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.

Bollywood cinema → distributionRegion → East Africa ⓘ
IGAD → regionServed → East Africa ⓘ
African wild dog → nativeTo → East Africa ⓘ
French East India Company → operatedIn → East Africa ⓘ
Debal → tradeWith → East Africa ⓘ
Mayotte → geographicRegion → East Africa ⓘ
Malawi → locatedIn → East Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: southeastern Africa
Comoros → locatedOffCoastOf → East Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: eastern Africa
Lake Tanganyika → locatedIn → East Africa ⓘ
East Africa Time → usedInRegion → East Africa ⓘ
Lake Tanganyika shoreline → locatedIn → East Africa ⓘ
Tabora Region → locatedIn → East Africa ⓘ
Bembe people → region → East Africa ⓘ
Burundi → subregion → East Africa ⓘ
Gombe → locatedIn → East Africa ⓘ
Danakil Desert → locatedIn → East Africa ⓘ
East African Rift → locatedIn → East Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: eastern Africa
Blue Nile → region → East Africa ⓘ
Aquila verreauxii → nativeRange → East Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: eastern Africa
Tekeze River → region → East Africa ⓘ
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport → locatedIn → East Africa ⓘ
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport → regionServed → East Africa ⓘ
Nairobi Securities Exchange → locatedIn → East Africa ⓘ
Nairobi Securities Exchange → servesRegion → East Africa ⓘ
University of Nairobi → locatedIn → East Africa ⓘ
Strathmore University → regionServed → East Africa ⓘ
Nyayo National Stadium → region → East Africa ⓘ
United States International University Africa → regionServed → East Africa ⓘ
Kampala → region → East Africa ⓘ
Aquila nipalensis → migratoryFlyway → East Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: East African flyway
Seychellois Creole → region → East Africa ⓘ
East African Court of Justice → regionServed → East Africa ⓘ
East African Legislative Assembly → regionServed → East Africa ⓘ
Summit of EAC Heads of State → regionServed → East Africa ⓘ
East African shilling → region → East Africa ⓘ
Kagera River → locatedIn → East Africa ⓘ
National Museum of African Art → hasCollectionScope → East Africa ⓘ
Makerere University → regionServed → East Africa ⓘ
Luo → region → East Africa ⓘ
subject surface form: Luo language
Mwanza → locatedIn → East Africa ⓘ
Kirundi → region → East Africa ⓘ
Guttera → distribution → East Africa ⓘ
4th Indian Division → campaignHonours → East Africa ⓘ
Teso language → region → East Africa ⓘ
Nilo-Saharian → region → East Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Africa
Nilo-Saharian phylum → region → East Africa ⓘ
subject surface form: Nilo-Saharan phylum
this entity surface form: eastern Africa
Somali Current → adjacentTo → East Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: East African coast
Ethiopian Airlines → region → East Africa ⓘ
Southern Nilotic languages → geographicDistribution → East Africa ⓘ
Nuer language → region → East Africa ⓘ