Lhotshampa

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Lhotshampa are a Nepali-speaking ethnic community of southern Bhutan, many of whom have faced displacement and statelessness due to Bhutanese government policies in the late 20th century.

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Generate an image of Lhotshampa (Lhotshampa are a Nepali-speaking ethnic community of southern Bhutan, many of whom have faced displacement and statelessness due to Bhutanese government policies in the late 20th century.)

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Lhotshampa canonical 5
Bhutanese American 1
Lhotsampa 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nepali-speaking community ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bhutanese of Nepali origin ⓘ
Lhotsampa ⓘ
linked to: Lhotshampa
associatedIssue human rights concerns in Bhutan ⓘ
citizenshipIssue refugee status ⓘ
statelessness ⓘ
countryOfResidence Australia ⓘ
Bhutan ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
culturalPractice Hindu festivals such as Dashain ⓘ
Hindu festivals such as Tihar ⓘ
displacementPeriod early 1990s ⓘ
late 1980s ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Bhutan ⓘ
facedPolicy Bhutanese citizenship laws of the 1980s ⓘ
Bhutanese cultural homogenization policies ⓘ
historicalOrigin Nepal ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
majorEvent mass expulsion from Bhutan in late 20th century ⓘ
migrationToBhutan 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
populationStatus diaspora community ⓘ
primaryLanguage Nepali ⓘ
refugeeCampLocation Jhapa District, Nepal ⓘ
Morang District, Nepal ⓘ
eastern Nepal ⓘ
region southern Bhutan ⓘ
linked to: Bhutan
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
resettlementCountry Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Denmark ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
resettlementProgram third-country resettlement from Nepal ⓘ
resettlementStart mid-2000s ⓘ
scriptUsed Devanagari ⓘ
linked to: Devanagari script
settlementArea southern foothills of Bhutan ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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

Bhutan → primaryEthnicGroup → Lhotshampa ⓘ
Nepali American → relatedTo → Bhutanese American ⓘ
linked to: Lhotshampa
Lhotshampa → alsoKnownAs → Lhotsampa ⓘ
linked to: Lhotshampa
Bhutanese people → ethnicSubgroup → Lhotshampa ⓘ
Southern Bhutan → hasEthnicGroup → Lhotshampa ⓘ
subject linked to: southern Bhutan
Samtse District → hasEthnicGroup → Lhotshampa community ⓘ
linked to: Lhotshampa
Chukha District → hasEthnicGroup → Lhotshampa ⓘ
Sarpang District → hasEthnicGroup → Lhotshampa ⓘ