Somalia–Kenya border

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international border political boundary

The Somalia–Kenya border is an international boundary in East Africa separating Somalia from Kenya, running from the Indian Ocean inland through arid and semi-arid regions and encompassing areas such as Jubaland.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Somalia–Kenya border canonical 2
Kenya–Somalia frontier region 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international border ⓘ
political boundary ⓘ
affectsEthnicGroup Oromo-related pastoral communities ⓘ
Somali people ⓘ
borderControlMeasure Kenya security barrier project ⓘ
borderCrossingType land border ⓘ
maritime boundary continuation ⓘ
borderDispute maritime boundary dispute in the Indian Ocean ⓘ
borderingCountry Somalia ⓘ
surface form: Federal Republic of Somalia

Kenya ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Kenya
borderingCountryCapital Mogadishu ⓘ
Nairobi ⓘ
climate hot and dry ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
economicActivity livestock trade ⓘ
small-scale cross-border commerce ⓘ
governedBy Somalia–Kenya bilateral agreements ⓘ
hasCheckpoint El Wak border crossing ⓘ
Liboi border crossing ⓘ
Mandera border crossing ⓘ
hasEasternTerminus Indian Ocean ⓘ
hasSecurityIssue al-Shabaab insurgency spillover ⓘ
cross-border militancy ⓘ
refugee flows ⓘ
smuggling ⓘ
historicalContext colonial-era boundary between British Kenya and Italian/British-administered Somali territories ⓘ
languageCommonlySpoken English ⓘ
Somali ⓘ
Swahili ⓘ
locatedInRegion East Africa ⓘ
nearRefugeeCamp Dadaab ⓘ
surface form: Dadaab refugee complex

Kakuma refugee camp ⓘ
partOf Horn of Africa ⓘ
surface form: Horn of Africa region
partOfSecurityOperation Kenya Operation Linda Nchi area of operations ⓘ
passesThroughAdministrativeRegion Garissa County ⓘ
Jubaland ⓘ
surface form: Jubaland State of Somalia

Mandera ⓘ
surface form: Mandera County

Wajir County ⓘ
relatedInternationalCase Somalia v. Kenya (ICJ maritime delimitation case) ⓘ
runsThroughRegion Jubaland ⓘ
securityActor Kenyan Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form: Kenya Defence Forces

Somali security forces ⓘ
separatesCountry Kenya ⓘ
Somalia ⓘ
terrainType arid region ⓘ
semi-arid region ⓘ
usedFor informal trade ⓘ
pastoralist cross-border grazing ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Jubaland → borderFeature → Somalia–Kenya border ⓘ
North Eastern Province of Kenya → borderFunction → Somalia–Kenya border ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kenya–Somalia frontier region
Dobley → locatedNear → Somalia–Kenya border ⓘ