Fès-Meknès region
E240927
Fès-Meknès is an administrative region in north-central Morocco that includes the historic imperial cities of Fez and Meknès, known for their rich cultural heritage and traditional architecture.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fès-Meknès region canonical | 41 |
| Fez-Meknes region | 3 |
| Fez-Meknès region | 1 |
| Fès-Meknès region of Morocco | 1 |
| Meknes-Safi region | 1 |
| Meknes-Tafilalet region | 1 |
| Region of Fès-Meknès | 1 |
| Région de Fès-Meknès | 1 |
| جهة فاس مكناس | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2154618 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fès-Meknès region Context triple: [Medina of Fez, locatedIn, Fès-Meknès region]
-
A.
Marrakesh-Safi region
The Marrakesh-Safi region is an administrative area in central-western Morocco known for encompassing the historic city of Marrakesh and parts of the High Atlas Mountains.
-
B.
Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region
Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima is a northern Moroccan administrative region along the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts, known for its major port city of Tangier and its mix of Rif mountains, coastal tourism, and economic hubs.
-
C.
Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region
Rabat-Salé-Kénitra is an administrative region in northwestern Morocco that includes the national capital Rabat and serves as a major political and economic hub of the country.
-
D.
Casablanca-Settat region
The Casablanca-Settat region is an administrative region in western Morocco that includes the country’s largest city and economic hub, Casablanca, along with surrounding urban and rural areas.
-
E.
Ouarzazate region
The Ouarzazate region is a semi-arid area in south-central Morocco known as a gateway to the Sahara Desert and a hub for film production and solar energy projects.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fès-Meknès region Target entity description: Fès-Meknès is an administrative region in north-central Morocco that includes the historic imperial cities of Fez and Meknès, known for their rich cultural heritage and traditional architecture.
-
A.
Marrakesh-Safi region
The Marrakesh-Safi region is an administrative area in central-western Morocco known for encompassing the historic city of Marrakesh and parts of the High Atlas Mountains.
-
B.
Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region
Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima is a northern Moroccan administrative region along the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts, known for its major port city of Tangier and its mix of Rif mountains, coastal tourism, and economic hubs.
-
C.
Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region
Rabat-Salé-Kénitra is an administrative region in northwestern Morocco that includes the national capital Rabat and serves as a major political and economic hub of the country.
-
D.
Casablanca-Settat region
The Casablanca-Settat region is an administrative region in western Morocco that includes the country’s largest city and economic hub, Casablanca, along with surrounding urban and rural areas.
-
E.
Ouarzazate region
The Ouarzazate region is a semi-arid area in south-central Morocco known as a gateway to the Sahara Desert and a hub for film production and solar energy projects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative region
ⓘ
first-level administrative division ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Béni Mellal-Khénifra
ⓘ
linked to:
Beni Mellal-Khénifra
Drâa-Tafilalet ⓘ Oriental region ⓘ
linked to:
Oriental Region
Rabat-Salé-Kénitra ⓘ Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma ⓘ
linked to:
Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region
|
| capital | Fez ⓘ |
| contains |
Fez
ⓘ
Meknès ⓘ
linked to:
Meknes
|
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Morocco ⓘ |
| hasClimate | Mediterranean climate ⓘ |
| hasCulturalHeritage |
city walls and gates
ⓘ
historic madrasas ⓘ traditional souks ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
handicraft production ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasGeographicalFeature |
Middle Atlas Mountains
ⓘ
linked to:
Middle Atlas
Saïs plain ⓘ |
| hasHistoricCity |
Fez
ⓘ
Meknès ⓘ
linked to:
Meknes
|
| hasImperialCity |
Fez
ⓘ
Meknès ⓘ
linked to:
Meknes
|
| hasMajorCity |
Boulemane
ⓘ
El Hajeb ⓘ Fez ⓘ Ifrane ⓘ Meknès ⓘ
linked to:
Meknes
Sefrou ⓘ Taounate ⓘ Taza ⓘ |
| hasReligiousInstitution |
University of Al Quaraouiyine
ⓘ
linked to:
Al-Qarawiyyin University
|
| hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite |
Historic City of Meknes
ⓘ
Medina of Fez ⓘ |
| hasUniversity |
University of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah
ⓘ
linked to:
Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University
|
| knownFor |
Islamic architecture
ⓘ
handicrafts ⓘ historic medinas ⓘ religious education ⓘ rich cultural heritage ⓘ traditional architecture ⓘ |
| locatedIn | north-central Morocco ⓘ |
| officialLanguage |
Amazigh
ⓘ
Arabic ⓘ |
| officialName |
Région de Fès-Meknès
ⓘ
linked to:
Fès-Meknès region
|
| partOf |
Kingdom of Morocco
ⓘ
linked to:
Morocco
|
| timeZone | UTC+1 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Fès-Meknès region Description of subject: Fès-Meknès is an administrative region in north-central Morocco that includes the historic imperial cities of Fez and Meknès, known for their rich cultural heritage and traditional architecture.
Referenced by (51)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Dar El Makhzen
subject linked to:
Fès-Meknès region
linked to: Fès-Meknès region
linked to: Fès-Meknès region
linked to: Fès-Meknès region
subject linked to:
Béni Mellal-Khénifra region
linked to: Fès-Meknès region
linked to: Fès-Meknès region
linked to: Fès-Meknès region
linked to: Fès-Meknès region
linked to: Fès-Meknès region
subject linked to:
باب المحروق (Arabic)
linked to: Fès-Meknès region
linked to: Fès-Meknès region