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CountriesInTheSurroundingRegion-HormuzArea-Topic countries in the surrounding region hormuz area topic <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv22k6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Georgia_TheNation</a> is a small <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the southwest part of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a>; Georgia is south of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViTwZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Russia</a>, west of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvfLfM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Azerbaijan</a>, north of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBjg5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Armenia</a> and east of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVirjJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BlackSea</a>. Georgia Georgia-TheNation Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan is a medium-size <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the southern part of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a>. Pakistan is east of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj11JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Iran</a>, southeast of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIFpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Afghanistan</a>, and west of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj7XJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">India</a>, and it has an eastern border with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVijQZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">China_PeoplesRepublic</a>. This constant includes both the physical and political aspects of the nation of Pakistan throughout time. Sudan The Sudan is a large <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the northeastern part of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjtJ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAfrica</a>. The Sudan is west of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGbZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Ethiopia</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvzpyaZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Eritrea</a>, north of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViFJZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Kenya</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViLXpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Uganda</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQCMypwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo</a>, east of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViCj5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Chad</a> and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQCN6ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CentralAfricanRepublic</a>, southeast of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViCzpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Libya</a>, and south of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViTg5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Egypt</a>. It is also on the Western coast of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi0_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RedSea</a>. This constant includes both the physical and political aspects of the nation of the Sudan throughout time. Sudan Libya, a large country in the north of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjtJ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAfrica</a>; it is west of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViTg5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Egypt</a>, north of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViCj5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Chad</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViDUpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Niger</a>, east of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViMkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Algeria</a>, and southeast of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwG135ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Tunisia</a>. Libya is on the southern coast of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjs6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MediterraneanSea</a>. This constant includes political aspects of Libya (and in a "dualist" microtheory its physical aspects) throughout time. Libya Libya The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Country</a> of the Palestinian people [<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvYZfgpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PalestinianPerson</a>]. The territory currently (2001) comprises that of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQrvnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WestBank</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvocNGJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GazaStrip</a> portions of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQrswZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Palestine_Modern</a>. These were occupied by <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViP55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Israel</a> in 1967, having been previously part of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViFz5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Jordan_TheNation</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViTg5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Egypt</a>, respectively. Portions of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQrvnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WestBank</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvocNGJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GazaStrip</a> are locally governed by the #$PalestineLiberationOrganization by agreement with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViP55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Israel</a> (since 1997), although <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViP55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Israel</a> retains ultimate control. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvZGnY5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PalestinianWestBankAndGaza</a>, with the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvsUFYZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PalestinianNationalAuthority</a> as its government, is recognized as an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> by some sympathetic governments. PalestinianWestBankAndGaza the West Bank and Gaza The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), a possession of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViRhJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedKingdomOfGreatBritainAndNorthernIreland</a> consisting of Diego Garcia Island and various other islands in the central part of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViH35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndianOcean</a>. Britain and the USA share some military facilities there. This constant includes the physical and political aspects of the BIOT both as it exists now and throughout history. BritishIndianOceanTerritory British Indian Ocean Territory Kazakhstan Kazakhstan is a large <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the central part of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a>. Kazakhstan is north of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJf4cpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Turkmenistan</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvdiyI5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Uzbekistan</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvYz5eZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Tajikistan</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwAIS1JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Kyrgyzstan</a>, west of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVijQZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">China_PeoplesRepublic</a>, and south of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViTwZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Russia</a>. This constant includes both the physical and political aspects of the nation of Kazakhstan throughout time. Kazakhstan Turkey Turkey Turkey (the Republic of Turkey) is a medium-sized <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> located in the southwest part of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a> with a part of it being in the southeast part of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjddJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfEurope</a>. Eastern Turkey is north of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj7c5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Syria</a> and Iraq, southwest