West Africa

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geographical region region

West Africa is a region on the western coast of the African continent, historically significant for its role in trans-Saharan and Atlantic trade, diverse cultures and languages, and complex precolonial and colonial histories.

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All labels observed (14)

Label Occurrences
West Africa canonical 1,291
West African coast 5
Western Africa 4

Statements (111)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
region ⓘ
abbreviation ECOWAS ⓘ
surface form: ECOWAS region
borders Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Central Africa ⓘ
Gulf of Guinea ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
Sahel ⓘ
colonizedBy France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
containsCountry Benin ⓘ
Burkina Faso ⓘ
Cameroon ⓘ
Cape Verde Islands ⓘ
surface form: Cape Verde

Chad ⓘ
Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ
surface form: Côte d’Ivoire

Equatorial Guinea ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ
Guinea ⓘ
Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
Liberia ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
Mauritania ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Senegal ⓘ
Sierra Leone ⓘ
São Tomé and Príncipe ⓘ
The Gambia ⓘ
Togo ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
hadHistoricEmpire Ashanti Empire ⓘ
Ghana Empire ⓘ
Mali Empire ⓘ
Oyo Empire ⓘ
Songhai Empire ⓘ
hadHistoricState Kingdom of Benin ⓘ
Kingdom of Dahomey ⓘ
Wolof Empire ⓘ
hasBiome savanna ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ
hasClimate semi-arid climate ⓘ
tropical climate ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage griot tradition ⓘ
kente cloth ⓘ
talking drum ⓘ
hasCurrency West African CFA franc ⓘ
hasCurrencyUnion ECOWAS ⓘ
surface form: West African Economic and Monetary Union
hasEthnicGroup Akan people ⓘ
Ewe ⓘ
surface form: Ewe people

Fulani ⓘ
surface form: Fulani people

Hausa people ⓘ
Igbo people ⓘ
Mandinka people ⓘ
Songhai people ⓘ
Wolof ⓘ
surface form: Wolof people

Yoruba people ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
hasLinguaFranca Arabic ⓘ
surface form: Arabic language

English language ⓘ
French language ⓘ
Hausa ⓘ
surface form: Hausa language

Portuguese language ⓘ
hasMajorCity Abidjan ⓘ
Abuja ⓘ
Accra ⓘ
Bamako ⓘ
Banjul ⓘ
Conakry ⓘ
Cotonou ⓘ
Dakar ⓘ
Freetown ⓘ
Lagos ⓘ
Lomé ⓘ
Monrovia ⓘ
Niamey ⓘ
Nouakchott ⓘ
Ouagadougou ⓘ
Praia ⓘ
hasMajorRiver Gambia River ⓘ
Niger River ⓘ
Senegal River ⓘ
Volta River ⓘ
hasNaturalResource bauxite ⓘ
cocoa ⓘ
diamonds ⓘ
gold ⓘ
oil ⓘ
hasRegionalBank West African Development Bank ⓘ
hasRegionalOrganization ECOWAS ⓘ
surface form: Economic Community of West African States
hasReligion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
hasSubregion Lower Guinea ⓘ
Sahel ⓘ
West Africa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Upper Guinea
historicallyKnownFor Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
gold trade ⓘ
salt trade ⓘ
trans-Saharan trade ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Hemisphere ⓘ
Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
Western Hemisphere ⓘ
partOf Africa ⓘ
timeZoneIncludes Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ
West Africa Time (WAT) ⓘ
surface form: West Africa Time

Referenced by (1,313)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Seven Years' War → theater → West Africa ⓘ
Africa → hasSubregion → West Africa ⓘ
Dutch West India Company → operatedIn → West Africa ⓘ
Greenwich Mean Time → usedIn → West Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Africa (some countries)
West African languages → region → West Africa ⓘ
Atlantic slave trade → mainRegion → West Africa ⓘ
Pan troglodytes → nativeTo → West Africa ⓘ
Liberia → locatedIn → West Africa ⓘ
Hausa → spokenIn → West Africa ⓘ
Treaty of Paris (1763) → affectedRegion → West Africa ⓘ
Niger Delta → partOf → West Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guinea Coast
Yoruba → locatedIn → West Africa ⓘ
WIC → primaryRegionOfActivity → West Africa ⓘ
subject surface form: Dutch West India Company
Elmina Castle → region → West Africa ⓘ
Gulf of Guinea → economicImportanceFor → West Africa ⓘ
Northern Nigeria → locatedIn → West Africa ⓘ
Fulani → region → West Africa ⓘ
Afrobeats → culturalOrigin → West Africa ⓘ
West Africa → hasSubregion → West Africa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Guinea
ECOWAS → regionServed → West Africa ⓘ
ECA Subregional Office for West Africa → regionServed → West Africa ⓘ
Kano → partOf → West Africa ⓘ
Dakar → subregion → West Africa ⓘ
French → region → West Africa ⓘ
2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak → economicImpactRegion → West Africa ⓘ
French West Africa → locatedIn → West Africa ⓘ
Africa Rocks → includesSpeciesFrom → West Africa ⓘ
Royal African Company → tradingRegion → West Africa ⓘ
United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire → regionServed → West Africa ⓘ
Central Africa → borderedBy → West Africa ⓘ
Niger → locatedIn → West Africa ⓘ
Western Nigeria → locatedInRegion → West Africa ⓘ
Igbo → locatedIn → West Africa ⓘ
Cameroon → region → West Africa ⓘ
Ghana → locatedIn → West Africa ⓘ
Tommy Atkins mango → isWidelyGrownIn → West Africa ⓘ
Sierra Leone → region → West Africa ⓘ
Niger River → locatedIn → West Africa ⓘ
Maliki school → mainRegion → West Africa ⓘ
Wolof → region → West Africa ⓘ
Mandinka → spokenIn → West Africa ⓘ
Mandinka → region → West Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Guinea
Kwa languages → spokenIn → West Africa ⓘ
Bambara → primaryRegion → West Africa ⓘ
Cape Verdean Creole → spokenIn → West Africa ⓘ
Songhay languages → spokenIn → West Africa ⓘ
Middle Passage → hasLocation → West Africa ⓘ
Middle Passage → originatesFrom → West Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: West African coast
Office of the Special Envoy for the Sahel → focusesOnRegion → West Africa ⓘ
Guinea-Bissau → locatedIn → West Africa ⓘ