Khitan people

nomadic people originally from Mongolia and Manchuria
Intangible ethnic_group Q218332
Khitan people
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Khitan people

Summary

Khitan people is an ethnic group[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,029 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Khitan people's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[3].
  • Khitan people's Commons category is recorded as Khitan people[4].
  • Khitan people's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Khitans[5].
  • Khitan people's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[6].
  • Khitan people's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • Khitan people's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • Khitan people's described by source is recorded as Book of Wei[9].
  • Khitan people's described by source is recorded as History of Northern Dynasties[10].
  • Khitan people's described by source is recorded as Book of Sui[11].
  • Khitan people's described by source is recorded as Old Book of Tang[12].
  • Khitan people's described by source is recorded as New Book of Tang[13].
  • Khitan people's different from is recorded as circumcision in Islam[14].
  • Khitan people's language used is recorded as Khitan[15].
  • Khitan people's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[16].
  • Khitan people's P14541 is recorded as 1Msk79[17].

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Definition and Type

Khitan people's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[3].

Influence

Things named for Khitan people include Cathay[18], a names of China[19] and China[20], a cultural region[21].

Why It Matters

Khitan people ranks in the top 4% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,029 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Entities named for it include Cathay[18], a names of China[19] and China[20], a cultural region[21].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  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.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] ↑ . 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. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Bischrob · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sociomap id → SM454410
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14249]]: SM454410, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1789071553872"
  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1Msk79
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Language used → Khitan
    Instance of → ethnic group
    Different from → circumcision in Islam
    Aliases → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 16424, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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