Gash‑Barka

E97352

administrative region region of Eritrea

Gash‑Barka is a largely agricultural region in southwestern Eritrea known for its fertile land and role as one of the country’s main food-producing areas.

Aliases (2)

Gash-Barka ×47
Mendefera ×2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative region → region of Eritrea →
administrativeLevel	first-level subdivision →
bordersCountry	Ethiopia → Sudan →
bordersRegion	Anseba → Debub → Maekel →
capital	Barentu →
climate	semi-arid →
continent	Africa →
country	Eritrea →
countrySubdivisionCode	ER-GB →
economicActivity	agriculture → livestock rearing →
hasCharacteristic	fertile land →
hasEthnicGroup	Bilen → Kunama → Nara NERFINISHED → Tigre → Tigrinya →
hasNickname	breadbasket of Eritrea →
hasReligion	Christianity → Islam →
hasRiver	Barka River NERFINISHED → Gash River NERFINISHED →
hasSettlement	Akordat → Barentu → Haykota → Mendefera border areas → Shambuko → Tesseney →
landUse	largely agricultural →
languageUsed	Kunama → Nara NERFINISHED → Tigre → Tigrinya →
largestCity	Barentu →
locatedIn	southwestern Eritrea →
namedAfter	Barka River NERFINISHED → Gash River NERFINISHED →
partOf	western lowlands of Eritrea →
role	major food-producing area of Eritrea →
subdivisionOf	State of Eritrea NERFINISHED →
timeZone	East Africa Time NERFINISHED →
utcOffset	+3 →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Debub ("Gash-Barka") →	borderWith
Debub ("Mendefera") →	capital
Debub ("Mendefera") →	hasCity
Eritrea →	includesRegion