Sierra Tarahumara

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geographical region mountain range

The Sierra Tarahumara is a rugged mountainous region in northwestern Mexico, renowned as the homeland of the Rarámuri (Tarahumara) people and for its deep canyons and remote indigenous communities.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Sierra Tarahumara canonical 12
Sierra Tarahumara in Chihuahua 1
Sierra Tarahumara region 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
mountain range ⓘ
administrativeRegion Chihuahua ⓘ
associatedWith endurance running traditions of the Rarámuri ⓘ
climate semi-arid in lower canyons ⓘ
temperate at higher elevations ⓘ
contains Barrancas del Cobre ⓘ
surface form: Barranca del Cobre

Copper Canyon ⓘ
deep canyons ⓘ
high plateaus ⓘ
pine–oak forests ⓘ
remote indigenous communities ⓘ
steep ravines ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
culturalSignificance strong preservation of Rarámuri traditions ⓘ
drainageBasin Río Conchos basin ⓘ
Río Fuerte basin ⓘ
economicActivity cattle ranching ⓘ
logging ⓘ
mining ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
elevationMax over 3000 meters ⓘ
ethnicGroup Guarijío ⓘ
Pima ⓘ
Rarámuri ⓘ
Tepehuán ⓘ
hasFeature high biodiversity ⓘ
rugged terrain ⓘ
significant altitudinal gradients ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Copper Canyon ⓘ
surface form: Copper Canyon Natural Park

various biosphere reserves ⓘ
homelandOf Rarámuri people ⓘ
Tarahumara people ⓘ
knownAs Sierra Tarahumara ⓘ
surface form: Sierra de Tarahumara

Sierra Tarahumara ⓘ
surface form: Tarahumara Mountains
languageSpoken Rarámuri language ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn northwestern Mexico ⓘ
State of Chihuahua ⓘ
surface form: state of Chihuahua
partOf Sierra Madre Occidental ⓘ
regionType indigenous region ⓘ
threat deforestation ⓘ
drug trafficking-related violence ⓘ
illegal logging ⓘ
land dispossession of indigenous communities ⓘ
tourismAttraction Copper Canyon Railway ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
trail running ⓘ
transportInfrastructure Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

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

Rarámuri → traditionalTerritory → Sierra Tarahumara ⓘ
Copper Canyon → partOf → Sierra Tarahumara ⓘ
Basaseachic Falls → isPartOf → Sierra Tarahumara ⓘ
Tarahumara people → populationRegion → Sierra Tarahumara ⓘ
Sierra Tarahumara → knownAs → Sierra Tarahumara ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tarahumara Mountains
Sierra Tarahumara → knownAs → Sierra Tarahumara ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sierra de Tarahumara
Rarámuri people → primaryRegion → Sierra Tarahumara ⓘ
Creel → locatedIn → Sierra Tarahumara ⓘ
Creel → region → Sierra Tarahumara ⓘ
Urique Canyon → partOf → Sierra Tarahumara ⓘ
Chínipas Canyon → partOf → Sierra Tarahumara ⓘ
Rio Batopilas → passesThrough → Sierra Tarahumara ⓘ
Tarahumaran languages → region → Sierra Tarahumara ⓘ
Indigenous territories of Mexico → mainRegions → Sierra Tarahumara ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tarahumara Sierra
Indigenous territories of Mexico → mainRegions → Sierra Tarahumara ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sierra Tarahumara in Chihuahua
Guazapares Municipality → locatedInGeographicalFeature → Sierra Tarahumara ⓘ
Guazapares Municipality → partOf → Sierra Tarahumara ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sierra Tarahumara region