Ogaden

E273458
historical region region

Ogaden is a historically contested, ethnically Somali-inhabited region in eastern Ethiopia known for its arid landscape and recurring conflicts over autonomy and control.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Ogaden canonical 4
Ogaden basin 1
Ogaden region 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
region ⓘ
adminCenter Jijiga ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ogaden ⓘ
surface form: Ogaden region

Somali Region of Ethiopia ⓘ
surface form: Somali Region
borderedBy Afar Region ⓘ
Djibouti ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ
Oromia Region ⓘ
Somalia ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
semi-arid ⓘ
colonialHistoryInvolves Somaliland ⓘ
surface form: British Somaliland

Italian Somaliland ⓘ
conflictInvolves Government of Ethiopia ⓘ
surface form: Ethiopian government

Ogaden National Liberation Front ⓘ
containsCity Gode ⓘ
Jijiga ⓘ
containsRiver Genale Dorya River ⓘ
Shebelle River NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Ethiopia ⓘ
disputedIn Ogaden conflict ⓘ
surface form: Ogaden War
economyBasedOn livestock herding ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
ethnicMajority Somali people ⓘ
hasIssue drought ⓘ
food insecurity ⓘ
human rights concerns ⓘ
hasSeparatistMovement Ogaden National Liberation Front ⓘ
historicallyClaimedBy Somalia ⓘ
inhabitedBy Somali people ⓘ
knownFor insurgency ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
recurring conflicts over autonomy ⓘ
languageSpoken Afar ⓘ
Somali ⓘ
locatedIn eastern Ethiopia ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Africa ⓘ
naturalResource natural gas ⓘ
oil potential ⓘ
partOf Ethiopia ⓘ
Somali Region of Ethiopia ⓘ
surface form: Ethiopian Somali Region
religionMajority Islam ⓘ
strategicImportance border location with Somalia and Kenya ⓘ
terrain desert scrub ⓘ
lowland plateau ⓘ
warOccurredIn 1977–1978 ⓘ
wasTheaterOf Ogaden conflict ⓘ
surface form: Ogaden War

Referenced by (6)

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

Cuban military interventions in Africa → hasLocation → Ogaden ⓘ
subject surface form: Cuban intervention in Ethiopia
Italian East Africa → territoryIncludes → Ogaden ⓘ
Ogaden conflict → locatedIn → Ogaden ⓘ
Ogaden conflict → relatedTerritory → Ogaden ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ogaden basin
Ogaden → alsoKnownAs → Ogaden ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ogaden region
Darod → hasSubclan → Ogaden ⓘ