (कसौटी ज़िंदगी की) (2018 TV series)
Kasautii Zindagii Kay (कसौटी ज़िंदगी की), also Kasautii Zindagii Kay 2, is Ekta Kapoor's 2018 Star Plus reboot of the 2001 serial, starring Erica Fernandes as Prerna, Parth Samthaan as Anurag, Hina Khan as Komolika, and Karan Singh Grover as Rishabh Bajaj, running 411 episodes until 2020.
Kasawari Oil and Gas Field
Kasawari is a large natural gas field in Block SK316, offshore Sarawak, Malaysia, discovered by PETRONAS in 2011; first gas came in August 2024, feeding the Bintulu LNG complex.
Kasaya (clothing)
Kasaya (jiasha, kesa) is the rectangular patchwork robe worn by Buddhist monastics, prescribed by the Buddha in ochre "degraded" colors, organized in the Three Robes system of five, seven, and nine or more panels, and transformed in East Asia into rank-marking embroidered silk.
Kasayapahuda
Kasayapahuda (कषायपाहुड़), also Kasayaprabhrita, is a Digambara Jain treatise on the four passions, composed in Sauraseni Prakrit by Gunadhara around the 2nd century and counted as scripture.
Kasba
Kasba Lake, a 1,341 km² glacial freshwater lake in Canada's Northwest Territories extending into Nunavut, headwater of the Kazan River, named from the Dene word for ptarmigan.
Kasbah
Kasbah (Arabic qasaba, citadel): a fortress or fortified district in a North African city, built mainly of adobe. Distinct from a ksar (fortified village); the Kasbah of Algiers is a 1992 World Heritage site.
Kasbah of Algiers
Kasbah of Algiers (Casbah d'Alger, قصبة الجزائر): the historic medina of Algiers, Algeria, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1992 (criteria ii, v), 54.7 ha, Ottoman-era hillside old town with about 50,000 residents facing conservation challenges.
Kasbah of Moulay Ismail
The Kasbah of Moulay Ismail (قصبة مولاي إسماعيل) is a fortified royal complex in Meknes, Morocco, built by Sultan Moulay Ismail, who made Meknes his capital.
KASCADE-Grande
KASCADE-Grande was an extensive air shower experiment at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology studying the energy and composition of cosmic rays, which recorded data from 2003 to 2012.
Kasei Valles
Kasei Valles, largest outflow channel system on Mars, runs over 2000 km from Echus Chasma to Chryse Planitia; origin debated between catastrophic aquifer floods and volcanic lava erosion.
Kasen
Kasen (歌仙) is a 36-verse form of Japanese linked poetry, renga and renku, with alternating long and short verses composed by several poets in turn.
Kasese clashes
The Kasese clashes were two days of violence in Kasese, western Uganda, in November 2016, when security forces killed over 100 people and stormed the Rwenzururu kingdom's palace.
Kasetsart University (มหาวิทยาลัยเกษตรศาสตร์)
Kasetsart University (มหาวิทยาลัยเกษตรศาสตร์), KU, is Thailand's agriculture-focused public university, founded 2 February 1943 at Bang Khen, Bangkok; campuses include Kamphaeng Saen, Si Racha, and Sakon Nakhon; QS 2026 places it 701–710 globally.