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county of the United States

subdivision used by most states in the United States of America
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county of the United States

Summary

county of the United States has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • county of the United States is in the country of United States[2].
  • county of the United States is a type of administrative territorial entity of a state of the United States[3].
  • county of the United States is a type of county[4].
  • county of the United States is a type of second-level administrative division[5].
  • county of the United States is a type of county or county-equivalent[6].
  • county of the United States is a type of political territorial entity[7].
  • county of the United States is part of U.S. state[8].
  • county of the United States's Commons category is recorded as Counties of the United States[9].
  • county of the United States's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Counties of the United States[10].
  • county of the United States's quantity is recorded as {'amount': '+3140'}[11].
  • county of the United States's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox U.S. county[12].
  • county of the United States's topic has template is recorded as Template:US county navigation box[13].
  • county of the United States's topic has template is recorded as Template:U.S. Counties[14].
  • county of the United States's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'county'}[15].
  • county of the United States's has list is recorded as list of former United States counties[16].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include administrative territorial entity of a state of the United States[3], county[4], second-level administrative division[5], county or county-equivalent[6], and political territorial entity[7].

Use and Application

county of the United States is part of U.S. state[8].

Why It Matters

county of the United States has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

Birsa Agricultural University North Carolina United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . 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. 6w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Counties of the United States
    Aliases → —
    Topic has template → Template:Infobox U.S. county, Template:US county navigation box, Template:U.S. Counties
    Subclass of → administrative territorial entity of a state of the United States, county, second-level administrative division +2
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q12357832]], разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect [[Q13220204]] → [[Q12357832]] ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/KrBotResolvingRedirect/Q13220204_Q123"
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