Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture

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Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture is a mountainous region in southern Sichuan, China, known as the heartland of the Yi ethnic group and for its distinct language, customs, and traditional festivals.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture canonical 9
Liangshan Yi 1

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Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
autonomous prefecture
administrativeCenter Xichang
administrativeLevel prefecture-level
borderingRegion Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Leshan City
linked to: Leshan

Panzhihua City
linked to: Panzhihua

Ya'an City
linked to: Ya’an City

Yunnan Province
capital Xichang
contains Butuo County
Dechang County
Ganluo County
Huidong County
Huili County
Jinyang County
Leibo County
Meigu County
Mianning County
Ningnan County
Puge County
Xichang City
linked to: Xichang

Xide County
Yanyuan County
Zhaojue County
country China
culturalRegionOf Yi people
ethnicGroupMajority Yi people
geographicalFeature mountain region
governingBody Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture People's Government
hasEthnicGroup Han Chinese
Tibetan people
Yi people
hasFestival Yi Torch Festival
knownFor Yi Torch Festival
Yi culture
Yi language use
traditional Yi customs
localLanguage Yi language
linked to: Yi languages
locatedIn Sichuan Province
southern Sichuan
southwestern China
locatedInMountainRange Hengduan Mountains
locatedInTimeZone China Standard Time
nickname heartland of the Yi people
officialLanguage Standard Chinese
partOf People's Republic of China
linked to: China
recognizedMinorityRegionFor Yi people
subdivisionOf Sichuan Province
terrain mountainous
traversedByRiver Anning River
Yalong River
utcOffset +8

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

Yi people culturalRegion Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture
subject linked to: Yi
Yi people autonomousRegion Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture
Namuyi language region Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture
Shaluli Mountains countrySubdivision Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture
Lolo (Yi) people region Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture
Xichang administrativeDivisionOf Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture
Xichang isCapitalOf Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture
Nuosu primarilyLocatedIn Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture
Nuosu exonym Liangshan Yi
linked to: Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture
Torch Festival mainLocations Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture