council area

Scotland top-level administrative subdivision (since 1996)
AdministrativeArea administrative_territorial_entity_of_scotland Q15060255
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council area

Summary

council area is an administrative territorial entity of Scotland[1]. It draws 20 Wikipedia views per month (administrative_territorial_entity_of_scotland category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • council area is located in Scotland[3].
  • council area is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • council area's instance of is recorded as administrative territorial entity of Scotland[5].
  • council area's locator map image is recorded as ScotlandLabelled.png[6].
  • council area's subclass of is recorded as administrative territorial entity of Scotland[7].
  • council area's subclass of is recorded as unitary authority area[8].
  • council area's subclass of is recorded as second-level administrative division[9].
  • council area's Commons category is recorded as Council areas of Scotland[10].
  • +1996-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of council area[11].
  • council area's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0555w7j[12].
  • council area's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Council areas of Scotland[13].
  • council area's quantity is recorded as {'amount': '+32'}[14].
  • council area's replaces is recorded as local government area of Scotland 1975 to 1996[15].
  • council area's topic has template is recorded as Q14337091[16].
  • council area's has list is recorded as list of Scottish council areas by highest point[17].
  • council area's has list is recorded as list of Scottish council areas by area[18].
  • council area's has list is recorded as list of Scottish council areas by number of Scottish Gaelic speakers[19].
  • council area's has list is recorded as list of Scottish council areas by population density[20].
  • council area's has list is recorded as list of Scottish council areas by population[21].
  • council area's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1212mf5d[22].

Body

Geography

council area is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in Scotland[3].

Designation and Status

council area's instance of is recorded as administrative territorial entity of Scotland[5].

History and Context

+1996-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of council area[11].

Why It Matters

council area draws 20 Wikipedia views per month (administrative_territorial_entity_of_scotland category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . 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] . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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