yurt

portable, round tent covered with skins or felt and used by nomadic groups in Central Asia
Place dwelling Q15680
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yurt

Summary

yurt is a dwelling[1]. yurt ranks in the top 7% of dwelling entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,634 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • yurt is in the country of Mongolia[3].
  • yurt is in the country of Kyrgyzstan[4].
  • yurt is in the country of Uzbekistan[5].
  • yurt is in the country of Kazakhstan[6].
  • yurt's instance of is recorded as dwelling[7].
  • yurt's instance of is recorded as traditional craft[8].
  • yurt is a type of house[9].
  • yurt is a type of tent[10].
  • yurt's Commons category is recorded as Yurts[11].
  • yurt's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Yurts[12].
  • yurt's Commons gallery is recorded as Yurt[13].
  • yurt's described at URL is recorded as https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/00872[14].
  • yurt's described at URL is recorded as https://ich.unesco.org/fr/RL/00872[15].
  • yurt's described at URL is recorded as https://ich.unesco.org/es/RL/00872[16].
  • yurt's described by source is recorded as Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[17].
  • yurt's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • yurt's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • yurt's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
  • yurt's described by source is recorded as Small Soviet Encyclopedia[21].
  • yurt's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'tr', 'text': 'Yurt'}[22].
  • yurt's has part is recorded as tyndyk[23].
  • yurt's has part is recorded as Kerege[24].
  • yurt's has part is recorded as Uyk[25].
  • yurt's intangible cultural heritage status is recorded as Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity[26].
  • yurt's intangible cultural heritage status is recorded as Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity[27].

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Geography

Country listings include Mongolia[3], a sovereign state[28], in Mongolia[29], founded in 1911[30]; Kyrgyzstan[4], a sovereign state[31], in Kyrgyzstan[32], founded in 1991[33]; Uzbekistan[5], a sovereign state[34], in Uzbekistan[35], founded in 1991[36]; and Kazakhstan[6], a sovereign state[37], in Kazakhstan[38], founded in 1991[39].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include dwelling[7] and traditional craft[8].

Why It Matters

yurt ranks in the top 7% of dwelling entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,634 views/month).[2] yurt has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] yurt is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Q87326314. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . 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.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . ich.unesco.org. Retrieved . ich.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Unesco ich id RL/00872, RL/02284
    Instance of
    Intangible cultural heritage status Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 2687, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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