Oriental Region

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The Oriental Region is an administrative region in northeastern Morocco known for its Mediterranean coastline, border with Algeria, and growing economic and logistical importance.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Oriental 2
Oriental region 2
Oriental Region canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative region
region of Morocco
borderTypeWithAlgeria land border
capital Oujda
containsAirport Nador International Airport
Oujda Angads Airport
containsCity Ahfir
Berkane
Driouch
Figuig
Jerada
Nador
Oujda
Taourirt
containsPort Port of Nador
surface form: Nador West Med port complex

Port of Nador
containsProvince Berkane Province
Driouch Province
Figuig Province
Jerada
surface form: Jerada Province

Nador Province
Oujda
surface form: Oujda-Angad

Taourirt Province
country Morocco
hasBorderWith Algeria
Drâa-Tafilalet
Fès-Meknès
Mediterranean Sea
Rabat-Salé-Kénitra
hasCoastlineOn Mediterranean Sea
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
fishing
logistics
mining
trade
hasEconomicRole gateway between Morocco and Algeria
gateway between Morocco and Europe
hasGeographicFeature Mediterranean coastline
mountainous areas
semi-arid interior
largestCity Oujda
locatedIn northeastern Morocco
officialLanguage Arabic
partOf Alaouite Sultanate of Morocco
surface form: Kingdom of Morocco
recognizedLanguage Berbers
surface form: Berber
strategicImportance growing economic hub
logistical corridor
timeZone UTC+1

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Referenced by (5)

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

northern Morocco hasRegion Oriental Region
subject surface form: Northern Morocco
Fès-Meknès borderedBy Oriental Region
this entity surface form: Oriental
Drâa-Tafilalet bordersRegion Oriental Region
this entity surface form: Oriental
Nador locatedInAdministrativeDivision Oriental Region
this entity surface form: Oriental region
Fès-Meknès region borderedBy Oriental Region
subject surface form: Fès-Meknès
this entity surface form: Oriental region