Tigray region
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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)
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