Northeast Africa

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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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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

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Khartoum locatedInRegion Northeast Africa
Nile locatedInRegion Northeast Africa
this entity surface form: Northeastern Africa
Afroasiatic languages geographicOrigin Northeast Africa
Sudan locatedIn Northeast Africa
Pharaonic Egypt locatedIn Northeast Africa
Horn of Africa locatedIn Northeast Africa
Western Desert locatedIn Northeast Africa
this entity surface form: Northeastern Africa
Nubia partOf Northeast Africa
Blue Nile locatedIn Northeast Africa
this entity surface form: Northeastern Africa
Gulf of Suez locatedInRegion Northeast Africa
Beja people region Northeast Africa
Nile Valley locatedIn Northeast Africa
this entity surface form: Northeastern Africa
Eastern Sudanic languages spokenIn Northeast Africa
this entity surface form: Northeastern Africa
White Nile locatedInRegion Northeast Africa
Central Sudanic languages region Northeast Africa
this entity surface form: Northeastern Africa
Omdurman locatedInRegion Northeast Africa
Sudanese region Northeast Africa
Beja region Northeast Africa
this entity surface form: Northeastern Africa
Kingdom of Egypt location Northeast Africa
Afonso de Paiva regionOfActivity Northeast Africa
Sahnun citizenship Northeast Africa
this entity surface form: Ifriqiya
Eastern Desert of Egypt locatedIn Northeast Africa
United States Naval Forces Central Command operatesIn Northeast Africa
this entity surface form: Northeast Africa maritime region
Aquila heliaca winteringRange Northeast Africa
Nile Valley and Nile Delta locatedIn Northeast Africa
KRT geographicalRegion Northeast Africa
Greater Khartoum metropolitan area region Northeast Africa
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan region Northeast Africa
Bedawiyet region Northeast Africa
this entity surface form: Northeastern Africa
Beni-Amir region Northeast Africa
this entity surface form: Northeastern Africa
Hadendoa locatedIn Northeast Africa
this entity surface form: Northeastern Africa
Red Sea Hills locatedIn Northeast Africa
this entity surface form: Northeastern Africa
Middle Nile Valley locatedInRegion Northeast Africa
Amarar regionAssociatedWith Northeast Africa
Shinfa River locatedInRegion Northeast Africa
this entity surface form: Northeastern Africa
Afro-Arabian Rift System region Northeast Africa
Koman region Northeast Africa
this entity surface form: Northeastern Africa
Fur-Amdang region Northeast Africa
Berta languages region Northeast Africa
Berta region Northeast Africa
Nile Council of Ministers regionServed Northeast Africa
this entity surface form: North-Eastern Africa
Egypt–Sudan border locatedInRegion Northeast Africa
this entity surface form: Northeastern Africa
Nile Basin locatedInRegion Northeast Africa
this entity surface form: Northeastern Africa
northern Eritrea locatedIn Northeast Africa
subject surface form: Northern Eritrea
this entity surface form: northeastern Africa
eastern Sudan locatedIn Northeast Africa
subject surface form: Eastern Sudan
Halaib locatedIn Northeast Africa
Beja language spokenInRegion Northeast Africa
Northern Sudan locatedIn Northeast Africa