Western China

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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.

Aliases (5)

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 (11)

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

Turkic languages → areSpokenIn → Western China →
Central China → borderedBy → Western China →
North China → borderedBy → Western China →
this entity surface form: "Northwest China"
Central Asia → bordersRegion → Western China →
Kashgar → locatedIn → Western China →
this entity surface form: "western China"
this entity surface form: "northwest China"
this entity surface form: "western China"
Tarim Basin → locatedIn → Western China →
this entity surface form: "Northwest China"
Xinjiang → locatedIn → Western China →
this entity surface form: "northwestern China"
Lake Manasarovar region → regionOf → Western China →
this entity surface form: "western Tibet"
this entity surface form: "western China"