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Anne Arundel County

county in Maryland, United States
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Summary

Anne Arundel County is a county of Maryland[1]. It draws 1,888 Wikipedia views per month (county of maryland category, ranking #4 of 23).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Maryland[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Chesapeake Bay[5]
  • Capital: Annapolis[6]
  • Shares border with: Baltimore County[7], Calvert County[8], Kent County[9], Howard County[10], Prince George's County[11], Queen Anne's County[12], Talbot County[13], Baltimore[14]
  • Named after: Anne Arundell[15]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Annapolis[16], Highland Beach[17]
  • Headquarters location: Annapolis[18]
  • Part of: Baltimore metropolitan area[19]
  • Commons category: Anne Arundel County, Maryland[20]
  • Inception: 1650[21]
  • Coordinate location: 39, -76.6[22]
  • Official website: https://www.aacounty.org/[23]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Anne Arundel County, Maryland[24]
  • Population: 537,656[25], 539,191[26], 544,624[27], 550,175[28], 555,743[29], 564,195[30], 588,261[31]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Anne Arundel County, Maryland[32]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Anne Arundel County, Maryland[33]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Anne Arundel County, Maryland[34]
  • Number of households: 213,122[35]
  • Native label: Anne Arundel County[36]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C108882[37]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Anne Arundel County, Maryland[38]
  • Area: 1523[39]
  • URL: https://www.aacounty.org/county-maps/index.html[40]
  • Water as percent of area: 29[41]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Anne Arundel County include Arundel Formation[42], a geological formation[43], in United States[44].

Why It Matters

Anne Arundel County has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

Entities named for it include Arundel Formation[42], a geological formation[43], in United States[44].

Related Entities

Maryland Smithsonian Environmental Research Center United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [44] ↑ . 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. [45] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 6w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Anne Arundel County
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Anne Arundel County, Maryland.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States pres"
  2. 7w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Annapolis, Highland Beach
    Harper's tag → anne-arundel-county
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: anne-arundel-county, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289908998|anne arundel county (#289908998)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915"
  3. 12w ago · Kleeblatt187 · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Annapolis, Highland Beach
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Contains the administrative territorial entity: Annapolis"
  4. 15w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Obo gazetteer id → 00009814
    Umls cui → C3831534
    Taxonomicon id → 1806059
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||os, el */ import labels from sitelinks; cleanup"
  5. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of households → {'amount': '+213122'}
    Area → {'amount': '+1523'}
    Website → —
    Part of → Baltimore metropolitan area
    + 37 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Nci thesaurus id: C108882, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
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