Tzofar/Al-Ghamr area

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The Tzofar/Al-Ghamr area is a small agricultural region along the southern Jordan–Israel border that was subject to special jurisdictional and land-use arrangements under the 1994 Israel–Jordan peace treaty.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Tzofar/Al-Ghamr area canonical 2
Al-Ghamr area 1
Tzofar area 1

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Statements (27)

Predicate Object
instanceOf agricultural area
border region
adjacentTo Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
linked to: Kingdom of Jordan

State of Israel
linked to: Israel
agriculturalUse cultivation by Israeli farmers under lease-like arrangements
borderDemarcation defined in Annex I of the Israel–Jordan peace treaty
borderFunction served as a zone of cross-border cooperation in agriculture
borderTreaty Israel–Jordan peace treaty (1994)
countryBorder Israel–Jordan border
deFactoUse Israeli agricultural use under treaty provisions
deJureSovereignty Jordan
geopoliticalSignificance example of land sovereignty–use separation in a peace agreement
governedBy special jurisdictional arrangements
hasComponent Al-Ghamr area
Tzofar area
historicalContext created as part of normalization of relations between Israel and Jordan in 1994
landCategory “special regime” area under Israel–Jordan peace treaty
landUseRegime special land-use arrangements
locatedIn Arava Valley
linked to: Arabah Valley

southern Jordan–Israel border region
nearbyIsraeliLocality Moshav Tzofar
partOf territory of Jordan
peaceProcessRole confidence-building measure in Israel–Jordan relations
primaryEconomicActivity agriculture
regionType rural area
regulatedBy Israel–Jordan peace treaty (1994)
statusUnderTreaty Jordanian sovereignty with special provisions for Israeli private land use

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Referenced by (4)

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

Tzofar/Al-Ghamr area hasComponent Tzofar area
linked to: Tzofar/Al-Ghamr area
Tzofar/Al-Ghamr area hasComponent Al-Ghamr area
linked to: Tzofar/Al-Ghamr area
Jordan and Israel returnedTerritoryUnderTreaty Tzofar/Al-Ghamr area