district

type of administrative division, in some countries
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district

Summary

district is an administrative territorial entity type[1]. district draws 673 Wikipedia views per month (administrative_territorial_entity_type category, ranking #35 of 173).[2]

Key Facts

  • district's instance of is recorded as administrative territorial entity type[3].
  • district is a type of administrative territorial entity[4].
  • district's Commons category is recorded as Districts[5].
  • district's said to be the same as is recorded as arrondissement[6].
  • district's said to be the same as is recorded as okrug[7].
  • district's said to be the same as is recorded as raion[8].
  • district's said to be the same as is recorded as uezd[9].
  • district's said to be the same as is recorded as gavar[10].
  • district's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Districts[11].
  • district's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as place=district[12].
  • district's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • district's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[14].
  • district's different from is recorded as district[15].
  • district's different from is recorded as district of China[16].

Body

Definition and Type

district's instance of is recorded as administrative territorial entity type[3]. district is a type of administrative territorial entity[4].

Why It Matters

district draws 673 Wikipedia views per month (administrative_territorial_entity_type category, ranking #35 of 173).[2] district has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] district is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of administrative territorial entity type
    Aliases
    Different from district, district of China
    Described by source Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, New International Encyclopedia
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 6818, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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