East Africa

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geographical region subregion of Africa

East Africa is a region on the eastern side of the African continent, known for its diverse cultures, significant wildlife and safari tourism, and countries such as Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Ethiopia.

Aliases (12)
Statements (59)
Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region →
subregion of Africa →
borderedBy Indian Ocean →
climateType arid →
highland →
tropical →
contains East African Rift →
Lake Malawi →
Lake Tanganyika →
Lake Victoria →
Mount Kenya →
Mount Kilimanjaro →
continent Africa →
economicActivity agriculture →
livestock herding →
tourism →
economicCommunity East African Community →
hasBiodiversityHotspot Afromontane forests →
surface form: "Eastern Afromontane biodiversity hotspot"
hasSubregion East Africa →
surface form: "African Great Lakes region"

East African Rift →
surface form: "East African Rift Valley"

Horn of Africa →
Swahili Coast →
includesCountry Burundi →
Comoros →
Djibouti →
Eritrea →
Ethiopia →
Kenya →
Madagascar →
Mauritius →
Mozambique →
Rwanda →
Seychelles →
Somalia →
South Sudan →
Sudan →
Tanzania →
Uganda →
knownFor Great Rift Valley landscapes →
Maasai culture →
Serengeti ecosystem →
safari tourism →
wildlife diversity →
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages →
Niger–Congo languages →
surface form: "Niger-Congo languages"

Nilo-Saharan languages →
locatedIn Eastern Hemisphere →
Sub-Saharan Africa →
partOf Africa →
surface form: "African continent"
religion Christianity →
Islam →
traditional African religions →
timeZoneRegion East Africa Time →
widelySpokenLanguage Amharic →
Arabic →
English →
Oromo →
Somali →
Swahili language →
surface form: "Swahili"
Referenced by (152)

