Horn of Africa

E20733

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.

Italian East Africa → locatedIn → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Tamaricaceae → geographicDistribution → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Djibouti City → region → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Tigrinya Muslims → subregion → Horn of Africa ⓘ

First Italo-Ethiopian War → theatre → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Port Sudan → region → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Ethiopian Catholic Church → primaryRegion → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Banaadir → locatedInRegion → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Somali National University → locatedIn → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Somali shilling → region → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Mogadishu University → regionServed → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Geez → region → Horn of Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: Geʽez

Afgooye → locatedInSubregion → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Geʽez script → originatesFrom → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Jowhar → locatedInRegion → Horn of Africa ⓘ

South Semitic languages → spokenIn → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Italian Somaliland → locatedIn → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Djiboutian franc → region → Horn of Africa ⓘ

.dj → associatedRegion → Horn of Africa ⓘ

French Territory of the Afars and the Issas → locatedIn → Horn of Africa ⓘ

United States Naval Forces Africa → areaOfResponsibility → Horn of Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Horn of Africa maritime region

Dirachma → isEndemicTo → Horn of Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Horn of Africa region

Paradichrostachys → nativeTo → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Paradichrostachys → geographicRegion → Horn of Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Horn of Africa floristic region

Eritrean–Ethiopian War → locatedIn → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Beja → culturalRegion → Horn of Africa ⓘ

People's Front for Democracy and Justice → region → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Debub → locatedIn → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Bilen people → culturalArea → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Nara people → culturalArea → Horn of Africa ⓘ

British military administration → locatedIn → Horn of Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: British Military Administration in Eritrea

Gurage languages → region → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Shabelle River → locatedIn → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Asmara → locatedIn → Horn of Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: East Africa

Jubba River → locatedIn → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Jubba River → majorRiverOf → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Saho → spokenIn → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Saho → linguisticArea → Horn of Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Horn of Africa Sprachbund

Southern Red Sea Region → locatedInRegion → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Allied reconquest of British Somaliland → geographicalContext → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Punt → possiblyLocatedIn → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Tigre people → subregion → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Saho people → ethnicGroupOf → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Italian conquest of British Somaliland → location → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Kunama people → locatedIn → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Port of Djibouti → locatedIn → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Somaliland → region → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Somaliland → partOf → Horn of Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Somali Peninsula

Port of Berbera → locatedInGeographicRegion → Horn of Africa ⓘ

Port of Berbera → regionServed → Horn of Africa ⓘ