Tawang

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Tawang is a remote Himalayan town in northeastern India known for its large 17th-century Buddhist monastery and scenic mountain landscapes near the India–China border.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Tawang district 14
Tawang canonical 10
Tawang town 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
borderProximity India–China border ⓘ
Line of Actual Control ⓘ
climate cold temperate ⓘ
country India ⓘ
economySector animal husbandry ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
elevation approximately 3000 meters above sea level ⓘ
ethnicGroup Monpa people ⓘ
foundedCentury 17th century ⓘ
governedBy Government of Arunachal Pradesh ⓘ
Government of India ⓘ
hasFeature Buddhist temples ⓘ
alpine valleys ⓘ
high mountain passes ⓘ
monastic architecture ⓘ
snow-covered mountains ⓘ
hasViewOf snowy Himalayan peaks ⓘ
heritageType Buddhist cultural heritage ⓘ
knownFor Buddhist culture ⓘ
Tawang Monastery ⓘ
high-altitude tourism ⓘ
scenic mountain landscapes ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
locatedIn Arunachal Pradesh ⓘ
Eastern Himalayas ⓘ
Northeastern India ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeDivision Tawang district ⓘ
linked to: Tawang
monasteryAffiliation Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
monasteryLocatedHere Tawang Monastery ⓘ
nearestMajorState Assam ⓘ
nearPass Sela Pass ⓘ
partOfRegionClaimedBy China ⓘ
Tibet Autonomous Region (claimed) ⓘ
religionMajority Buddhism ⓘ
religiousTradition Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
roadConnection connected to Assam by mountain roads ⓘ
strategicImportance India–China territorial dispute ⓘ
border security ⓘ
timeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
tourismType adventure tourism ⓘ
nature tourism ⓘ
religious tourism ⓘ
transportMode road ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (31)

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

Sela Pass → locatedInDistrict → Tawang district ⓘ
linked to: Tawang
Sela Pass → connects → Tawang ⓘ
Sela Pass → connects → Tawang with the rest of Arunachal Pradesh ⓘ
linked to: Tawang
Sela Pass → nearestMajorTown → Tawang ⓘ
Tawang Monastery → locatedIn → Tawang town ⓘ
linked to: Tawang
Tawang Monastery → locatedIn → Tawang district ⓘ
linked to: Tawang
Monpa → primarilyInhabits → Tawang district ⓘ
linked to: Tawang
Bomdila → nearbyPlace → Tawang ⓘ
Tawang → locatedInAdministrativeDivision → Tawang district ⓘ
linked to: Tawang
Kameng River → sourceRegion → Tawang district ⓘ
linked to: Tawang
Sela Tunnel → locatedInRegion → Tawang region ⓘ
linked to: Tawang
Sela Tunnel → connects → Tawang ⓘ
Monpa people → primarilyInhabits → Tawang district ⓘ
linked to: Tawang
Bum La Pass → locatedIn → Tawang district ⓘ
linked to: Tawang
Bum La Pass → connects → Tawang ⓘ
Bum La Pass → accessFrom → Tawang town ⓘ
linked to: Tawang
Kameng Frontier Division → contains → Tawang area ⓘ
linked to: Tawang
Kameng Frontier Division → successor → Tawang district ⓘ
linked to: Tawang
West Kameng district → borders → Tawang district ⓘ
linked to: Tawang
Sela Lake → locatedIn → Tawang district ⓘ
linked to: Tawang
Sela Lake → nearestTown → Tawang ⓘ
Dukhang (assembly hall) → locatedInAdministrativeRegion → Tawang district ⓘ
linked to: Tawang
Torgya → region → Tawang region ⓘ
linked to: Tawang
Choskar → associatedWith → Tawang district ⓘ
linked to: Tawang
Monpa language → usedIn → Tawang district ⓘ
linked to: Tawang
Dirang → onRouteTo → Tawang ⓘ
Gaden Namgyal Lhatse → locatedIn → Tawang district ⓘ
linked to: Tawang
Gaden Namgyal Lhatse → overlooks → Tawang town ⓘ
linked to: Tawang