Al Jazirah state

E235412
state of Sudan

Al Jazirah state is an agricultural region in east-central Sudan, known for the large-scale Gezira irrigation scheme between the Blue and White Nile rivers.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Al Jazirah state canonical 3
Al Jazira state 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf state of Sudan ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf Sudan ⓘ
agriculturalSystemType irrigated agriculture ⓘ
borderedBy Gedaref State ⓘ
surface form: Gedaref state

Khartoum state ⓘ
Sennar State ⓘ
surface form: Sennar state

White Nile State ⓘ
surface form: White Nile state
capital Wad Madani ⓘ
climate semi-arid ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Sudan ⓘ
countrySubdivisionOf Sudan ⓘ
surface form: Republic of the Sudan
economicActivity cotton cultivation ⓘ
livestock raising ⓘ
sorghum cultivation ⓘ
wheat cultivation ⓘ
hasCity Al-Hasaheisa ⓘ
Rufaa ⓘ
Tamboul ⓘ
Wad Madani ⓘ
hasIrrigationProject Gezira Scheme ⓘ
surface form: Gezira irrigation scheme
hasNameVariant Al Jazirah state self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Al Jazira state

Gezira State ⓘ
surface form: Gezira state
hasRegion Gezira irrigation scheme core area ⓘ
hasSettlementType agricultural towns ⓘ
rural villages ⓘ
irrigationInfrastructure canal network ⓘ
pumping stations ⓘ
knownFor Gezira Scheme ⓘ
surface form: Gezira irrigation scheme

agriculture ⓘ
languageSpoken Arabic ⓘ
largestCity Wad Madani ⓘ
locatedBetween Blue Nile ⓘ
White Nile ⓘ
locatedIn east-central Sudan ⓘ
majorProjectStartPeriod 1920s ⓘ
officialLanguage Arabic ⓘ
partOf Gezira region ⓘ
primarySector agriculture ⓘ
regionType agricultural region ⓘ
riverNearby Blue Nile ⓘ
White Nile ⓘ
soilType clay plains ⓘ
waterSourceForIrrigation Blue Nile ⓘ
White Nile ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Wad Madani → locatedIn → Al Jazirah state ⓘ
Wad Madani → capitalOf → Al Jazirah state ⓘ
Al Jazirah state → hasNameVariant → Al Jazirah state self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Al Jazira state
Gezira Scheme → region → Al Jazirah state ⓘ