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custom house

government office building for import and export of goods
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custom house

Summary

custom house ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (477 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • custom house is a type of building of public administration[2].
  • custom house is a type of border checkpoint[3].
  • custom house is a type of government office[4].
  • custom house's Commons category is recorded as Custom houses[5].
  • custom house's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Custom houses[6].
  • custom house's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[7].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include building of public administration[2], border checkpoint[3], and government office[4].

Why It Matters

custom house ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (477 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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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.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Custom houses
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Subclass of → building of public administration, border checkpoint, government office
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|15 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 39182, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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