Northeast Africa

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geographical region

Northeast Africa is a region of the African continent that encompasses countries along the northeastern corner, including areas around the Nile River and the Red Sea.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Northeastern Africa	7

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region ⓘ
borders	Indian Ocean ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ Red Sea ⓘ
contains	Ethiopian Highlands ⓘ East African Rift ⓘ surface form: Great Rift Valley (northern section) Horn of Africa ⓘ Nile Delta ⓘ Nile ⓘ surface form: Nile River Nubian Desert ⓘ Sahara Desert ⓘ surface form: Sahara Desert (eastern part) Sahel ⓘ surface form: Sahel (northeastern part) Suez Canal Zone ⓘ surface form: Suez Canal region
continent	Africa ⓘ
countryIncludes	Djibouti ⓘ Egypt ⓘ Eritrea ⓘ Ethiopia ⓘ Somalia ⓘ South Sudan ⓘ Sudan ⓘ sometimes Kenya (northern part) ⓘ sometimes Libya (eastern part) ⓘ sometimes Uganda (northern or eastern part) ⓘ
hasClimate	arid ⓘ highland climate ⓘ semi-arid ⓘ tropical savanna ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	agriculture along Nile River ⓘ maritime trade on Red Sea ⓘ pastoralism ⓘ
hasEthnoLinguisticRegion	Afroasiatic languages area ⓘ Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ surface form: Nilo-Saharan languages area
hasHistoricalRegion	Aksumite Empire ⓘ surface form: Aksumite Empire core area Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Ancient Egypt Nubia ⓘ Punt (traditionally located in this area) ⓘ
hasMajorCity	Addis Ababa ⓘ Alexandria ⓘ Asmara ⓘ Cairo ⓘ Djibouti City ⓘ Khartoum ⓘ Mogadishu ⓘ Port Sudan ⓘ
hasMajorRiver	Blue Nile ⓘ Nile ⓘ surface form: Nile River White Nile ⓘ
hasMajorSeaCoast	Gulf of Aden ⓘ Indian Ocean ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ Red Sea ⓘ
hasReligion	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ traditional African religions ⓘ
hasStrategicImportance	control of Suez Canal ⓘ gateway between Africa and Middle East ⓘ
locatedIn	Eastern Hemisphere ⓘ Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
partOf	Africa ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

South Semitic languages → geographicDistribution → Northeast Africa ⓘ

Afroasiatic languages → geographicOrigin → Northeast Africa ⓘ

Blue Nile → locatedIn → Northeast Africa ⓘ