Ogoniland

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geographical area region

Ogoniland is an oil-rich coastal region in Nigeria’s Niger Delta, known for its Ogoni inhabitants and for severe environmental degradation linked to decades of petroleum extraction.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Ogoniland canonical 5
Ogoni area 1
Ogoni homeland 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical area ⓘ
region ⓘ
associatedLeader Ken Saro-Wiwa ⓘ
associatedMovement Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People ⓘ
coast Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
conflictType resource conflict ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
environmentalIssue air pollution from gas flaring ⓘ
groundwater pollution ⓘ
loss of biodiversity ⓘ
oil spills ⓘ
soil contamination ⓘ
ethnicGroup Ogoni people ⓘ
governedBy Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Federal Republic of Nigeria
hasClimate tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
humanRightsIssue alleged repression of Ogoni activists ⓘ
issue disputes over oil revenue distribution ⓘ
knownFor conflict over oil exploitation ⓘ
environmental activism ⓘ
environmental degradation ⓘ
oil production ⓘ
landscapeFeature creeks and rivers ⓘ
low-lying coastal plains ⓘ
mangrove swamps ⓘ
languageSpoken Ogoni languages ⓘ
locatedIn Niger Delta ⓘ
Rivers State ⓘ
mainEconomicActivity artisanal trading ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
subsistence farming ⓘ
majorEthnicSubgroups Eleme ⓘ
Gokana ⓘ
Khana ⓘ
Tai ⓘ
naturalResource crude oil ⓘ
natural gas ⓘ
notableEvent Ogoni protests against oil companies in the 1990s ⓘ
execution of the Ogoni Nine in 1995 ⓘ
oilOperationsBy Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited ⓘ
surface form: Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation

Shell Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria
partOf Niger Delta ⓘ
surface form: Niger Delta Basin
populationGroup rural communities ⓘ
recommendedAction cleanup of contaminated sites ⓘ
long-term environmental remediation ⓘ
restoration of livelihoods ⓘ
stateCapitalOfRegion Port Harcourt ⓘ
surface form: Port Harcourt (nearest major city)
subjectOfReport UNEP Environmental Assessment of Ogoniland ⓘ
UNEPReportYear 2011 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Ogoni people → regionType → Ogoniland ⓘ
Ogoni people → locatedIn → Ogoniland ⓘ
Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People → regionServed → Ogoniland ⓘ
MOSOP → locatedIn → Ogoniland ⓘ
MOSOP → regionServed → Ogoniland ⓘ
Tai → ethnicRegionOf → Ogoniland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ogoni homeland
Bori → languageRegion → Ogoniland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ogoni area