of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj11JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Iran</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBjg5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Armenia</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv22k6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Georgia_TheNation</a>, and south of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVirjJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BlackSea</a>. In Europe, Turkey is east of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi8BJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Greece</a> and south of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj9EZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Bulgaria</a>. Djibouti Djibouti is a small <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the northeastern part of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjtJ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAfrica</a>. Djibouti is north of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGbZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Ethiopia</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJzpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Somalia</a>, and south of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvzpyaZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Eritrea</a>. It is on the western coast of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi0_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RedSea</a> at the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjaSpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BabElMandeb_Strait</a>. This constant includes both the physical and political aspects of the nation of Djibouti throughout time. Djibouti Turkmenistan is a small <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the southern part of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a>. Turkmenistan is north of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj11JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Iran</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIFpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Afghanistan</a>, south of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv15sU5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Kazakhstan</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvdiyI5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Uzbekistan</a>, and it is on the eastern coast of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CaspianSea</a>. This constant includes both the physical and political aspects of the nation of Uzbekistan throughout time. Turkmenistan Turkmenistan Armenia Armenia is a small <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the southern part of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a>. Armenia is north of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj11JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Iran</a>, south of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv22k6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Georgia_TheNation</a>, southwest of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvfLfM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Azerbaijan</a>, and east of eastern <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViERpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Turkey</a>. This constant includes both the physical and political aspects of the nation of Armenia throughout time. Armenia Azerbaijan is a small, currently independent, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Country</a> in the southern part of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a>. Azerbaijan is north of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj11JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Iran</a>, south of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViTwZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Russia</a>, and east of northern <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBjg5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Armenia</a> (and surrounds southern <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBjg5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Armenia</a> on the east and west (but not north or south), <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv22k6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Georgia_TheNation</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViERpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Turkey</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvfLfM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Azerbaijan</a> is on the western coast of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CaspianSea</a>. This constant includes political (and in a "dualist" microtheory the physical) aspects of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjl2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeopoliticalEntity</a> of Azerbaijan throughout time. Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Cyprus-TheCountry is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> that occupies the southern part of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwTlV0ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Cyprus_TheIsland</a>. Its de jure territory is the complete island, however <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViERpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Turkey</a> has occupied the northern part of the country and has set up a protectorate called the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvYJw4JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TurkishRepublicOfNorthernCyprus</a>. Cyprus Cyprus-TheCountry Lebanon is a small <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjpk5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MiddleEast_Region</a>. Lebanon is north of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViP55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Israel</a> and west of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj7c5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Syria</a>. Lebanon is on the east coast of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjs6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MediterraneanSea</a>. This constant includes both the physical and political aspects of the nation of Lebanon throughout time. Lebanon Lebanon Egypt Egypt Egypt is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the northeast part of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjtJ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAfrica</a>; Egypt is east of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViCzpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Libya</a>, north of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViKUZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sudan</a>, south of the eastern <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjs6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MediterraneanSea</a>, and west of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi0_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RedSea</a>. Afghanistan Afghanistan Afghanistan is a medium-size <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the southern part of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a>. Afghanistan is east of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj11JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Iran</a>, northwest of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi2-ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Pakistan</a>, south of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJf4cpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Turkmenistan</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvYz5eZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Tajikistan</a>, and it has a small eastern border with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVijQZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">China_PeoplesRepublic</a>. This constant includes both the physical and political aspects of the nation of Afghanistan throughout time. Eritrea is a small <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the northeastern part of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjtJ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAfrica</a>. Eritrea is north of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGbZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Ethiopia</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGKZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Djibouti</a>, and east of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViKUZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sudan</a>. It is on the southwestern coast of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi0_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RedSea</a>. This constant includes both the physical and political aspects of the nation of Eritrea throughout time. Eritrea Eritrea Tunisia Tunisia Tunisia, a small country in the north of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjtJ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAfrica</a>; it is northwest