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demilitarized zone

area in which agreements between military powers forbid military activities
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demilitarized zone

Summary

demilitarized zone ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,054 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • demilitarized zone is a type of administrative territorial entity[2].
  • demilitarized zone is a type of restricted area[3].
  • demilitarized zone is a type of military restricted area[4].
  • demilitarized zone's Commons category is recorded as Demilitarized zones[5].
  • demilitarized zone's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.967751, 'lon': 126.74704}[6].
  • demilitarized zone's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Demilitarized zones[7].
  • demilitarized zone's different from is recorded as closed border[8].
  • demilitarized zone's different from is recorded as unarmed neutrality（Japan）[9].
  • demilitarized zone's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[10].
  • demilitarized zone's model item is recorded as Korean Demilitarized Zone[11].
  • demilitarized zone's does not have characteristic is recorded as military[12].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include administrative territorial entity[2], restricted area[3], and military restricted area[4].

Influence

Things named for demilitarized zone include DMZ[13].

Why It Matters

demilitarized zone ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,054 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Entities named for it include DMZ[13].

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.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → closed border, unarmed neutrality（Japan）
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 37.967751, 'lon': 126.74704}
    Does not have characteristic → military
    Subclass of → administrative territorial entity, restricted area, military restricted area
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 4944, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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