East Turkestan

loosely defined region in Central Asia
AdministrativeArea historical_region Q840601
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East Turkestan is an administrative area located within the People's Republic of China[1].

East Turkestan

Summary

East Turkestan is a historical region[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of historical_region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (981 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • East Turkestan is located in Xinjiang[3].
  • East Turkestan is in the country of People's Republic of China[4].
  • East Turkestan's image is recorded as Xinjiang regions simplified.png[5].
  • East Turkestan's instance of is recorded as historical region[6].
  • East Turkestan's flag image is recorded as Kokbayraq flag.svg[7].
  • East Turkestan's part of is recorded as People's Republic of China[8].
  • East Turkestan's Commons category is recorded as East Turkestan[9].
  • East Turkestan's said to be the same as is recorded as Uyghuristan[10].
  • East Turkestan's said to be the same as is recorded as Chinese Turkestan[11].
  • East Turkestan's said to be the same as is recorded as Xinjiang[12].
  • East Turkestan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02p13nf[13].
  • East Turkestan's topic's main category is recorded as Category:East Turkestan[14].
  • East Turkestan's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • East Turkestan's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[16].
  • East Turkestan's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[17].
  • East Turkestan's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • East Turkestan's different from is recorded as Turkestan[19].
  • East Turkestan's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Øst-Turkestan[20].
  • East Turkestan's NicoNicoPedia ID is recorded as 東トルキスタン[21].
  • East Turkestan's category for maps or plans is recorded as Category:Maps of East Turkestan[22].
  • East Turkestan's Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID is recorded as 2031[23].

Body

Geography

East Turkestan is in the country of People's Republic of China[4]. It is located in Xinjiang[3]. Its part of is recorded as People's Republic of China[8].

Designation and Status

East Turkestan's instance of is recorded as historical region[6].

Why It Matters

East Turkestan ranks in the top 7% of historical_region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (981 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . uyghurcongress.org. uyghurcongress.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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