equator

Summary

equator is a great circle^[1]. equator draws 780 Wikipedia views per month (great_circle category, ranking #1 of 3).^[2]

Key Facts

• equator is in the country of São Tomé and Príncipe^[3].
• equator is in the country of Gabon^[4].
• equator is in the country of Republic of the Congo^[5].
• equator is in the country of Democratic Republic of the Congo^[6].
• equator is in the country of Uganda^[7].
• equator is in the country of Kenya^[8].
• equator's instance of is recorded as great circle^[9].
• equator's instance of is recorded as circle of latitude^[10].
• equator's instance of is recorded as equator^[11].
• equator's Commons category is recorded as Equator^[12].
• equator's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 0, 'lon': 0}^[13].
• equator's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Equator^[14].
• equator's Commons gallery is recorded as Equator^[15].
• equator's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary^[16].
• equator's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[17].
• equator's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[18].
• equator's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[19].
• equator's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[20].
• equator's described by source is recorded as Small Soviet Encyclopedia^[21].
• equator's different from is recorded as thermal equator^[22].
• equator's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+40075'}^[23].
• equator's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[24].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include great circle^[9], circle of latitude^[10], and equator^[11].

Influence

Things named for equator include Ecuador^[25], a sovereign state^[26], in Ecuador^[27], founded in 1809^[28]; Equatorial Guinea^[29], a country^[30], in Equatorial Guinea^[31], founded in 1968^[32]; and Mbandaka^[33], an official city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo^[34], in Democratic Republic of the Congo^[35], founded in 1883^[36].

Why It Matters

equator draws 780 Wikipedia views per month (great_circle category, ranking #1 of 3).^[2] equator has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] equator is known by 84 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]

Entities named for equator include Ecuador^[25], a sovereign state^[26], in Ecuador^[27], founded in 1809^[28]; Equatorial Guinea^[29], a country^[30], in Equatorial Guinea^[31], founded in 1968^[32]; and Mbandaka^[33], an official city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo^[34], in Democratic Republic of the Congo^[35], founded in 1883^[36].