East Africa

E21665
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.

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All labels observed (18)

Label Occurrences
East Africa canonical 752
Eastern Africa 30
eastern Africa 27

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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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 (828)

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

Africa → hasSubregion → East Africa ⓘ
Swahili language → primaryRegion → East Africa ⓘ
Swahili language → originRegion → East Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: East African coast
Auxiliary Territorial Service → servedInTheatres → East Africa ⓘ
Hugo van Lawick → areaOfActivity → East Africa ⓘ
Ethiopian Highlands → partOf → East Africa ⓘ
Nairobi → region → East Africa ⓘ
Nairobi → isFinancialCentreOf → East Africa ⓘ
Lake Victoria → locatedIn → East Africa ⓘ
Lake Victoria → partOf → East Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: African Great Lakes region
EAC → regionServed → East Africa ⓘ
subject surface form: East African Community
Nile → sourceRegion → East Africa ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan languages → spokenIn → East Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Africa
British East India Company → regionOfActivity → East Africa ⓘ
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa → regionServed → East Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Africa
Sikhism → majorPopulationRegion → East Africa ⓘ
Gujarati → spokenIn → East Africa ⓘ
Uganda → region → East Africa ⓘ
Zambezi River → locatedIn → East Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Africa
Indian Ocean trade network → connectedRegion → East Africa ⓘ
Indian Ocean trade network → connectedRegion → East Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swahili Coast
Dirachmaceae → distribution → East Africa ⓘ
Arabian Sea → historicallyLinkedRegions → East Africa ⓘ
Stigmochelys → nativeTo → East Africa ⓘ
subject surface form: Stigmochelys pardalis
this entity surface form: eastern Africa
Somalia → region → East Africa ⓘ
Afroasiatic languages → region → East Africa ⓘ
Barbeyaceae → nativeTo → East Africa ⓘ
ECA Subregional Office for Eastern Africa → servesRegion → East Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Africa
Ibadi Islam → historicallyPresentIn → East Africa ⓘ
East African campaign → location → East Africa ⓘ
British India Steam Navigation Company → operatedInRegion → East Africa ⓘ
British India Steam Navigation Company → connected → East Africa ⓘ
British India Steam Navigation Company → operatedRoute → East Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: India–East Africa
Marathi people → diaspora → East Africa ⓘ
East African Community → regionServed → East Africa ⓘ
Africa Rocks → includesSpeciesFrom → East Africa ⓘ
United Nations Mission in South Sudan → regionServed → East Africa ⓘ
Horn of Africa → isPartOf → East Africa ⓘ
East Africa → hasSubregion → East Africa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: African Great Lakes region
Punjabi people → diasporaCommunityIn → East Africa ⓘ
Central Africa → borderedBy → East Africa ⓘ
Rwanda → subregion → East Africa ⓘ
Bantu languages → geographicDistribution → East Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Africa
Bantu languages → geographicDistribution → East Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Lakes region of Africa
Sinbad the Sailor → settingRegion → East Africa ⓘ
Madagascar → locatedOffCoastOf → East Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southeastern Africa
Shafi'i school → hasMajorRegion → East Africa ⓘ
Mauritius → UNRegion → East Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Africa
Seychelles → locatedOffCoastOf → East Africa ⓘ
Seychelles → region → East Africa ⓘ