Middle East and North Africa

E50069
geopolitical region macroregion transcontinental region

The Middle East and North Africa is a transcontinental region spanning parts of Western Asia and North Africa, known for its shared historical, cultural, and linguistic ties, particularly through the Arab world and Islam.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Middle East and North Africa canonical 68
MENA 4
Middle East and North Africa region 4

Statements (117)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geopolitical region ⓘ
macroregion ⓘ
transcontinental region ⓘ
bordersBodyOfWater Arabian Sea ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Persian Gulf ⓘ
Red Sea ⓘ
containsDesert Arabian Desert ⓘ
Sahara Desert ⓘ
Syrian Desert ⓘ
containsMountainRange Atlas Mountains ⓘ
Taurus Mountains ⓘ
Zagros Mountains ⓘ
containsRiver Euphrates ⓘ
Jordan River ⓘ
Nile ⓘ
Tigris ⓘ
hasAbbreviation Middle East and North Africa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: MENA
hasClimate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
arid ⓘ
semi-arid ⓘ
hasDominantReligion Islam ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Arabs ⓘ
Berbers ⓘ
Copts ⓘ
Jews ⓘ
Kurds ⓘ
Nubians ⓘ
Persians ⓘ
Turks ⓘ
hasHistoricalCivilization Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Almohad dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Almohad Caliphate

Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Egypt

Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ
Carthage ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
surface form: Persian Empire

Phoenician civilization ⓘ
surface form: Phoenicia

Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
hasLanguage Berber languages ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
Kurdish ⓘ
Persian language ⓘ
surface form: Persian

Turkish ⓘ
hasMajorCity Algiers ⓘ
Amman ⓘ
Baghdad ⓘ
Beirut ⓘ
Cairo ⓘ
Casablanca ⓘ
Damascus ⓘ
Doha ⓘ
Dubai ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
Khartoum ⓘ
Kuwait City ⓘ
Manama ⓘ
Muscat ⓘ
Rabat ⓘ
Riyadh ⓘ
Sanaʽa ⓘ
surface form: Sanaa

Tehran ⓘ
Tripoli ⓘ
Tunis ⓘ
hasMajorEconomicSector agriculture ⓘ
hydrocarbon industry ⓘ
services ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasMajorLanguage Arabic ⓘ
hasNaturalResource crude oil ⓘ
natural gas ⓘ
phosphates ⓘ
hasOrganization Gulf Cooperation Council ⓘ
Arab League ⓘ
surface form: League of Arab States

Union for the Mediterranean ⓘ
hasReligion Baha'i Faith ⓘ
surface form: Baháʼí Faith

Christianity ⓘ
Druze ⓘ
surface form: Druze faith

Judaism ⓘ
hasStrategicLocation Bab-el-Mandeb Strait ⓘ
surface form: Bab-el-Mandeb

Strait of Gibraltar ⓘ
Strait of Hormuz ⓘ
Suez Canal ⓘ
hasSubregion Middle East ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
includesCountry Algeria ⓘ
Bahrain ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ
Kuwait ⓘ
Lebanon ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
Mauritania ⓘ
Morocco ⓘ
Oman ⓘ
Palestine ⓘ
Qatar ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
Tunisia ⓘ
United Arab Emirates ⓘ
Spanish Sahara ⓘ
surface form: Western Sahara

Yemen ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Africa ⓘ
Asia ⓘ
partOf Third World ⓘ
surface form: Global South
sharesCulturalTiesWith Arab world ⓘ
sharesLinguisticTiesWith Arab world ⓘ
timeZoneRange UTC−1 to UTC+4 ⓘ

Referenced by (79)

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

Faculty of Law → region → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
subject surface form: Faculty of Law, Cairo University
Faculty of Dentistry → regionServed → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
subject surface form: Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University
Faculty of Engineering → regionServed → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
subject surface form: Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University
Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy of Egypt → locatedInRegion → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
Dubai Airshow → regionFocus → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
Dubai Internet City → regionServed → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
Arab Civil Aviation Commission → regionServed → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
Arab Organization for Agricultural Development → regionServed → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
Lebanese American University → regionServed → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
Council of Arab Ministers of Social Affairs → regionServed → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
Department of Chemistry → regionServed → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
subject surface form: Department of Chemistry, Cairo University
Department of Geology → regionServed → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
subject surface form: Department of Geology, Cairo University
Department of Clinical Pharmacy → regionServed → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
subject surface form: Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Cairo University
Department of Accounting → regionServed → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
subject surface form: Department of Accounting, Faculty of Commerce, Cairo University
Department of Statistics → regionServed → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
subject surface form: Department of Statistics, Cairo University Faculty of Commerce
Ain Shams University → regionServed → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
Greater Middle East → overlapsWith → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: MENA
Middle East and North Africa → hasAbbreviation → Middle East and North Africa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: MENA
Egyptian Petrochemicals Holding Company → region → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
Office of Regional and Multilateral Affairs → regionServed → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
Arabtec → regionServed → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
UAE Pro League → televisionCoverageRegion → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
Rockefeller Brothers Fund → operatesIn → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
UAE League Cup → broadcastRegion → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
Arab Air Carriers Organization → regionServed → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
High Institute of Public Health → regionServed → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
Association of Arab Universities → operatesInRegion → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
MBN → targetRegion → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
DWC → regionServed → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
Suliman S. Olayan School of Business → geographicFocus → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle East and North Africa region
The Open Door → distributionRegion → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
Greater Arab Free Trade Area → geopoliticalScope → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
Arab League Agriculture Ministers Council → regionServed → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
Chedli Klibi → sphereOfInfluence → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
Shubak al-Gharbi, Giza Governorate, Egypt → belongsTo → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
subject surface form: Shubak al-Gharbi
Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region → UNESCORegion → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arab States
Arab least developed countries → region → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
Arab Collective Security Pact → geopoliticalContext → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
United States expressed concern and avoided labeling it a coup → region → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
Council of Arab Ministers → regionServed → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
October 6 University → regionServed → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
Investment Law No. 43 of 1974 → region → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
Image Nation Abu Dhabi → areaServed → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
Etihad Cargo → regulatoryRegion → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
National Endowment for Democracy → regionServed → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
National Geographic Abu Dhabi → availability → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle East and North Africa region
Faculty of Pharmacy → regionServed → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
subject surface form: Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University
Faculty of Agriculture → regionServed → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
subject surface form: Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University
Faculty of Nursing → servesRegion → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
subject surface form: Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University
School of Business → locatedIn → Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
subject surface form: School of Business (American University in Cairo)