East Belgium

predominantly German-speaking region of Belgium annexed following World War I
Place region Q1514886
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East Belgium

Summary

East Belgium is a region[1]. It draws 187 Wikipedia views per month (region category, ranking #260 of 1,289).[2]

Key Facts

  • East Belgium is located in Province of Liege[3].
  • East Belgium is in the country of Belgium[4].
  • East Belgium's image is recorded as Ehemaliges Kaufmannshaus (Ostbelgien - Eupen - DG).jpg[5].
  • East Belgium's instance of is recorded as region[6].
  • East Belgium's coat of arms image is recorded as Redîmés Payis.jpg[7].
  • East Belgium's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 144178968[8].
  • East Belgium's GND ID is recorded as 4131593-5[9].
  • East Belgium's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12020535w[10].
  • East Belgium's IdRef ID is recorded as 02835219X[11].
  • East Belgium's Commons category is recorded as Eupen-Malmedy[12].
  • East Belgium's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09vzv3[13].
  • East Belgium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Eupen-Malmedy[14].
  • East Belgium's page banner is recorded as Bütgenbach banner.jpg[15].
  • East Belgium's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[16].
  • East Belgium's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • East Belgium's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Eupen-et-Malmedy[18].
  • East Belgium's detail map is recorded as Eupen-MalmedyGrenzveränderungen.jpg[19].
  • East Belgium's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Ostbelgien'}[20].
  • East Belgium's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'wa', 'text': "Beldjike d' l' Ess"}[21].
  • East Belgium's BabelNet ID is recorded as 03061049n[22].
  • East Belgium's Quora topic ID is recorded as Eupen-Malmedy[23].
  • East Belgium's Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID is recorded as eupen-e-malmedy[24].
  • East Belgium's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Eupen-Malmédy[25].
  • East Belgium's National Library of Poland MMS ID is recorded as 9810695275405606[26].
  • East Belgium's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3899100[27].

Body

Geography

East Belgium is in the country of Belgium[4]. It is located in Province of Liege[3].

Designation and Status

East Belgium's instance of is recorded as region[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for East Belgium include German-speaking Community[28], a community of Belgium[29], in Belgium[30], founded in 1984[31].

Why It Matters

East Belgium draws 187 Wikipedia views per month (region category, ranking #260 of 1,289).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for it include German-speaking Community[28], a community of Belgium[29], in Belgium[30], founded in 1984[31].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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