Doaba

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cultural region region

Doaba is a culturally rich region of Punjab in northern India, historically known for its fertile land between the Beas and Sutlej rivers and its significant Punjabi diaspora.

Aliases (1)

Doaba region ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural region → region →
bordersRegion	Majha → Malwa →
continent	Asia →
country	India →
culture	Punjabi culture →
economyBasedOn	agriculture →
etymologyFrom	do ab →
etymologyMeaning	land between two rivers →
hasCulturalPractice	Bhangra → Giddha →
hasDialect	Doabi Punjabi →
hasDistrict	Hoshiarpur district → Jalandhar district → Kapurthala district → Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district →
hasFestival	Diwali → Lohri → Vaisakhi →
hasMajorCity	Hoshiarpur → Jalandhar → Kapurthala → Nawanshahr →
hasNotableCommunity	Dalit population → NRI Punjabis →
hasSignificantEmigrationTo	Canada → Europe → United Kingdom → United States →
historicalRegionOf	Punjab →
knownFor	Punjabi diaspora → agricultural productivity → fertile land →
language	Punjabi →
locatedBetweenRivers	Beas River → Sutlej River →
locatedIn	Punjab → northern India →
majorCrops	rice → sugarcane → wheat →
partOf	Punjab region →
partOfTraditionalDivisionOfPunjab	Majha-Doaba-Malwa →
primaryReligion	Hinduism → Sikhism →
state	Punjab →
timeZone	Indian Standard Time →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Majha →	borders
Northern India →	hasCulturalRegion
Doabi dialect ("Doaba region") →	spokenIn
Doabi dialect →	traditionalRegion