Lemko region

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The Lemko region is a historical and ethnographic area in the Carpathian Mountains traditionally inhabited by the Lemko people, spanning parts of present-day southeastern Poland, northeastern Slovakia, and western Ukraine.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Lemko region canonical 5
Lemko Region 2
Central Lemko 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnographic region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
borderedBy Polish–Slovak border ⓘ
countryToday Poland ⓘ
Slovakia ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ
culturalHeritage Carpathian folk architecture ⓘ
Lemko folk songs ⓘ
wooden churches ⓘ
culturalRegionOf Carpathian highlanders ⓘ
ethnicGroupAssociated Lemkos ⓘ
linked to: Lemko people
experiencedEvent Operation Vistula ⓘ
population transfers after World War II ⓘ
hasMinorityStatusIn Poland ⓘ
Slovakia ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ
historicalEthnographicGroupOf Rusyns ⓘ
Ukrainians ⓘ
historicalLanguage Lemko dialect ⓘ
linked to: Lemko language

Rusyn language ⓘ
knownFor distinct Lemko identity ⓘ
mountainous landscape ⓘ
pastoral traditions ⓘ
locatedIn Carpathian Mountains ⓘ
northeastern Slovakia ⓘ
southeastern Poland ⓘ
western Ukraine ⓘ
linked to: Western Ukraine
partOf Carpathian Ruthenia ⓘ
Carpathian region ⓘ
Northern Carpathians ⓘ
linked to: Western Carpathians
partOfHistoricalEntity Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria ⓘ
Second Polish Republic ⓘ
presentInAdministrativeUnit Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ
Lviv Oblast ⓘ
linked to: Lviv region

Prešov Region ⓘ
Subcarpathian Voivodeship ⓘ
relatedRegion Boyko region ⓘ
Hutsul region ⓘ
Nadsiannia ⓘ
religionTraditionallyPracticed Eastern Christianity ⓘ
Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
Greek Catholicism ⓘ
timePeriodRecognized 19th century ⓘ
20th century ⓘ
traditionalInhabitants Lemko people ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

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

Poprad River → region → Lemko region ⓘ
Culture of Ukrainian borscht cooking → hasRegionalVariationsIn → Hutsul region ⓘ
linked to: Lemko region
Rusyns → traditionalRegion → Lemko Region ⓘ
linked to: Lemko region
Rusyns → relatedEthnicity → Lemkos ⓘ
linked to: Lemko region
Dukla Pass → historicalRegion → Lemko region ⓘ
Lemko language → hasDialect → Central Lemko ⓘ
linked to: Lemko region
Lemko language → hasDialect → Eastern Lemko ⓘ
linked to: Lemko region
Carpathian region → contains → Lemko region ⓘ
Karwacjan family → region → Gorlice region ⓘ
linked to: Lemko region
Boyko region → hasNeighbor → Lemko region ⓘ
Nadsiannia → adjacentTo → Lemko region ⓘ
Rusyn diaspora in North America → originRegion → Lemko Region ⓘ
linked to: Lemko region