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Lualaba
Lualaba (Lualaba Province) is a province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created 9 January 2015 from Katanga, seat Kolwezi, bordering Angola and Zambia, and the center of DRC copper-cobalt mining; distinct from the Lualaba River.
Lualaba (луалаба, rivers_lake_centerlines:43)
The Lualaba (луалаба) is the headstream and upper course of the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, named the Congo at Kisangani.
Lualhati Bautista
Lualhati Bautista (1945–2023) was a Filipina novelist and screenwriter known for honest realism and women's issues, winning Palanca Awards for Gapô, Dekada '70, and Bata, Bata, Paano Ka Ginawa?
Luan Shu
Luan Shu (栾书), also called Luan Wuzi, was a minister of Jin who advocated the war that defeated Chu at Yanling and later killed Duke Li.
Luana Lopes Lara
Luana Lopes Lara is a Brazilian cofounder and chief operating officer of the prediction-market exchange Kalshi, and according to Forbes the world's youngest self-made woman billionaire.
Luana Patten
Luana Patten (1938-1996), American actress and one of Walt Disney's first two contract players; child star of Song of the South (Ginny Favers), Fun and Fancy Free, Melody Time, and So Dear to My Heart, later an ingénue in Home From the Hill and Johnny Tremain.
Luana Santos
Luana Santos (Luana do Valle Lopes Gonzales Santos, born 2000) is a Brazilian UFC women's bantamweight fighter, 11-2 pro, 6-1 in the UFC, former national judo team athlete known for judo throws and the kesa gatame leg americana.
Luancheng
Luancheng (栾城区) is a district of Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China, formerly Luancheng County until 2014. 345 km², named for Luan Shu's Spring-Autumn fief; 2026 H1 GDP 12.29 billion yuan.
Luanda
Luanda (São Paulo de Loanda) is the capital and largest city of Angola, founded by Paulo Dias de Novais in 1576 on the Atlantic coast; its province counted 8.67 million people, 23.7% of Angola, at the 2024 census.
Luanda Province
Luanda Province (Província de Luanda), Angola's most populous province containing the capital city Luanda, founded 1576; 8,665,510 residents in the 2024 census; divided in 2024 to create Icolo e Bengo province.
Luanda slave trade
The Luanda slave trade exported enslaved Africans through the port of Luanda, Angola, chiefly to Brazil; more captives left through it than any other single port.
Luang Prabang (ຫຼວງພະບາງ)
Luang Prabang (ຫຼວງພະບາງ), former royal capital of Lan Xang in northern Laos on a Mekong–Nam Khan peninsula; UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1995 for its fusion of Lao and French colonial architecture, now pressured by tourism and an upstream dam.
Luang Prabang Elephant Camp
Luangprabang Elephant Camp is a commercial elephant attraction in Ban Muang Khai near Luang Prabang, Laos, offering rides, bathing, walking and feeding. It rates 2.4/5 on Tripadvisor, fails Tripadvisor's Animal Welfare Policy, and is criticized for chaining elephants.
Luang Prabang Province
Luang Prabang Province (ຫຼວງພະບາງ), northern Laos; 12 districts, about 461,439 people (2021); home to UNESCO World Heritage town of Luang Prabang, Lan Xang royal capital, tourism-driven economy, and contested Mekong dam.
Luang Prasoet Chronicle
The Luang Prasoet Chronicle is the earliest extant version of the Royal Chronicles of Ayutthaya, compiled in 1681 under King Narai and covering history from before Ayutthaya's founding to the end of King Naresuan's reign.
Luangwa Flood Plains
Luangwa Flood Plains: 250,000 ha Ramsar site (no. 1660, designated 2 February 2007) in Eastern Province, Zambia, along the unregulated Luangwa River; spans South Luangwa, North Luangwa, and Luambe national parks and three game management areas, with over 50 mammal and 400 bird species.
Luanhe Cogen power station
Luanhe Cogen power station is a coal-fired cogeneration plant in Chengde, Hebei, China, founded in 1958 and now running three 330 MW units for 990 MW total.
Luann (comic strip)
Luann is Greg Evans's syndicated American comic strip, debuted March 17, 1985, following teenager Luann DeGroot; now co-created with daughter Karen Evans, Reuben Award 2003, distributed by Andrews McMeel.
Luann de Lesseps
Luann de Lesseps, born LuAnn Nadeau in 1965, is an American TV personality, cabaret singer, and author, original cast member of The Real Housewives of New York City (2008–2021), known as "The Countess," with singles like Money Can't Buy You Class and the #CountessAndFriends tour.
Luann Ryon
Luann Marie Ryon (1953–2022), American recurve archer with the State Archers of California; surprise gold at Montreal 1976 with 2,499 points, 1977 world champion in Canberra, 1983 Pan American Games medalist.
Luanne Peterpaul
Luanne Peterpaul is an American politician and attorney serving as a Democratic member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 11th district, elected in 2023.
Luanshya
Luanshya is a mining town and district in Zambia's Copperbelt Province, site of the Roan Antelope mine, Zambia's first commercial copper mine (operations from 1927). Population 212,864 (2022 census); economy based on copper mining and agriculture.
Luapula Province
Luapula Province, a province of northeastern Zambia, capital Mansa; borders DR Congo along the Luapula River and Lake Mweru; 50,567 km2, 991,927 people (2010), fishing, farming, and manganese mining economy.
Luarsab
Luarsab, full name Luarsab Tatkaridze, is the protagonist of Ilia Chavchavadze's 1863 satirical story "Katsia-Adamiani?!", whose name became a Georgian common noun for an idle, self-satisfied man.
Luarsab I of Kartli
Luarsab I (Georgian: ლუარსაბ I; 1502–1556) was a king of Kartli, in eastern Georgia, who reigned from 1527 to 1556 and led decades of resistance to Persian and Ottoman expansion.
Luarsab II of Kartli
Luarsab II (ლუარსაბ II, 1592–1622) was king of Kartli in eastern Georgia from 1606 to 1615; he refused to convert to Islam and was strangled on Shah Abbas I's order.
Luas
Luas is the light rail tram system serving Dublin, Ireland, opened in 2004 and running on two lines, the Red Line and the Green Line.
Luau (programming language)
Luau is a fast, gradually typed scripting language derived from Lua 5.1, developed by Roblox as the scripting language for its platform and open-sourced in 2021.
Luba civil war and the rise of Msiri's Garanganze
The Luba civil war and the rise of Msiri's Garanganze were connected 19th-century processes in Katanga: a succession crisis fragmented the Luba empire while Msiri built the Yeke empire.
Luba headrests
Luba headrests, called musamo, are carved wooden pillows made by the Luba peoples of the southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, used in sleep to preserve elaborate hairstyles.