Horn of Africa

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geographical region peninsula

The Horn of Africa is a peninsula in Northeast Africa that juts into the Arabian Sea and is known for countries such as Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti, serving as a strategic and cultural crossroads between Africa and the Arab world.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Horn of Africa canonical	303
Horn of Africa region	7
Somali Peninsula	4
Horn of Africa coast	2
East Africa	1
Greater Horn of Africa	1
Horn of Africa Sprachbund	1
Horn of Africa biodiversity hotspot	1
Horn of Africa floristic region	1
Horn of Africa maritime region	1
Horn of Africa politics	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region ⓘ peninsula ⓘ
adjacentTo	Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
borders	Arabian Sea ⓘ Gulf of Aden ⓘ Indian Ocean ⓘ
climateType	arid ⓘ semi-arid ⓘ tropical savanna ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
culturalCrossroadsOf	Africa ⓘ Arab world ⓘ
geopoliticalImportance	control of access to Suez Canal ⓘ
hasDesert	Danakil Desert ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	agriculture ⓘ fishing ⓘ pastoralism ⓘ
hasEcoregion	Ethiopian Highlands ⓘ Somali Acacia–Commiphora bushlands and thickets ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup	Afar ⓘ surface form: Afar people Amhara (commonly reported) ⓘ surface form: Amhara people Oromo ⓘ surface form: Oromo people Somali people ⓘ Tigray-Tigrinya people ⓘ
hasLargestCountryByArea	Ethiopia ⓘ
hasLongestCoastlineCountry	Somalia ⓘ
hasMountainRange	Ethiopian Highlands ⓘ
hasPortCity	Berbera ⓘ Bossaso ⓘ Djibouti City ⓘ Mogadishu ⓘ
hasSeaLittoral	Red Sea ⓘ
includesCountry	Djibouti ⓘ Eritrea ⓘ Ethiopia ⓘ Somalia ⓘ
isPartOf	East Africa ⓘ Greater Horn of Africa ⓘ
locatedIn	Northeast Africa ⓘ
majorLanguageBranch	Afroasiatic languages ⓘ surface form: Cushitic languages Semitic languages ⓘ
majorLanguageFamily	Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
majorReligion	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ
nearbyStrait	Bab-el-Mandeb Strait ⓘ surface form: Bab-el-Mandeb
recognizedAs	biodiversity hotspot ⓘ
strategicFor	maritime trade ⓘ shipping routes between Europe and Asia ⓘ
timeZoneRegion	East Africa Time ⓘ

Referenced by (323)

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

Arab world → locatedIn → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Arab League → regionServed → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Global War on Terrorism → includesTheater → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Central Semitic languages → geographicDistribution → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Arabs → culturalRegion → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Ethiopian Highlands → locatedIn → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Ethiopia → locatedIn → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Eastern Catholic Churches → geographicalDistribution → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Second Italo-Ethiopian War → location → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Ethiopian Rite → geographicRegion → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Mogadishu → locatedIn → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Semitic languages → hasRegion → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Djibouti → locatedInRegion → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Dirachmaceae → nativeTo → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Islamic world → hasRegion → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Somalia → locatedIn → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Somalia → region → Horn of Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greater Horn of Africa

Modern Standard Arabic → usedIn → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Afroasiatic languages → region → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Eritrea → locatedIn → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Gulf of Aden → locatedBetween → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Gulf of Aden → region → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Asha Hagi Elmi → areaOfInfluence → Horn of Africa ⓘ

East Africa → hasSubregion → Horn of Africa ⓘ

LAS → regionServed → Horn of Africa ⓘ

al-Qaeda → operatesIn → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Shafi'i school → hasMajorRegion → Horn of Africa ⓘ

IGAD → regionServed → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Bab-el-Mandeb Strait → region → Horn of Africa ⓘ

East Africa Time → usedInRegion → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Danakil Desert → locatedIn → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Blue Nile → region → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Tadjoura → partOf → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Tekeze River → locatedIn → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Gulf of Tadjoura → locatedIn → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Awash River Basin → locatedIn → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Somali → region → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Armed Forces of Ethiopia → region → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Harar Jugol → hasCulturalInfluenceFrom → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Operation Enduring Freedom → location → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Southern Arabia → tradedWith → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Aksumite Empire → locatedIn → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Greater Middle East → includesRegion → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Afar Triangle → locatedIn → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Afar → region → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Eastern Christianity → hasGeographicCenter → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Regional Service Centre Entebbe → supportsRegion → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Northeast Africa → contains → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church → originRegion → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Ethiopian Empire → locatedIn → Horn of Africa ⓘ