Banaue Rice Terraces

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cultural landscape rice terrace system tourist attraction

Banaue Rice Terraces are ancient, mountainside rice paddies in the Philippines renowned as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and an iconic example of indigenous Ifugao engineering and landscape cultivation.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Banaue Rice Terraces canonical	9
Ifugao Rice Terraces	3
Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras	3
Batad Rice Terraces	2
Banaue Rice Terraces viewpoint	1
Bangaan Rice Terraces	1
Rice Granary of the Philippines	1
Rice terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site (Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2844538 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Banaue Rice Terraces
Context triple: [Cordillera Administrative Region, contains, Banaue Rice Terraces]

A. Antique rice terraces
Antique rice terraces are centuries-old, hand-carved mountain rice fields in the Philippine province of Antique, known for their scenic landscapes and cultural heritage.
B. Tanum World Heritage Site
Tanum World Heritage Site is a UNESCO-listed area in western Sweden renowned for its extensive Bronze Age rock carvings depicting daily life, rituals, and symbolic scenes.
C. Ba Na Hills
Ba Na Hills is a popular mountain resort and amusement complex near Da Nang, Vietnam, known for its cool climate, French-style village, and the iconic Golden Bridge held by giant stone hands.
D. Salineras de Maras
Salineras de Maras is a historic complex of terraced salt evaporation ponds in Peru’s Sacred Valley, renowned for its striking landscape and traditional salt-harvesting methods dating back to pre-Inca times.
E. Plain of Jars
The Plain of Jars is a mysterious megalithic archaeological landscape in central Laos, scattered with thousands of large stone jars whose origins and purpose remain uncertain.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Banaue Rice Terraces
Target entity description: Banaue Rice Terraces are ancient, mountainside rice paddies in the Philippines renowned as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and an iconic example of indigenous Ifugao engineering and landscape cultivation.

A. Antique rice terraces
Antique rice terraces are centuries-old, hand-carved mountain rice fields in the Philippine province of Antique, known for their scenic landscapes and cultural heritage.
B. Tanum World Heritage Site
Tanum World Heritage Site is a UNESCO-listed area in western Sweden renowned for its extensive Bronze Age rock carvings depicting daily life, rituals, and symbolic scenes.
C. Ba Na Hills
Ba Na Hills is a popular mountain resort and amusement complex near Da Nang, Vietnam, known for its cool climate, French-style village, and the iconic Golden Bridge held by giant stone hands.
D. Salineras de Maras
Salineras de Maras is a historic complex of terraced salt evaporation ponds in Peru’s Sacred Valley, renowned for its striking landscape and traditional salt-harvesting methods dating back to pre-Inca times.
E. Plain of Jars
The Plain of Jars is a mysterious megalithic archaeological landscape in central Laos, scattered with thousands of large stone jars whose origins and purpose remain uncertain.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural landscape ⓘ rice terrace system ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
builtUsing	hand tools ⓘ indigenous knowledge systems ⓘ
constructedBy	Ifugao people ⓘ
constructionMethod	mud-walled terraces ⓘ stone-walled terraces ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Philippines ⓘ
culturalSignificance	iconic landscape of the Philippines ⓘ symbol of Ifugao identity ⓘ
elevation	about 1500 meters above sea level ⓘ
estimatedAge	over 2000 years ⓘ
ethnicGroupAssociated	Ifugao ⓘ
governedBy	Municipality of Banaue ⓘ
heritageType	indigenous engineering ⓘ traditional agricultural landscape ⓘ
irrigationSource	forest watersheds ⓘ mountain streams ⓘ
locatedIn	Banaue, Ifugao ⓘ linked to: Banaue
locatedInIsland	Luzon ⓘ
locatedInProvince	Ifugao ⓘ linked to: Ifugao Province
locatedInRegion	Cordillera Central ⓘ
partOf	Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras ⓘ linked to: Banaue Rice Terraces
primaryCrop	rice ⓘ
recognizedAs	National Cultural Treasure of the Philippines ⓘ
recognizedBy	National Museum of the Philippines ⓘ
secondaryCrop	vegetables ⓘ
terrain	mountainous ⓘ
threat	climate change impacts ⓘ lack of terrace maintenance ⓘ modernization of agriculture ⓘ outmigration of farmers ⓘ
tourismActivity	cultural immersion ⓘ sightseeing ⓘ trekking ⓘ
UNESCOCriteria	(iii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ (v) ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear	1995 ⓘ
UNESCOSiteIncludes	Bangaan Rice Terraces ⓘ linked to: Banaue Rice Terraces Batad Rice Terraces ⓘ linked to: Banaue Rice Terraces Hapao Rice Terraces ⓘ Mayoyao Rice Terraces ⓘ Nagacadan Rice Terraces ⓘ
UNESCOStatus	part of Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras World Heritage Site ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory	cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion	Asia-Pacific ⓘ
viewpoints	Banaue Viewpoint ⓘ linked to: Banaue Saddle Point View Deck ⓘ

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