Gezira region

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The Gezira region is a fertile agricultural area in east-central Sudan, renowned for its large-scale irrigated cotton and crop production between the Blue and White Nile rivers.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Gezira region canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf agricultural region ⓘ
region ⓘ
administrativeCenter Wad Madani ⓘ
agriculturalSystem irrigated farming ⓘ
tenant farming ⓘ
borderedBy Blue Nile State ⓘ
Khartoum State ⓘ
linked to: Khartoum state

Sennar State ⓘ
White Nile State ⓘ
climate semi-arid ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Sudan ⓘ
countryCapitalDistance near Khartoum ⓘ
cropRotation cotton and food crops ⓘ
developedDuring Anglo-Egyptian Sudan period ⓘ
economicSector primary sector ⓘ
hasPart Gezira Scheme ⓘ
hasProvince Al Jazirah State ⓘ
linked to: Al Jazirah state
historicalUse cotton export production ⓘ
irrigationSource Blue Nile ⓘ
White Nile ⓘ
irrigationType gravity irrigation ⓘ
knownFor cotton production ⓘ
crop production ⓘ
large-scale irrigated agriculture ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
locatedBetween Blue Nile ⓘ
White Nile ⓘ
locatedIn east-central Sudan ⓘ
locatedSouthOf Khartoum ⓘ
mainCrop cotton ⓘ
groundnuts ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
wheat ⓘ
mainEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
majorRiver Blue Nile ⓘ
White Nile ⓘ
partOf Sudan ⓘ
soilType clay soils ⓘ
spellingVariant Al Jazirah region ⓘ
linked to: Al-Jazira region

El Gezira region ⓘ
strategicImportance major contributor to Sudanese economy ⓘ
terrainType alluvial plain ⓘ
waterManagementInfrastructure canals ⓘ
dams ⓘ
sluices ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Al Jazirah state → partOf → Gezira region ⓘ
Augustan wars → hasLocation → Gezira region ⓘ
Sudan Gezira Board → locatedIn → Gezira region ⓘ