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survey designed to collect data about all members of a population
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census

Summary

census is a recurring event[1]. census ranks in the top 2% of recurring_event entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,096 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • census's instance of is recorded as recurring event[3].
  • census's instance of is recorded as field of study[4].
  • census's instance of is recorded as field of study[5].
  • census is a type of source of information[6].
  • census is a type of data set[7].
  • census is a type of census[8].
  • census is used for population estimation[9].
  • census's Commons category is recorded as Census[10].
  • census's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Censuses[11].
  • census's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)[12].
  • census's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[13].
  • census's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • census's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • census's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • census's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[17].
  • census's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[18].
  • census's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[19].
  • census's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox census[20].
  • census's has effect is recorded as apportionment of seats[21].
  • census's main Wikidata property is recorded as P8701[22].
  • census's different from is recorded as number of individuals[23].
  • census's different from is recorded as Hamming weight[24].
  • census's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[25].

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Context

Recorded instance of include recurring event[3] and field of study[4].

Why It Matters

census ranks in the top 2% of recurring_event entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,096 views/month).[2] census has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] census is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic has template → Template:Infobox census
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    Described by source → Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Pauly–Wissowa, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition +5
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 9261, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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