Kanem Region
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Kanem Region is an administrative region in western Chad known for its arid Sahelian landscape and historical ties to the medieval Kanem Empire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kanem Region canonical | 2 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative region
ⓘ
region of Chad ⓘ |
| administrativeCentre | Mao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borders |
Bahr el Gazel Region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hadjer-Lamis Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Lac Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Niger NERFINISHED ⓘ Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderType |
international border with Niger
ⓘ
international border with Nigeria ⓘ |
| capital | Mao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Chad ⓘ |
| countrySubdivisionOf | Chad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingCountry | Chad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasClimate | semi-arid ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
pastoralism
ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ trade in livestock ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment |
dry grasslands
ⓘ
sandy plains ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalConnectionTo | Kanem Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalRegionOverlap | Kanem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLandscape | Sahelian ⓘ |
| hasMajorEthnicGroup |
Arab groups
ⓘ
Kanembu people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNaturalHazard |
desertification
ⓘ
drought ⓘ |
| hasReligion | Islam ⓘ |
| hasSettlement |
Mao
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nokou NERFINISHED ⓘ Rig-Rig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTransportation | road link to N’Djamena via Massakory and Hadjer-Lamis Region ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | core area of the medieval Kanem Empire ⓘ |
| knownFor |
arid Sahelian landscape
ⓘ
historical ties to the medieval Kanem Empire ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Sahel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
western Chad ⓘ |
| locatedOn | southern edge of the Sahara Desert ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Kanem Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage |
Arabic
ⓘ
French NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Republic of Chad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subregion | Central Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | UTC+1 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.