Foreign Branch

Intelligence agency of the Republic of South Africa
Organization secret_service Q675162
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Foreign Branch

Summary

Foreign Branch is a secret service[1]. It draws 71 Wikipedia views per month (secret_service category, ranking #8 of 14).[2]

Key Facts

  • Foreign Branch is in the country of South Africa[3].
  • Foreign Branch's instance of is recorded as secret service[4].
  • Foreign Branch's follows is recorded as State Security Agency[5].
  • Foreign Branch's ISNI is recorded as 0000000096950748[6].
  • Foreign Branch's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 143338023[7].
  • Foreign Branch's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no00029267[8].
  • +1994-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Foreign Branch[9].
  • Foreign Branch's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03w6h8[10].
  • Foreign Branch's official website is recorded as http://www.ssa.gov.za/AboutUs/Branches/ForeignBranch.aspx[11].
  • Foreign Branch's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'South African Secret Service'}[12].
  • Foreign Branch's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'SASS'}[13].
  • Foreign Branch's Ringgold ID is recorded as 71958[14].

Body

Founding

+1994-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Foreign Branch[9].

Identity

Foreign Branch's follows is recorded as State Security Agency[5]. Its short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'SASS'}[13].

Why It Matters

Foreign Branch draws 71 Wikipedia views per month (secret_service category, ranking #8 of 14).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Aligned ISNI and Ringgold identifiers for institutions. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_foreign-branch_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Foreign Branch}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/foreign-branch}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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