Sudan–Ethiopia border region

E867526
border region frontier zone

The Sudan–Ethiopia border region is a culturally diverse and historically contested frontier zone in Northeast Africa, inhabited by various ethnic groups and serving as a linguistic crossroads.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Ethiopia–Sudan border 1
Ethiopia–Sudan border region 1
Sudan-Ethiopia borderlands 1

Statements (74)

Predicate Object
instanceOf border region ⓘ
frontier zone ⓘ
borderDefinedBy 1902 Anglo-Ethiopian Treaty NERFINISHED ⓘ
1903 Anglo-Ethiopian Treaty NERFINISHED ⓘ
1907 Anglo-Ethiopian Treaty NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy cultural diversity ⓘ
ethnic diversity ⓘ
linguistic diversity ⓘ
climate savanna ⓘ
semi-arid ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
countryBorder1 Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryBorder2 Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedAs culturally diverse frontier zone ⓘ
linguistic crossroads ⓘ
hasDispute al-Fashaga territorial dispute ⓘ
border demarcation disagreements ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity cross-border trade ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
rain-fed agriculture ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Agew NERFINISHED ⓘ
Amhara NERFINISHED ⓘ
Anuak NERFINISHED ⓘ
Beja NERFINISHED ⓘ
Berta NERFINISHED ⓘ
Funj NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gumuz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nuer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oromo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sudanese Arabs NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tigrayans NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEvent Ethiopian–Sudanese border clashes NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasIssue land tenure disputes ⓘ
refugee movements ⓘ
resource competition ⓘ
hasLanguage Amharic ⓘ
Anuak language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Arabic ⓘ
Berta language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gumuz language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oromo language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tigrinya ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily Afroasiatic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasReligion Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
Protestant Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Traditional African religions NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRiver Atbara River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Blue Nile NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSecurityConcern inter-communal violence ⓘ
militia activity ⓘ
state–nonstate armed confrontations ⓘ
hasSubregion Blue Nile border area NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dinder area NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gallabat NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kurmut area ⓘ
Metemma area NERFINISHED ⓘ
al-Fashaga NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Northeast Africa ⓘ
near Ethiopian Highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sudan lowlands ⓘ
partOf Sudan–Ethiopia border NERFINISHED ⓘ
sharesBoundaryWith Amhara region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Blue Nile State NERFINISHED ⓘ
Blue Nile region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gedaref State NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sennar State NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tigray region NERFINISHED ⓘ
traversedBy informal trade routes ⓘ
seasonal migration routes ⓘ
usedFor arms smuggling routes ⓘ
informal labor migration ⓘ
refugee crossings ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Gumuz people → borderRegionOf → Sudan–Ethiopia border region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ethiopia–Sudan border
Blue Nile region → partOf → Sudan–Ethiopia border region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sudan-Ethiopia borderlands
Northern Gumuz → region → Sudan–Ethiopia border region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ethiopia–Sudan border region
Berta languages → spokenIn → Sudan–Ethiopia border region ⓘ