of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViCzpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Libya</a>, northeast of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViMkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Algeria</a>. Tunisia is on the southern coast of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjs6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MediterraneanSea</a>. This constant includes both physical and political aspects of Tunisia throughout time. Somalia is a medium-size <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the northeastern part of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjtJ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAfrica</a>. Somalia is northeast of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViFJZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Kenya</a>, east of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGbZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Ethiopia</a>, and has a small border area southeast of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGKZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Djibouti</a>. It is on the western coast of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViH35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndianOcean</a> and on the southeastern coast of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjrW5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GulfOfAden</a> as far the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjaSpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BabElMandeb_Strait</a>. Somalia includes the Horn of Africa, but not the island of Socotra (which is a possession of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwPbFVJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Yemen</a>). This constant includes both the physical and political aspects of the nation of Somalia throughout time. Somalia Somalia Syria is a small <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjpk5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MiddleEast_Region</a>. Syria is northeast of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViP55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Israel</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViLeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Lebanon</a>, south of eastern <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViERpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Turkey</a>, and northwest of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViFz5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Jordan_TheNation</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGWpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Iraq</a>. Syria is on the east coast of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjs6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MediterraneanSea</a>. This constant includes both the physical and political aspects of the nation of Syria throughout time. Syria Syria Yemen (the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen) is a small <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjt7JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ArabianPeninsula</a>, south of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGlZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SaudiArabia</a>, west of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViG1ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Oman</a>, on the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi0_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RedSea</a> and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViH35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndianOcean</a>. Yemen possesses the island of Socotra off the horn of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJzpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Somalia</a>. This constant includes both the physical and political aspects of Yemen throughout time. Yemen Yemen Israel is a small <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjpk5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MiddleEast_Region</a>; Israel is northeast of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViTg5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Egypt</a>, west of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViFz5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Jordan_TheNation</a>, southwest of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj7c5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Syria</a> and south of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViLeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Lebanon</a>. Israel is on the east coast of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjs6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MediterraneanSea</a>. This constant includes both physical and political aspects of the nation Israel throughout time. Israel Israel Jordan (the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan) is a small <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the southwest of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a>; Jordan is east of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViP55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Israel</a>, south of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj7c5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Syria</a>, west of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGWpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Iraq</a> and north of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGlZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SaudiArabia</a>. Jordan-TheNation Jordan CountriesInTheSurroundingRegion-HormuzArea-Topic countries in the surrounding region hormuz area topic A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwIE23ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TimeDependentCollection</a> (q.v.). This is the collection of all and only those collections <code>COL</code> such that any thing's being an instance of <code>COL</code> depends on the current state of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqoZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CycKB</a>. Such a <code>COL</code> corresponds to a property defined (at least partly) in terms of the contents, features, or implementation of the Cyc Knowledge Base itself, as opposed to a property that "exists out there" in the KB-independent world. For example, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV281JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CycLAssertion</a> is a KB-dependent collection, membership in which requires of a given CycL sentence that it has in fact been asserted to the KB. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAoJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CycLSentence</a> is also KB-dependent, as being a CycL sentence requires being composed (ultimately) out of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvu6KTZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CycLReifiedDenotationalTerm</a>s (and perhaps variables) -- i.e. terms that are currently reified in the KB. Conversely, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv5ddsJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sentence</a> is not a KB-dependent collection. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvip9N5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">KBDependentRelation</a>. KB dependent collection KBDependentCollection hormuz area topic HormuzArea-Topic CountriesInTheSurroundingRegion-HormuzArea-Topic countries in the surrounding region hormuz area topic CycVocabularyTopic An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvprlOZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FacetingCollectionType</a> and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rgQsP1F2xEdif1wACs2IMlQ" class="cyc_term">Topic</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rAmoSCGJbQdiSXZJvYiNhkQ" class="cyc_term">CycVocabularyTopic</a> is a collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViA9JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Thing</a>s falling under a topic for which some Cyc Vocabulary exists. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rgQsP1F2xEdif1wACs2IMlQ" class="cyc_term">Topic</a> is neither a strict [<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvcZ1FpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">facets_Strict</a>] nor a covering [<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv86JWpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">facets_Covering</a>] faceting of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViA9JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Thing</a>: many <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViA9JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Thing</a>s may be instances of no <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rgQsP1F2xEdif1wACs2IMlQ" class="cyc_term">Topic</a>, or of multiple <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rgQsP1F2xEdif1wACs2IMlQ" class="cyc_term">Topic</a>s. cyc vocabulary topic