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

Mauritius → UNRegion → East Africa →
this entity surface form: "Eastern Africa"
Luigi Frusci → activityRegion → East Africa →
Somali Current → adjacentTo → East Africa →
this entity surface form: "East African coast"
Hugo van Lawick → areaOfActivity → East Africa →
Ismaili Shia → associatedWith → East Africa →
Central Africa → borderedBy → East Africa →
this entity surface form: "Swahili Coast"
Gujarati people → diaspora → East Africa →
Marathi people → diaspora → East Africa →
Punjabi people → diasporaCommunityIn → East Africa →
Dirachmaceae → distribution → East Africa →
Guttera → distribution → East Africa →
greater flamingo → distribution → East Africa →
Luo people → ethnicGroupOf → East Africa →
Sayyids → ethnicRegion → East Africa →
this entity surface form: "Eastern Africa"
this entity surface form: "Great Lakes region of Africa"
Mayotte → geographicRegion → East Africa →
Paradichrostachys → geographicRegion → East Africa →
Shafi'i school → hasMajorRegion → East Africa →
Indo-Pacific region → hasPart → East Africa →
this entity surface form: "Eastern Africa"
Africa → hasSubregion → East Africa →
East Africa → hasSubregion → East Africa →
this entity surface form: "African Great Lakes region"
Ibadi Islam → historicallyPresentIn → East Africa →
Africa Rocks → includesSpeciesFrom → East Africa →
Nairobi → isFinancialCentreOf → East Africa →
Kigali → isMajorHubIn → East Africa →
Horn of Africa → isPartOf → East Africa →
SRO-EA → jurisdiction → East Africa →
this entity surface form: "Eastern Africa subregion"
Afar Triangle → locatedIn → East Africa →
Danakil Desert → locatedIn → East Africa →
Debub → locatedIn → East Africa →
East African Rift → locatedIn → East Africa →
this entity surface form: "eastern Africa"
Geita Region → locatedIn → East Africa →
Gombe → locatedIn → East Africa →
Italian Somaliland → locatedIn → East Africa →
Kagera River → locatedIn → East Africa →
Kilwa Kisiwani → locatedIn → East Africa →
Kingdom of Buganda → locatedIn → East Africa →
Lake Albert → locatedIn → East Africa →
Lake Tanganyika → locatedIn → East Africa →
Lake Turkana → locatedIn → East Africa →
Lake Victoria → locatedIn → East Africa →
Malawi → locatedIn → East Africa →
this entity surface form: "southeastern Africa"
Margherita Peak → locatedIn → East Africa →
Mwanza → locatedIn → East Africa →
Rwenzori Mountains → locatedIn → East Africa →
Somali Plate → locatedIn → East Africa →
Tabora Region → locatedIn → East Africa →
Tsavo National Park → locatedIn → East Africa →
University of Nairobi → locatedIn → East Africa →
Victoria Nile → locatedIn → East Africa →
Zambezi River → locatedIn → East Africa →
this entity surface form: "Eastern Africa"
Southern Icefield → locatedInRegion → East Africa →
White Nile → locatedInRegion → East Africa →
Comoros → locatedOffCoastOf → East Africa →
this entity surface form: "eastern Africa"
Madagascar → locatedOffCoastOf → East Africa →
this entity surface form: "Southeastern Africa"
Seychelles → locatedOffCoastOf → East Africa →
Zanzibar → locatedOffCoastOf → East Africa →
East African campaign → location → East Africa →
Sikhism → majorPopulationRegion → East Africa →
Aquila nipalensis → migratoryFlyway → East Africa →
this entity surface form: "East African flyway"
Aquila verreauxii → nativeRange → East Africa →
this entity surface form: "eastern Africa"
African wild dog → nativeTo → East Africa →
Barbeyaceae → nativeTo → East Africa →
Chaetachme → nativeTo → East Africa →
this entity surface form: "eastern Africa"
Obetia → nativeTo → East Africa →
this entity surface form: "eastern Africa"
Stigmochelys → nativeTo → East Africa →
subject surface form: "Stigmochelys pardalis"
this entity surface form: "eastern Africa"
this entity surface form: "India–East Africa"
Swahili language → originRegion → East Africa →
this entity surface form: "East African coast"
Kilimanjaro Safaris → parkArea → East Africa →
this entity surface form: "Africa"
Ethiopian Highlands → partOf → East Africa →
Lake Victoria → partOf → East Africa →
this entity surface form: "African Great Lakes region"
Swahili language → primaryRegion → East Africa →
Afroasiatic languages → region → East Africa →
Bembe people → region → East Africa →
Blue Nile → region → East Africa →
East African shilling → region → East Africa →
Ethiopian Airlines → region → East Africa →
First Sudanese Civil War → region → East Africa →
Kampala → region → East Africa →
Kenyan shilling → region → East Africa →
Kigali → region → East Africa →
Kirundi → region → East Africa →
Luo → region → East Africa →
subject surface form: "Luo language"
Nairobi → region → East Africa →
Nilo-Saharian phylum → region → East Africa →
subject surface form: "Nilo-Saharan phylum"
this entity surface form: "eastern Africa"
Nilo-Saharian → region → East Africa →
this entity surface form: "Eastern Africa"
Nuer language → region → East Africa →
Nyayo National Stadium → region → East Africa →
Seychelles → region → East Africa →
Seychellois Creole → region → East Africa →
Shabelle River → region → East Africa →
Somalia → region → East Africa →
Tekeze River → region → East Africa →
Teso language → region → East Africa →
Uganda → region → East Africa →
Ugandan shilling → region → East Africa →
Diamond Platnumz → regionOfActivity → East Africa →
this entity surface form: "Eastern Africa"
EAC → regionServed → East Africa →
subject surface form: "East African Community"
IGAD → regionServed → East Africa →
Makerere University → regionServed → East Africa →
SRO-EA → regionServed → East Africa →
this entity surface form: "Eastern Africa"
Strathmore University → regionServed → East Africa →
Wilson Airport → regionServed → East Africa →
this entity surface form: "Eastern Africa"
Green Hills of Africa → setIn → East Africa →
Sinbad the Sailor → settingRegion → East Africa →
Nile → sourceRegion → East Africa →
Eastern Sudanic languages → spokenIn → East Africa →
this entity surface form: "Eastern Africa"
Gujarati → spokenIn → East Africa →
Nilo-Saharan languages → spokenIn → East Africa →
this entity surface form: "Eastern Africa"
Burundi → subregion → East Africa →
KE → subregion → East Africa →
this entity surface form: "Eastern Africa"
MZ → subregion → East Africa →
this entity surface form: "Eastern Africa"
Rwanda → subregion → East Africa →
Debal → tradeWith → East Africa →
Ibn Battuta → traveledTo → East Africa →
Djiboutian franc → usedInRegion → East Africa →
East Africa Time → usedInRegion → East Africa →
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