Minangkabau Highlands

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cultural region geographical region highland region

The Minangkabau Highlands is a mountainous region in West Sumatra, Indonesia, known as the cultural and historical heartland of the Minangkabau people and their matrilineal society.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Minangkabau Highlands canonical 8
West Sumatra highlands 2
Minangkabau cultural area 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
highland region ⓘ
climate tropical highland climate ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Indonesia ⓘ
culturalCenterOf Minangkabau ⓘ
surface form: Minangkabau people
ethnicGroup Minangkabau ⓘ
surface form: Minangkabau people
hasAgriculturalLandscape terraced rice fields ⓘ
hasCulturalConcept adat (customary law) ⓘ
merantau migration tradition ⓘ
hasCustomaryLaw Adat Basandi Syarak, Syarak Basandi Kitabullah ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity cattle trading ⓘ
cinnamon cultivation ⓘ
coffee cultivation ⓘ
inter-island trade ⓘ
wet-rice cultivation ⓘ
hasMajorTown Batusangkar ⓘ
Bukittinggi ⓘ
Padang Panjang ⓘ
Payakumbuh ⓘ
Sawahlunto ⓘ
Solok ⓘ
hasSocialInstitution nagari village system ⓘ
hasSocialSystem matrilineal kinship system ⓘ
hasTouristAttraction Harau Valley ⓘ
Lake Maninjau ⓘ
Lake Singkarak ⓘ
Ngarai Sianok (Sianok Canyon) ⓘ
hasTraditionalHouseType rumah gadang ⓘ
hasValley Agam Valley ⓘ
Limapuluh Kota Valley ⓘ
Tanah Datar Valley ⓘ
historicalRegionOf Minangkabau ⓘ
surface form: Minangkabau people
influencedBy Islam ⓘ
knownFor Islamic learning ⓘ
Minangkabau culture ⓘ
cattle raising ⓘ
matrilineal society ⓘ
traditional Minangkabau architecture ⓘ
wet-rice agriculture ⓘ
language Minangkabau ⓘ
surface form: Minangkabau language
locatedIn West Sumatra ⓘ
locatedOn Sumatra ⓘ
surface form: island of Sumatra
partOf Barisan Mountains ⓘ
Minangkabau ⓘ
surface form: Minangkabau cultural area
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
traditionalPoliticalCenter Pagaruyung ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Minangkabau → traditionalHomeland → Minangkabau Highlands ⓘ
West Sumatra → contains → Minangkabau Highlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Sumatra highlands
Bukittinggi → partOf → Minangkabau Highlands ⓘ
Bukittinggi → transportHubFor → Minangkabau Highlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Sumatra highlands
Payakumbuh → partOf → Minangkabau Highlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minangkabau cultural region
Padri War → hasTheater → Minangkabau Highlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minangkabau highlands
Fort de Kock → partOf → Minangkabau Highlands ⓘ
Padang Panjang → region → Minangkabau Highlands ⓘ
Lima Puluh Kota Regency → hasCulturalRegion → Minangkabau Highlands ⓘ
Solok → locatedInRegion → Minangkabau Highlands ⓘ
Sawahlunto → locatedInRegion → Minangkabau Highlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minangkabau cultural area
Mount Marapi → region → Minangkabau Highlands ⓘ
Mount Singgalang → region → Minangkabau Highlands ⓘ