Asiatic Barred Zone

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geopolitical region immigration restriction legal concept

The Asiatic Barred Zone was a region defined by early 20th-century U.S. immigration law that effectively prohibited immigration from most of Asia and the Pacific Islands.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Asiatic barred zone	2
Asiatic Barred Zone canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1758298 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Asiatic Barred Zone
Context triple: [Immigration Act of 1917, createdImmigrationBarrier, Asiatic Barred Zone]

A. Karas Region
Karas Region is the southernmost administrative region of Namibia, known for its arid landscapes, desert scenery, and coastal towns along the Atlantic Ocean.
B. Kalunguta Health Zone
Kalunguta Health Zone is a health administrative area in North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, known for being heavily affected during the 2018–2020 Kivu Ebola epidemic.
C. Toba Kakar area
The Toba Kakar area is a mountainous region in western Pakistan’s Balochistan province, forming part of the Toba Kakar Range near the Afghan border.
D. Palearctic–Oriental transition zone
The Palearctic–Oriental transition zone is a biogeographical boundary region in East Asia where temperate Palearctic flora and fauna intermingle with tropical Oriental species, creating a distinctive mix of biodiversity.
E. Shabara
Shabara was an early Indian philosopher and commentator best known for his influential exegesis on the Purva Mimamsa school of Hindu philosophy.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Asiatic Barred Zone
Target entity description: The Asiatic Barred Zone was a region defined by early 20th-century U.S. immigration law that effectively prohibited immigration from most of Asia and the Pacific Islands.

A. Karas Region
Karas Region is the southernmost administrative region of Namibia, known for its arid landscapes, desert scenery, and coastal towns along the Atlantic Ocean.
B. Kalunguta Health Zone
Kalunguta Health Zone is a health administrative area in North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, known for being heavily affected during the 2018–2020 Kivu Ebola epidemic.
C. Toba Kakar area
The Toba Kakar area is a mountainous region in western Pakistan’s Balochistan province, forming part of the Toba Kakar Range near the Afghan border.
D. Palearctic–Oriental transition zone
The Palearctic–Oriental transition zone is a biogeographical boundary region in East Asia where temperate Palearctic flora and fauna intermingle with tropical Oriental species, creating a distinctive mix of biodiversity.
E. Shabara
Shabara was an early Indian philosopher and commentator best known for his influential exegesis on the Purva Mimamsa school of Hindu philosophy.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geopolitical region ⓘ immigration restriction ⓘ legal concept ⓘ
abolishedBy	McCarran–Walter Act ⓘ surface form: Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952
appliesTo	immigrants from most Pacific Islands ⓘ immigrants from most of Asia ⓘ immigration ⓘ
appliesToEthnicGroup	Middle Easterners ⓘ Pacific Islanders ⓘ South Asian ethnic groups ⓘ surface form: South Asians Southeast Asia ⓘ surface form: Southeast Asians
appliesToReligion	Buddhism ⓘ surface form: Buddhists Hinduism ⓘ surface form: Hindus Muslims ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createdBy	United States Congress ⓘ
describedAs	Asiatic Barred Zone self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Asiatic barred zone barred zone ⓘ
effect	barred immigration to the United States ⓘ institutionalized racial exclusion in U.S. immigration law ⓘ prohibited entry of most Asian immigrants ⓘ
endTime	1952 ⓘ June 27, 1952 ⓘ
establishedBy	Immigration Act of 1917 ⓘ
excludes	American territories in Asia ⓘ Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 ⓘ surface form: China (already restricted by Chinese Exclusion laws) Japan ⓘ Philippines ⓘ
hasCause	economic fears about Asian labor ⓘ nativist sentiment in the United States ⓘ racially discriminatory immigration policies ⓘ
hasTopic	U.S. immigration history ⓘ racial exclusion in immigration law ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ
legalStatus	statutory exclusion zone ⓘ
legalSystem	United States federal law ⓘ
location	Asia ⓘ Central Asia ⓘ Indian subcontinent ⓘ Micronesia ⓘ Middle East ⓘ Pacific Islands ⓘ Polynesia ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ most Pacific Islands ⓘ most of Asia ⓘ parts of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
partOf	U.S. national-origins immigration regime ⓘ
startTime	1917 ⓘ February 5, 1917 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Immigration Act of 1917 → createdImmigrationBarrier → Asiatic Barred Zone ⓘ

Asiatic Barred Zone Act → defines → Asiatic Barred Zone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Asiatic barred zone

Asiatic Barred Zone → describedAs → Asiatic Barred Zone self-linksurface differs ⓘ