Sherpa people

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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 13
Sherpa people canonical 12
Sherpa communities 1

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 (29)

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