Baraawe

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Baraawe is a historic coastal city in southern Somalia known as a key port and cultural center along the Indian Ocean.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Baraawe canonical 13

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
port city ⓘ
administrativeRole district capital ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Barawa ⓘ
Brava ⓘ
Brawa ⓘ
climate tropical climate ⓘ
coast Indian Ocean coast ⓘ
coastalType low-lying sandy coast ⓘ
connectedBy maritime trade routes in Indian Ocean ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Somalia ⓘ
culturalHeritage Swahili-Islamic urban culture ⓘ
economicActivity fishing ⓘ
small-scale trade ⓘ
ethnicGroups Bravanese ⓘ
Somali ⓘ
linked to: Benadiri Somali
governingBody Baraawe District administration ⓘ
hasFeature natural harbor ⓘ
sandy beaches ⓘ
hasPort Baraawe Port ⓘ
historicalRegion Benadir ⓘ
Swahili Coast ⓘ
historicalSignificance center of Islamic learning in Somalia ⓘ
important medieval trading city ⓘ
knownFor Barawe dialect ⓘ
Islamic scholarship ⓘ
historic architecture ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
languageSpoken Arabic ⓘ
Barawe dialect of Chimini ⓘ
Somali ⓘ
locatedIn Lower Shabelle region ⓘ
southern Somalia ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Kismayo ⓘ
locatedOn Indian Ocean ⓘ
locatedSouthOf Mogadishu ⓘ
partOf Baraawe District ⓘ
Benadir coast ⓘ
regionCapitalOf Baraawe District in Lower Shabelle ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
religiousBuildings mosques ⓘ
timeZone East Africa Time ⓘ
usedAs cultural center ⓘ
key port ⓘ
trading center ⓘ
utcOffset +3 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

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

Lower Shabelle → hasTown → Baraawe ⓘ
Lower Shabelle → hasPortTown → Baraawe ⓘ
Southern Somalia → hasCity → Baraawe ⓘ
subject linked to: southern Somalia
Lower Shabelle → hasMajorTown → Baraawe ⓘ
subject linked to: Lower Shabelle region
Lower Shabelle → containsSettlement → Baraawe ⓘ
subject linked to: Lower Shabelle region
Ajuran Sultanate → capital → Baraawe ⓘ
Chimwiini → spokenIn → Baraawe ⓘ
Benadir coast → hasPortCity → Baraawe ⓘ
Baraawe area → hasCenter → Baraawe ⓘ
Benadiri people → notableCity → Baraawe ⓘ