Black Hills

mountain range in South Dakota and Wyoming and holy site of Native Americans
Place mountain_range Q250937
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Black Hills

Summary

Black Hills is a mountain range[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of mountain_range entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (803 views/month, #28 of 2,807).[2]

Key Facts

  • Black Hills is located in South Dakota[3].
  • Black Hills is located in Wyoming[4].
  • Black Hills is located in Lawrence County[5].
  • Black Hills is in the country of United States[6].
  • Black Hills's image is recorded as Needles Highway 05.jpg[7].
  • Black Hills's instance of is recorded as mountain range[8].
  • Black Hills's instance of is recorded as sacred place[9].
  • Black Hills's made from material is recorded as sedimentary rock[10].
  • Black Hills's made from material is recorded as shale[11].
  • Black Hills's made from material is recorded as sandstone[12].
  • Black Hills's made from material is recorded as limestone[13].
  • Black Hills's made from material is recorded as slate[14].
  • Black Hills's made from material is recorded as quartzite[15].
  • Black Hills's made from material is recorded as granite[16].
  • Black Hills's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 236542458[17].
  • Black Hills's GND ID is recorded as 4413010-7[18].
  • Black Hills's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85014569[19].
  • Black Hills's part of is recorded as Badlands and Black Hills[20].
  • Black Hills's Commons category is recorded as Black Hills[21].
  • Black Hills's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1267020[22].
  • Black Hills's highest point is recorded as Black Elk Peak[23].
  • Black Hills's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 44, 'lon': -104}[24].
  • Black Hills's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0c0wf[25].
  • Black Hills's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Black Hills[26].
  • Black Hills's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10038135[27].

Body

Geography

Black Hills is in the country of United States[6]. Located in include South Dakota[3], an U.S. state[28], in United States[29], founded in 1889[30]; Wyoming[4], an U.S. state[31], in United States[32], founded in 1890[33]; and Lawrence County[5], a county of South Dakota[34], in United States[35], founded in 1875[36]. Its part of is recorded as Badlands and it[20].

Physical Characteristics

Black Hills's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q232291', 'amount': '+5000'}[37]. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3710', 'amount': '+7242'}[38].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include mountain range[8] and sacred place[9].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Black Hills include Black Hills State University[39], a public university[40], in United States[41], founded in 1883[42].

Why It Matters

Black Hills ranks in the top 1% of mountain_range entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (803 views/month, #28 of 2,807).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

Entities named for it include Black Hills State University[39], a public university[40], in United States[41], founded in 1883[42].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] . GeoNames. Retrieved . 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] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [38] . wikidata.org.
  27. [37] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [39] . wikidata.org. → on this site

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. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [42] . 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. [43] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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