Western China

E43946

geographical region region of China

Western China is the vast, often sparsely populated region of China that includes areas such as Xinjiang and Tibet, characterized by deserts, high plateaus, and significant ethnic and cultural diversity.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
western China	11
Western China canonical	10
Northwest China	2
northwest China	1
northwestern China	1
western Tibet	1

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region ⓘ region of China ⓘ
borderedBy	Bhutan ⓘ Central Asia ⓘ India ⓘ Kazakhstan ⓘ Kyrgyzstan ⓘ Mongolia ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ Russia ⓘ South Asia ⓘ Tajikistan ⓘ
contains	Chongqing ⓘ surface form: Chongqing Municipality Gansu Province ⓘ Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region ⓘ Qinghai ⓘ surface form: Qinghai Province Sichuan Province ⓘ Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ Xinjiang ⓘ surface form: Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Yunnan Province ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
hasEconomicCharacteristic	relatively low population density ⓘ significant natural resources ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup	Bai ⓘ Han Chinese ⓘ Hui ⓘ Kazakhs ⓘ Mongol ⓘ surface form: Mongols Qiang ⓘ Tibetan people ⓘ surface form: Tibetans Uyghurs ⓘ Yi ⓘ
hasLandscape	basin ⓘ desert ⓘ high plateau ⓘ mountain range ⓘ
hasMajorCity	Chengdu ⓘ Chongqing ⓘ Kunming, China ⓘ surface form: Kunming Lanzhou ⓘ Lhasa ⓘ Urumqi ⓘ Xining ⓘ
hasMountainRange	Himalayas ⓘ Kunlun Mountains ⓘ Tien Shan ⓘ surface form: Tianshan Mountains
hasNaturalResource	coal ⓘ minerals ⓘ natural gas ⓘ oil ⓘ
hasReligion	Chinese folk religion ⓘ Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ Vajrayana ⓘ surface form: Tibetan Buddhism
historicallyPartOf	Silk Road routes ⓘ surface form: Silk Road
includesDesert	Gobi Desert ⓘ Taklamakan Desert ⓘ
includesPlateau	Tibetan Plateau ⓘ
partOf	China ⓘ
politicalStatus	integral part of the People’s Republic of China ⓘ
timeZone	China Standard Time ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

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

Central Asia → bordersRegion → Western China ⓘ

North China → borderedBy → Western China ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest China

Tarim Basin → locatedIn → Western China ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest China

Xinjiang → locatedIn → Western China ⓘ

this entity surface form: northwestern China

Central China → borderedBy → Western China ⓘ

Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia border region → locatedIn → Western China ⓘ

this entity surface form: northwest China

Turkic languages → areSpokenIn → Western China ⓘ

Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu High-Speed Railway → locatedIn → Western China ⓘ