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Sherpa

ethnic group from the most mountainous region of Nepal
Intangible ethnic_group Q200513
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Summary

Sherpa is an ethnic group[1]. Sherpa ranks in the top 2% of ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,433 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Religion or worldview: Tibetan Buddhism[3], Hinduism[4], Bon[5], Christianity[6]
  • Country: Nepal[7], People's Republic of China[8], India[9], Bhutan[10]
  • Commons category: Sherpa[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Sherpa people[12]
  • Population: 520,000[13]
  • Native label: ཤར་པ།[14]
  • Different from: Szerpa[15]
  • Language used: Sherpa[16], Nepali[17]
  • Permanent duplicated item: Q27136408[18]

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Influence

Things named for Sherpa include sherpa[19], a public office[20].

Why It Matters

Sherpa has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Sherpa is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Entities named for Sherpa include sherpa[19], a public office[20].

Related Entities

Bhutan India Nepal People's Republic of China

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] ↑ . 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. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . 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. 5w ago · Bischrob · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sociomap id → SM257525
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Sociomap id: SM257525, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1789071553872"
  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0393723-serpove
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0393723-serpove, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language used → Sherpa, Nepali
    Religion or worldview → Tibetan Buddhism, Hinduism, Bon +1
    Country → Nepal, People's Republic of China, India +1
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 27160, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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