Department for Transport

United Kingdom government ministerial department responsible for the English transport network
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Department for Transport

Summary

Department for Transport is a department of the United Kingdom Government[1]. It draws 155 Wikipedia views per month (department_of_the_united_kingdom_government category, ranking #14 of 41).[2]

Key Facts

  • Department for Transport was a member of Euro NCAP[3].
  • Department for Transport is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Department for Transport's instance of is recorded as department of the United Kingdom Government[5].
  • Department for Transport's instance of is recorded as transport ministry[6].
  • Department for Transport's headquarters location is recorded as London[7].
  • Department for Transport's ISNI is recorded as 0000000122863665[8].
  • Department for Transport's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 132985253[9].
  • Department for Transport's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nr2001027393[10].
  • Department for Transport's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA14948334[11].
  • Department for Transport's child organization or unit is recorded as National Highways[12].
  • Department for Transport's child organization or unit is recorded as Maritime and Coastguard Agency[13].
  • Department for Transport's child organization or unit is recorded as Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain[14].
  • Department for Transport's Commons category is recorded as Department for Transport (United Kingdom)[15].
  • Department for Transport's has part is recorded as Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain[16].
  • +2002-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Department for Transport[17].
  • Department for Transport's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.4946, 'lon': -0.1293}[18].
  • Department for Transport's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02nyws[19].
  • Department for Transport's official website is recorded as https://www.gov.uk/dft[20].
  • Department for Transport's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Department for Transport[21].
  • Department for Transport's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as United Kingdom[22].
  • Department for Transport's replaces is recorded as Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions[23].
  • Department for Transport's BBC Things ID is recorded as ae514d5e-6fef-4665-b24d-ffb88a2864a0[24].
  • Department for Transport's different from is recorded as United States Department of Transportation[25].
  • Department for Transport's X is recorded as transportgovuk[26].
  • Department for Transport's Instagram username is recorded as transportgovuk[27].

Why It Matters

Department for Transport draws 155 Wikipedia views per month (department_of_the_united_kingdom_government category, ranking #14 of 41).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . GRID Release 2017-01-10. wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . CiNii Research. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . gov.uk. Retrieved . gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] . euroncap.com. Retrieved . euroncap.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . gov.uk. Retrieved . gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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