West Africa

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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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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

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Benin locatedIn West Africa
Bioko Island locatedOffCoastOf West Africa
Ga region West Africa
subject surface form: Ga language
Ghanaian cedi region West Africa
Atlantic world involvesRegion West Africa
Senegal region West Africa
West Africa Time (WAT) usedInRegion West Africa
subject surface form: West Africa Time
Patrice hasUsageRegion West Africa
Oryza glaberrima nativeTo West Africa
Oryza glaberrima domesticatedIn West Africa
Oryza glaberrima distribution West Africa
Oryza glaberrima regionOfEarlyCultivation West Africa
this entity surface form: Upper Guinea region
Mali region West Africa
Togo locatedIn West Africa
Gold Coast locatedIn West Africa
Monrovia locatedIn West Africa
Liberian dollar region West Africa
Guinea locatedIn West Africa
The Gambia locatedIn West Africa
Burkina Faso locatedIn West Africa
Côte d'Ivoire region West Africa
West Chadic geographicDistribution West Africa
Boko alphabet usedIn West Africa
Guttera distribution West Africa
Michael Boulos businessRegion West Africa
Apapa Port regionServed West Africa
Oyo region West Africa
Dutch Gold Coast locatedIn West Africa
Regla de Ocha hasCulturalOrigin West Africa
Tin Can Island Port region West Africa
British Gold Coast locatedIn West Africa
Diogo de Azambuja placeOfActivity West Africa
Diogo de Azambuja sphereOfInfluence West Africa
this entity surface form: Atlantic Africa
Nigerian Pidgin region West Africa
Oyo Empire locatedIn West Africa
Mobil Oil Nigeria region West Africa
Bight of Benin locatedOnCoastOf West Africa
Sokoto Caliphate locatedIn West Africa
Yola locatedIn West Africa