Tigray region

E51399
administrative division regional state of Ethiopia

Tigray region is a northern Ethiopian region known for its ancient Christian heritage, distinctive highland culture, and historical role as a center for communities including Ethiopian Jews.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form As subject As object
Tigray Region 37 9
Tigray 0 2
Northern Ethiopia 0 1
northern Ethiopia 0 1

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division →
regional state of Ethiopia →
borders Afar Region →
Amhara Region →
Eritrea →
Sudan →
capital Mekelle →
containsCity Adigrat →
Aksum →
surface form: Axum

Mekelle →
Shire →
containsTown Abi Adi →
Adigrat →
Adwa →
Alamata →
Aksum →
surface form: Axum

Hawzen →
Humera →
Maychew →
Shire →
Shire Inda Selassie →
Wukro →
country Ethiopia →
ethnicGroup Tigray-Tigrinya people →
surface form: Tigrayans
historicalRegion Aksum →
Tigray region self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Tigray
knownFor ancient Christian heritage →
distinctive highland culture →
historical Ethiopian Jewish communities →
rock-hewn churches →
locatedIn northern Ethiopia →
locatedOnContinent Africa →
officialLanguage Tigrinya →
otherLanguage Amharic →
partOf Ethiopia →
surface form: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
religion Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church →
surface form: Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Christianity

Islam →

Referenced by (14)

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

Gondar region → borderedBy → Tigray region →
this entity surface form: Tigray Region
Tekeze River → damLocation → Tigray region →
this entity surface form: Tigray Region
Ethiopian Jews → historicalCenter → Tigray region →
Tigray region → historicalRegion → Tigray region self-linksurface differs →
subject surface form: Tigray Region
this entity surface form: Tigray
Tigre → isDistinctFrom → Tigray region →
this entity surface form: Tigray Region
Lalibela → locatedIn → Tigray region →
this entity surface form: northern Ethiopia
Tekeze River → passesNear → Tigray region →
this entity surface form: Tigray Region
Aksumite Empire → region → Tigray region →
this entity surface form: Tigray
Saho people → region → Tigray region →
this entity surface form: Tigray Region
Tigrinya → region → Tigray region →
this entity surface form: Northern Ethiopia
Tigrinya → region → Tigray region →
this entity surface form: Tigray Region
this entity surface form: Tigray Region
Saho → regionOfUse → Tigray region →
this entity surface form: Tigray Region
Italian East Africa → territoryIncludes → Tigray region →
this entity surface form: Tigray Region