Zalambessa

E900897

Zalambessa is a town in the Tigray Region of northern Ethiopia, situated near the border with Eritrea and known for its strategic location along the main road between the two countries.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tsorona-Zalambessa area 1
Zalambessa canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf town ⓘ
administrativeRegion Eastern Tigray ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Tigray Zone
borderTownFacing Eritrea ⓘ
borderTownOf Ethiopia ⓘ
conflictSite Eritrean–Ethiopian War ⓘ
Tigray War ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Ethiopia ⓘ
countrySubdivision Tigray Region ⓘ
linked to: Tigray region
hasNearbySettlement Eritrean town of Zalambessa (opposite side of border) ⓘ
hasStrategicImportance Ethiopia–Eritrea border ⓘ
hasStrategicRole cross-border trade route ⓘ
military corridor along Ethiopia–Eritrea front ⓘ
locatedEastOf Adigrat ⓘ
locatedIn Tigray Region ⓘ
linked to: Tigray region

northern Ethiopia ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ethiopia
locatedNear Eritrea ⓘ
border of Eritrea ⓘ
locatedOn Asmara–Adigrat road ⓘ
main road between Ethiopia and Eritrea ⓘ
locatedSouthOf Asmara ⓘ
partOf Ethiopia–Eritrea border region ⓘ
Horn of Africa ⓘ
regionCapitalNearby Mekelle ⓘ
roadConnection connects Eritrea with interior of Tigray ⓘ
timeZone East Africa Time ⓘ
usedLanguage Amharic ⓘ
Tigrinya ⓘ
utcOffset +3 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Adigrat → nearbyCity → Zalambessa ⓘ
Eritrea–Ethiopia border → disputedArea → Tsorona-Zalambessa area ⓘ
linked to: Zalambessa