Guelmim-Oued Noun region

E491915

former administrative region region of Morocco

Guelmim-Oued Noun is a region in southwestern Morocco known for its desert landscapes, oasis towns, and role as a gateway between the Atlas Mountains and the Sahara.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Guelmim-Oued Noun	2
Guelmim-Oued Noun region canonical	2
Souss region	2
Guelmim-Oued Noun region of Morocco	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4959321 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Guelmim-Oued Noun region
Context triple: [Jbel Bani, extendsAcross, Guelmim-Oued Noun region]

A. Marrakesh-Safi region
The Marrakesh-Safi region is an administrative area in central-western Morocco known for encompassing the historic city of Marrakesh and parts of the High Atlas Mountains.
B. Ouarzazate region
The Ouarzazate region is a semi-arid area in south-central Morocco known as a gateway to the Sahara Desert and a hub for film production and solar energy projects.
C. Chenoua region
The Chenoua region is an area in northern Algeria known as the homeland of the Shenwa (Chenoua) Berber-speaking community.
D. Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region
Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima is a northern Moroccan administrative region along the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts, known for its major port city of Tangier and its mix of Rif mountains, coastal tourism, and economic hubs.
E. Casablanca-Settat region
The Casablanca-Settat region is an administrative region in western Morocco that includes the country’s largest city and economic hub, Casablanca, along with surrounding urban and rural areas.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Guelmim-Oued Noun region
Target entity description: Guelmim-Oued Noun is a region in southwestern Morocco known for its desert landscapes, oasis towns, and role as a gateway between the Atlas Mountains and the Sahara.

A. Marrakesh-Safi region
The Marrakesh-Safi region is an administrative area in central-western Morocco known for encompassing the historic city of Marrakesh and parts of the High Atlas Mountains.
B. Ouarzazate region
The Ouarzazate region is a semi-arid area in south-central Morocco known as a gateway to the Sahara Desert and a hub for film production and solar energy projects.
C. Chenoua region
The Chenoua region is an area in northern Algeria known as the homeland of the Shenwa (Chenoua) Berber-speaking community.
D. Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region
Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima is a northern Moroccan administrative region along the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts, known for its major port city of Tangier and its mix of Rif mountains, coastal tourism, and economic hubs.
E. Casablanca-Settat region
The Casablanca-Settat region is an administrative region in western Morocco that includes the country’s largest city and economic hub, Casablanca, along with surrounding urban and rural areas.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former administrative region ⓘ region of Morocco ⓘ
area	46108 square kilometres ⓘ
borderedBy	Algeria NERFINISHED ⓘ Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra NERFINISHED ⓘ Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz NERFINISHED ⓘ Souss-Massa-Drâa NERFINISHED ⓘ Tadla-Azilal NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Guelmim NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate	arid ⓘ
coastlineOn	Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsPart	Assa-Zag Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Guelmim Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Sidi Ifni Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Tan-Tan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Morocco ⓘ
dissolvedInto	Guelmim-Oued Noun region (new, post‑2015) NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicActivity	fishing ⓘ oasis agriculture ⓘ pastoralism ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Amazigh (Berber) populations ⓘ Saharan tribes ⓘ
hasCity	Guelmim NERFINISHED ⓘ Tan-Tan NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTown	Assa NERFINISHED ⓘ Sidi Ifni NERFINISHED ⓘ Zag NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	desert landscapes ⓘ gateway between Atlas Mountains and Sahara ⓘ oasis towns ⓘ
largestCity	Guelmim NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	southwestern Morocco NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear	Anti-Atlas Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	northern edge of the Sahara Desert ⓘ
officialLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
otherCommonLanguage	Hassaniya Arabic NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamazight ⓘ
partOf	Kingdom of Morocco NERFINISHED ⓘ
population	433757 ⓘ
populationCensusYear	2014 ⓘ
timePeriodEnd	2015 ⓘ
timePeriodStart	2010 ⓘ
transportRole	gateway between interior Morocco and Saharan regions ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

southern Morocco → containsRegion → Guelmim-Oued Noun region ⓘ

subject surface form: Southern Morocco

this entity surface form: Guelmim-Oued Noun

Jbel Bani → extendsAcross → Guelmim-Oued Noun region ⓘ

Ifni → currentAdministrativeRegion → Guelmim-Oued Noun region ⓘ

Ifni enclave → regionToday → Guelmim-Oued Noun region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guelmim-Oued Noun region of Morocco

Inezgane → transportRoleFor → Guelmim-Oued Noun region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Souss region

Tachelhit → spokenIn → Guelmim-Oued Noun region ⓘ