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.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Mendefera 3
Gash-Barka 2
Gash‑Barka canonical 1

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 ⓘ
Tigre ⓘ
Tigrinya ⓘ
hasNickname breadbasket of Eritrea ⓘ
hasReligion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
hasRiver Barka River ⓘ
Gash River ⓘ
hasSettlement Akordat ⓘ
Barentu ⓘ
Haykota ⓘ
Mendefera border areas ⓘ
Shambuko ⓘ
Tesseney ⓘ
landUse largely agricultural ⓘ
languageUsed Kunama ⓘ
Nara ⓘ
Tigre ⓘ
Tigrinya ⓘ
largestCity Barentu ⓘ
locatedIn western Eritrea ⓘ
surface form: southwestern Eritrea
namedAfter Barka River ⓘ
Gash River ⓘ
partOf western Eritrea ⓘ
surface form: western lowlands of Eritrea
role major food-producing area of Eritrea ⓘ
subdivisionOf Eritrea ⓘ
surface form: State of Eritrea
timeZone East Africa Time ⓘ
utcOffset +3 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Eritrea → includesRegion → Gash‑Barka ⓘ
Debub → capital → Gash‑Barka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mendefera
Debub → borderWith → Gash‑Barka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gash-Barka
Debub → hasCity → Gash‑Barka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mendefera
Eritrean Highlands → contains → Gash‑Barka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mendefera
Gash-Barka Region → alsoKnownAs → Gash‑Barka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gash-Barka