Western Egypt

E583239

desert region region of Egypt

Western Egypt is the sparsely populated desert region of Egypt bordering Libya, encompassing parts of the Western Desert and key World War II battlefields such as those near El Alamein.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Western Egypt canonical	1
southwestern Egypt	1
western Egypt	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	desert region ⓘ region of Egypt ⓘ
bordersBodyOfWater	Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
bordersCountry	Libya NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	Qattara Depression NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsBattlefield	El Alamein battlefield NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
countrySubdivisionType	informal geographic region ⓘ
hasClimate	arid ⓘ hot desert climate ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	natural gas extraction ⓘ oil production ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup	Amazigh (Berber) communities in Siwa ⓘ Bedouin NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGeologicalFeature	depressions ⓘ rocky plateaus ⓘ sand dunes ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent	First Battle of El Alamein NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Battle of El Alamein NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLandscape	desert ⓘ
hasLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
hasMinorityLanguage	Siwi Berber NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableOasis	Bahariya Oasis NERFINISHED ⓘ Dakhla Oasis NERFINISHED ⓘ Farafra Oasis NERFINISHED ⓘ Kharga Oasis NERFINISHED ⓘ Siwa Oasis NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableTown	El Alamein NERFINISHED ⓘ Marsa Matruh NERFINISHED ⓘ Siwa Oasis NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPopulationDensity	sparsely populated ⓘ
hasStrategicImportance	control of North African coast ⓘ
hasTouristAttraction	El Alamein war cemeteries NERFINISHED ⓘ Siwa Oasis NERFINISHED ⓘ White Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTransportRoute	coastal highway between Alexandria and Libya ⓘ
isWestOf	Nile Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ Nile Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Egypt ⓘ
locatedInContinent	Africa ⓘ
partOf	Western Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern European Time ⓘ
usedFor	military operations during World War II ⓘ
wasTheatreOf	North African Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Operation Lightfoot → region → Western Egypt ⓘ

Nibeiwa, Egypt → locatedIn → Western Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: western Egypt

New Valley Governorate → locatedIn → Western Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: southwestern Egypt