Sherpa people

E187807

The Sherpa people are an ethnic group native to the Himalayan region of Nepal, renowned for their mountaineering expertise and vital role in high-altitude expeditions on peaks such as Everest.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Sherpa 44
Sherpa people canonical 29
Sherpa communities 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
altitudeAdaptation physiological adaptation to high altitude ⓘ
associatedWith Mount Everest ⓘ
citizenshipMajority Nepalese ⓘ
clanStructure organized into clans ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Nepal ⓘ
culturalPractice Buddhist festivals such as Mani Rimdu ⓘ
mountain worship ⓘ
culture Himalayan culture ⓘ
demography population concentrated in mountainous areas ⓘ
ethnonym Sherpa ⓘ
linked to: Sherpa people
knownFor Himalayan expeditions ⓘ
high-altitude guiding ⓘ
load carrying at high altitude ⓘ
mountaineering ⓘ
language Sherpa language ⓘ
languageFamily Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
nativeTo Himalayan region ⓘ
Khumbu region ⓘ
linked to: Khumbu Valley

Nepal ⓘ
Solukhumbu District ⓘ
eastern Nepal ⓘ
notableActivity Everest summit ascents ⓘ
high-altitude rescue ⓘ
route fixing on Himalayan peaks ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Bhutia people ⓘ
linked to: Bhutia

Tamang people ⓘ
Tibetan people ⓘ
religion Bön influences ⓘ
Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
Vajrayana Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Vajrayana
significantPopulationIn Bhutan ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
India ⓘ
Tibet ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
tourismRole supporting trekking industry in Nepal ⓘ
traditionalOccupation agriculture ⓘ
mountain guiding ⓘ
trading ⓘ
yak herding ⓘ
traditionalRegion Helambu ⓘ
Khumbu ⓘ
Rolwaling ⓘ
Solukhumbu ⓘ
linked to: Solukhumbu District
traditionalReligionCenters Pangboche Monastery ⓘ
Tengboche Monastery ⓘ
linked to: Tengboche
usesScript Tibetan script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (81)

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

Tenzing Norgay → ethnicGroup → Sherpa people ⓘ
Tenzing Norgay → languageOfWorkOrName → Sherpa ⓘ
linked to: Sherpa people
Eastern Himalayas → inhabitedBy → Sherpa communities ⓘ
linked to: Sherpa people
Sikkim → hasEthnicGroup → Sherpa ⓘ
subject linked to: Indian state of Sikkim
linked to: Sherpa people
Sagarmatha → isSacredInCulture → SherpaCulture ⓘ
subject linked to: Sagarmatha – Nepali
linked to: Sherpa people
Namche Bazaar → inhabitedBy → Sherpa people ⓘ
Tibeto-Burman peoples → hasEthnicGroup → Sherpa people ⓘ
Taplejung District → majorEthnicGroups → Sherpa ⓘ
linked to: Sherpa people
Taplejung District → majorLanguages → Sherpa ⓘ
linked to: Sherpa people
Ghunsa → hasPrimaryEthnicGroup → Sherpa ⓘ
linked to: Sherpa people
Province No. 1, Nepal → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Sherpa ⓘ
linked to: Sherpa people
Sankhuwasabha District → hasEthnicGroup → Sherpa ⓘ
linked to: Sherpa people
Nangpa La → usedBy → Sherpa people ⓘ
Pasang Dawa Lama → languageSpoken → Sherpa ⓘ
linked to: Sherpa people
Solukhumbu District → majorEthnicGroup → Sherpa ⓘ
subject linked to: Solukhumbu District, Nepal
linked to: Sherpa people
Khumjung → ethnicGroup → Sherpa ⓘ
linked to: Sherpa people
Tengboche → ethnicGroup → Sherpa people ⓘ
Khumbu → ethnicGroup → Sherpa people ⓘ
Dawa Phuti → ethnicity → Sherpa ⓘ
linked to: Sherpa people
Ang Lhamu → ethnicity → Sherpa people ⓘ
Dakku → associatedWith → Sherpa community ⓘ
linked to: Sherpa people
Losar → observedBy → Sherpas ⓘ
linked to: Sherpa people
Norbu Tenzing → ethnicGroup → Sherpa people ⓘ
Province No. 1 → containsEthnicGroup → Sherpa ⓘ
linked to: Sherpa people
Sherpa people → ethnonym → Sherpa ⓘ
linked to: Sherpa people
Kunde → inhabitedBy → Sherpa people ⓘ
Himalayan region → inhabitedBy → Sherpa people ⓘ
Nepali people → ethnicGroup → Sherpa people ⓘ
Dolakha District → hasMajorEthnicGroups → Sherpa ⓘ
linked to: Sherpa people
Lukla → ethnicGroupPresent → Sherpa people ⓘ
Icefall Doctors → ethnicGroupMajority → Sherpa ⓘ
linked to: Sherpa people
Everest region → primaryEthnicGroup → Sherpa people ⓘ
Eastern Nepal → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Sherpa people ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern Nepal
Sherpa language → ethnicGroup → Sherpa people ⓘ
Sherpa Culture Museum → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Sherpa ⓘ
linked to: Sherpa people
Sindhupalchok District → hasEthnicGroup → Sherpa ⓘ
linked to: Sherpa people
Rasuwa District → hasEthnicGroup → Sherpa ⓘ
linked to: Sherpa people
Monpa people → relatedEthnicGroup → Sherpa people ⓘ
Kangchenjunga region → inhabitedBy → Sherpa communities ⓘ
linked to: Sherpa people
Ilam District → hasEthnicGroup → Sherpa ⓘ
linked to: Sherpa people
Jarung Khashor → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Sherpa community ⓘ
linked to: Sherpa people
Okhaldhunga District → majorEthnicGroup → Sherpa ⓘ
linked to: Sherpa people
Pasang Dawa Lama Sherpa → ethnicity → Sherpa ⓘ
linked to: Sherpa people
Solu → ethnicGroup → Sherpa ⓘ
linked to: Sherpa people
Pharak → inhabitedBy → Sherpa people ⓘ
Pharak → ethnicGroup → Sherpa ⓘ
linked to: Sherpa people
Mani Rimdu festival → practicedBy → Sherpa people ⓘ