Middle East and Africa

E169098
geopolitical region macro-region

The Middle East and Africa is a vast and diverse region spanning parts of Western Asia and the African continent, known for its cultural richness, significant natural resources, and rapidly developing economies.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Middle East and Africa canonical 7
Asia–Middle East 1

Statements (71)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geopolitical region ⓘ
macro-region ⓘ
characterizedBy cultural diversity ⓘ
linguistic diversity ⓘ
religious diversity ⓘ
continentPart Africa ⓘ
Asia ⓘ
hasMajorCity Cairo ⓘ
Dubai ⓘ
Istanbul ⓘ
Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Johannesburg

Lagos ⓘ
Nairobi ⓘ
Riyadh ⓘ
Tehran ⓘ
hasMajorDesert Arabian Desert ⓘ
Kalahari Desert ⓘ
Sahara Desert ⓘ
hasMajorIndustry agriculture ⓘ
mining ⓘ
oil and gas ⓘ
telecommunications ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasMajorMountainRange Atlas Mountains ⓘ
Ethiopian Highlands ⓘ
Taurus Mountains ⓘ
Zagros Mountains ⓘ
hasMajorRiver Congo River ⓘ
Euphrates ⓘ
Niger River ⓘ
Nile ⓘ
Tigris ⓘ
hasMajorWaterBody Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Persian Gulf ⓘ
Red Sea ⓘ
hasPart Middle East ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
Sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ
hasStrategicWaterway Bab-el-Mandeb Strait ⓘ
surface form: Bab-el-Mandeb

Strait of Hormuz ⓘ
Suez Canal ⓘ
includesEconomicGroup East African Community ⓘ
ECOWAS ⓘ
surface form: Economic Community of West African States

Gulf Cooperation Council ⓘ
Southern African Development Community ⓘ
includesPoliticalOrganization African Union ⓘ
Arab League ⓘ
isKeyRegionFor emerging markets investment ⓘ
global energy supply ⓘ
maritime trade routes ⓘ
knownFor cultural heritage ⓘ
mineral resources ⓘ
natural gas resources ⓘ
rapidly developing economies ⓘ
significant oil reserves ⓘ
young population ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Hemisphere ⓘ
global South ⓘ
surface form: Global South
majorLanguages Amharic ⓘ
Arabic ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
Swahili ⓘ
Turkish ⓘ
majorReligions Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Honeywell → operatesIn → Middle East and Africa ⓘ
Kenvue → hasBusinessRegion → Middle East and Africa ⓘ
Alcatel → regionActivity → Middle East and Africa ⓘ
Equinix data centers → globalPresence → Middle East and Africa ⓘ
Russell Global Index → hasGeographicCoverage → Middle East and Africa ⓘ
Evergreen Marine → operatesOnRoute → Middle East and Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Asia–Middle East
NYSE:MMC → operatesIn → Middle East and Africa ⓘ
subject surface form: Marsh & McLennan Companies
Mercer, the HR consulting firm → operatesIn → Middle East and Africa ⓘ
subject surface form: Mercer