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air defense identification zone

unilaterally declared airspace in which a country tries to identify and control civil aircraft
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air defense identification zone

Summary

air defense identification zone ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (222 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • air defense identification zone is a type of airspace[2].
  • air defense identification zone is part of atmosphere of Earth[3].
  • air defense identification zone's Commons category is recorded as Air Defense Identification Zone[4].
  • air defense identification zone's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Air Defense Identification Zone[5].
  • air defense identification zone's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'ADIZ'}[6].
  • air defense identification zone's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'ZIDA'}[7].

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Definition and Type

air defense identification zone is a type of airspace[2].

Use and Application

air defense identification zone is part of atmosphere of Earth[3].

Why It Matters

air defense identification zone ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (222 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . cnnespanol.cnn.com. cnnespanol.cnn.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Subclass of → airspace
    Subclass of → —
    Part of → atmosphere of Earth
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007394394305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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