Tianshan Mountains
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Summary
Tianshan Mountains is a mountain range[1]. It ranks in the top 0.93% of mountain range entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,228 views/month, #26 of 2,807).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kyrgyzstan[3], Kazakhstan[4], People's Republic of China[5]
- Country: Kyrgyzstan[6], Kazakhstan[7], People's Republic of China[8], Uzbekistan[9]
- Continent: Asia[10]
- Commons category: Tian Shan[11]
- Highest point: Jengish Chokusu[12]
- Coordinate location: 42.0375, 80.125277777778[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Tian Shan[14]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[17], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 12[19]
- Topic has template: Šablona:Ťan-šan[20]
- Native label: 天山[21]
- Length: 2500[22]
- Elevation above sea level: 7439[23]
- Width: 400[24]
- Time period: Devonian[25]
- Permanent duplicated item: Q25695132[26], Q25696243[27]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[28]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Tian Shan[29]
- P14541: 38LdiJ[30]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Tianshan Mountains include Ürümqi Tianshan International Airport[31], an international airport[32], in People's Republic of China[33]; Tienshanosaurus[34], a fossil taxon[35]; and tienshanite[36], a mineral species[37].
Why It Matters
Tianshan Mountains has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]
Entities named for it include Ürümqi Tianshan International Airport[31], an international airport[32], in People's Republic of China[33]; Tienshanosaurus[34], a fossil taxon[35]; and tienshanite[36], a mineral species[37].