Northwest Africa

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geographic region region of Africa

Northwest Africa is a geographic region of the African continent that includes countries along its northwestern Atlantic coast, such as Mauritania, Morocco, Western Sahara, and parts of neighboring states.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Northwest Africa canonical 16
northwest Africa 4
Atlantic coast of Africa 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region ⓘ
region of Africa ⓘ
adjacentTo Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Sahel ⓘ
Sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Sahara Desert ⓘ
bordersRegion Central Africa ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
hasClimate Mediterranean climate (in coastal and highland areas) ⓘ
arid ⓘ
semi-arid ⓘ
hasCoastOn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
hasColonialHistoryWith France ⓘ
Italy (in eastern parts sometimes included) ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hydrocarbon extraction ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
phosphate mining ⓘ
hasEthnoLinguisticGroup Arabs ⓘ
surface form: Arab

Berbers ⓘ
surface form: Berber (Amazigh)

Hassaniya-speaking Moors ⓘ
hasHistoricalTradeRoute Trans-Saharan trade routes ⓘ
surface form: Trans-Saharan trade
hasMajorDesert Sahara Desert ⓘ
hasMajorEcoregion Sahel ⓘ
hasMajorLanguageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
hasMajorReligion Islam ⓘ
hasNaturalResource iron ore ⓘ
oil and gas ⓘ
phosphates ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWith North Africa ⓘ
surface form: Maghreb
includesCountry Mauritania ⓘ
Morocco ⓘ
includesPartOf Algeria ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Tunisia ⓘ
includesTerritory Spanish Sahara ⓘ
surface form: Western Sahara
locatedIn Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
Western Hemisphere ⓘ
overlapsWith North Africa ⓘ
surface form: Maghreb
partOf Africa ⓘ
timeZoneRegion UTC to UTC+1 (varies by country) ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

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

Mauritania → subregion → Northwest Africa ⓘ
Spanish Sahara → locatedIn → Northwest Africa ⓘ
Nouakchott → locatedIn → Northwest Africa ⓘ
Rosa → nativeTo → Northwest Africa ⓘ
Cape Verde Islands → locatedOffCoastOf → Northwest Africa ⓘ
AMU → geographicalFocus → Northwest Africa ⓘ
subject surface form: Arab Maghreb Union
this entity surface form: Western North Africa
Tenerife → locatedOffCoastOf → Northwest Africa ⓘ
Khoms District → locatedIn → Northwest Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: northwest Africa
Lixus → locatedInRegion → Northwest Africa ⓘ
Ifni War → location → Northwest Africa ⓘ
Villa Cisneros → coast → Northwest Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlantic coast of Africa
Atlantic coast → hasPart → Northwest Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northwest African coast
First Army (Allied, North Africa) → areaOfOperations → Northwest Africa ⓘ
Río de Oro → locatedIn → Northwest Africa ⓘ
Binter Canarias → regionServed → Northwest Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: northwest Africa
Djurdjura Mountains → culturalRegion → Northwest Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Berber North Africa
Canary hotspot volcanic system → locatedOffCoastOf → Northwest Africa ⓘ
Atlantoxerus → endemicTo → Northwest Africa ⓘ
Mauri → inhabitedRegion → Northwest Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: northwest Africa
Bocchus II → regionRuled → Northwest Africa ⓘ
Ifni–Sahara War → place → Northwest Africa ⓘ
Forgotten War → location → Northwest Africa ⓘ
Kenitra → locatedIn → Northwest Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: northwest Africa
Cape Bojador → locatedIn → Northwest Africa ⓘ