Leshan

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Leshan is a city in southwestern China best known for the UNESCO-listed Leshan Giant Buddha, a colossal stone statue carved into a cliff at the confluence of three rivers.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Leshan canonical 5
Leshan City 1
Leshan city 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
areaCodeType telephone area code
atConfluenceOf Dadu River
Min River
Qingyi River
climate humid subtropical climate
country China
dialect Southwestern Mandarin
surface form: Sichuanese Mandarin
distanceFromChengdu approximately 120 km
economy agriculture
light industry
tourism
governingBody Leshan Municipal People's Government
hasAdministrativeStatus prefecture-level city
hasCulturalHeritage Buddhist grotto art
hasHigherEducationInstitution Leshan Normal University
hasLandmark Mount Emei Scenic Area including Leshan Giant Buddha
surface form: Leshan Giant Buddha
hasNearbyWorldHeritageSite Mount Emei Scenic Area including Leshan Giant Buddha
surface form: Mount Emei Scenic Area
hasPopulationRankInSichuan one of the medium-sized cities
hasRiverPort yes
hasScenicArea Mount Emei Scenic Area including Leshan Giant Buddha
surface form: Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area
hasTouristAttraction Mount Emei Scenic Area including Leshan Giant Buddha
surface form: Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area

Oriental Buddha Capital
Wutongqiao ancient town
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Mount Emei Scenic Area including Leshan Giant Buddha
surface form: Leshan Giant Buddha
knownFor Buddhist heritage
Mount Emei Scenic Area including Leshan Giant Buddha
surface form: Leshan Giant Buddha

tourism
languageUsed Mandarin Chinese
locatedIn Sichuan Province
Southwest China
surface form: Southwestern China

upper Yangtze River basin
locatedOnRiver Dadu River
Min River
Qingyi River
locatedSouthOf Chengdu
near Mount Emei
partOf China
surface form: People's Republic of China
postalCodeType postal code
provinceCapitalOf none
region Chengdu Plain
surface form: Chengdu Plain economic region
religiousTradition Buddhism
subdivisionOf Sichuan Province
timeZone China Standard Time
transport Chengdu–Mianyang–Leshan intercity railway
Leshan railway station
utcOffset +8

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

Sichuan Basin majorCity Leshan
Min River flowsThrough Leshan
Mount Emei nearCity Leshan
Mount Emei Scenic Area including Leshan Giant Buddha associatedWith Leshan
this entity surface form: Leshan city
Dadu River flowsThrough Leshan
this entity surface form: Leshan City