Hiiraan

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Hiiraan is a central Somali region known for its strategic location along the Shabelle River and its administrative capital, Beledweyne.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Hiiraan canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative region ⓘ
region ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf Somalia ⓘ
borders Bakool ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Galguduud ⓘ
Middle Shabelle ⓘ
capital Beledweyne ⓘ
clanFamilies Hawiye ⓘ
other Somali clans ⓘ
climate semi-arid ⓘ
country Somalia ⓘ
crossBorderLinks Ethiopia ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
livestock ⓘ
trade ⓘ
hasAirport Beledweyne Airport ⓘ
hasDistrict Beledweyne District ⓘ
linked to: Beledweyne

Bulo Burto District ⓘ
Jalalaqsi District ⓘ
hasMajorCity Beledweyne ⓘ
hasStrategicLocation along the Shabelle River ⓘ
historicalRole important corridor between northern and southern Somalia ⓘ
knownFor agricultural potential ⓘ
strategic transport routes ⓘ
language Somali ⓘ
locatedIn central Somalia ⓘ
partOf Federal Republic of Somalia ⓘ
linked to: Somalia
regionCodeType Somali administrative region ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
river Shabelle River ⓘ
riverValley Shabelle River valley ⓘ
linked to: Shabelle River
strategicImportance control of river crossings and trade routes ⓘ
timeZone East Africa Time ⓘ
traversedBy Shabelle River ⓘ
utcOffset +3 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Hirshabelle → formedFrom → Hiiraan ⓘ
Habr Gedir → region → Hiiraan ⓘ