Kassala

E200411
city

Kassala is a city in eastern Sudan near the Eritrean border, known as a regional trade center and for its striking granite hills and cultural diversity.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kassala canonical 2
Kassala State 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
administrativeDivisionType state capital ⓘ
borderRegion Eritrea–Sudan border ⓘ
climate hot desert climate ⓘ
connectedBy road network to Khartoum ⓘ
road network to Port Sudan ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Sudan ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
livestock ⓘ
trade ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 500 metres ⓘ
hasCulturalCharacteristic blend of Sudanese and Eritrean influences ⓘ
multi-ethnic population ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Beja people ⓘ
Rashaida people ⓘ
Tigre people ⓘ
Tigray-Tigrinya people ⓘ
surface form: Tigrinya people
hasFunction administrative center of Kassala State ⓘ
commercial hub for eastern Sudan ⓘ
hasLandmark Khatmiyya Mosque ⓘ
Khatmiyya village ⓘ
Taka Mountains ⓘ
hasMarket regional trading market ⓘ
hasNearbyCountry Eritrea ⓘ
hasNearbyFeature granite outcrops ⓘ
rocky hills ⓘ
hasRegionalImportance gateway between Sudan and Eritrea ⓘ
hasRole regional trade center ⓘ
hasTransport regional bus connections ⓘ
historicalRegion eastern Sudan ⓘ
isCapitalOf Kassala State, Sudan ⓘ
surface form: Kassala State
knownFor cultural diversity ⓘ
striking granite hills ⓘ
languageUsed Arabic ⓘ
Beja ⓘ
Tigrinya ⓘ
locatedIn eastern Sudan ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Kassala State, Sudan ⓘ
surface form: Kassala State
locatedInTimeZone Africa/Khartoum ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Gash River ⓘ
nearBorderWith Eritrea ⓘ
partOf Sudan ⓘ
primaryReligion Islam ⓘ
timeZone Central Africa Time ⓘ
utcOffset +2 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Atbara River → cityOnRiver → Kassala ⓘ
Tigre → region → Kassala ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kassala State
Khashm el-Girba Dam → region → Kassala ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kassala State
Hassan al-Turabi → placeOfBirth → Kassala ⓘ