Jigjiga

E764242

Jigjiga is a major city in eastern Ethiopia that serves as the political and economic center of the Somali-inhabited region of the country.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Jigjiga canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
administrativeLevel regional capital city ⓘ
airport Jigjiga Airport ⓘ
alternativeName Jijiga ⓘ
alternativeTransliteration Jijiga ⓘ
belongsToEthnoLinguisticRegion Somali Region of Ethiopia ⓘ
borderProximity Somalia ⓘ
Somaliland ⓘ
climateClassification semi-arid climate ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Ethiopia ⓘ
countryCapital no ⓘ
demographicCharacteristic predominantly Somali population ⓘ
economicActivity livestock commerce ⓘ
services ⓘ
trade ⓘ
geopoliticalSignificance center of Somali politics within Ethiopia ⓘ
governingBody Somali Regional State administration ⓘ
hasAirport yes ⓘ
hasFunction regional administrative center ⓘ
regional trade hub ⓘ
hasMunicipalStatus yes ⓘ
hasPublicInstitution regional council of the Somali Region ⓘ
regional courts of the Somali Region ⓘ
regional government offices ⓘ
isCapitalOf Somali Region ⓘ
locatedIn eastern Ethiopia ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Somali Region ⓘ
locatedInRegionWithMajorityPopulation Somali-inhabited areas of Ethiopia ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Africa/Addis_Ababa ⓘ
linked to: Addis Ababa
majorEthnicGroup Somali people ⓘ
nationalSubdivisionType regional state capital ⓘ
officialLanguage Amharic ⓘ
Somali ⓘ
partOf Horn of Africa ⓘ
primaryReligion Islam ⓘ
roadConnection Dire Dawa ⓘ
Harar ⓘ
border areas with Somaliland ⓘ
role economic center of the Somali Region ⓘ
political center of the Somali Region ⓘ
regional capital ⓘ
timeZone East Africa Time ⓘ
transportRole regional transport hub in eastern Ethiopia ⓘ
utcOffset +3 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Somali Region → capital → Jigjiga ⓘ
subject linked to: Somali Region of Ethiopia
Somali Region → largestCity → Jigjiga ⓘ
subject linked to: Somali Region of Ethiopia
Somali Region → containsCity → Jigjiga ⓘ
subject linked to: Somali Region of Ethiopia
Eastern Ethiopia → containsCity → Jigjiga ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern Ethiopia
Degahabur → regionCapital → Jigjiga ⓘ