Boer

descendants of the Dutch settlers in the Dutch Cape Colony
Intangible ethnic_group Q188201
Boer
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Boer

Summary

Boer is an ethnic group[1]. Boer ranks in the top 2% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25,936 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Boer's religion is recorded as Reformed Christianity[3].
  • Boer's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[4].
  • Boer's ancestral home is recorded as Netherlands[5].
  • agriculture in the Netherlands is named after Boer[6].
  • Boer is a type of Afrikaners[7].
  • Boer is a type of Dutch[8].
  • Boer is part of Dutch diaspora[9].
  • Boer's Commons category is recorded as Boers[10].
  • Boer's said to be the same as is recorded as Afrikaners[11].
  • Boer's foods traditionally associated is recorded as Dutch cuisine[12].
  • Boer's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Boers[13].
  • Boer has a population of {'amount': '+1500000'}[14].
  • Boer's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[15].
  • Boer's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[16].
  • Boer's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • Boer's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[18].
  • Boer's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • Boer's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[20].
  • Boer's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[21].
  • Boer's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[22].
  • Boer's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[23].
  • Boer's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24].
  • Boer's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[25].
  • Boer's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'af', 'text': 'Boere'}[26].
  • Boer's history of topic is recorded as Dutch East India Company[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Boer's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[4]. Recorded subclass of include Afrikaners[7] and Dutch[8].

Origins

agriculture in the Netherlands is named after Boer[6].

Use and Application

Boer is part of Dutch diaspora[9].

Why It Matters

Boer ranks in the top 2% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25,936 views/month).[2] Boer has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Boer is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . pology.com. pology.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . 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. 7d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'azb', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'ce', 'cs', 'cy', 'da',
    Gnd id → 4069758-7
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 23d ago · Bischrob · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → descendants of the Dutch settlers in the Dutch Cape Colony
    Sociomap id → SM250839
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  3. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1QCvpZ
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  4. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → Afrikaners
    Part of → Dutch diaspora
    Language used → Afrikaans, Dutch
    Subclass of → Afrikaners, Dutch
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 14341, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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