Galicia

historical and geographic region in western Ukraine and southern Poland
AdministrativeArea historical_region Q180086
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Galicia

Summary

Galicia is a historical region[1]. Galicia ranks in the top 2% of historical_region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,507 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Galicia is located in Lviv Oblast[3].
  • Galicia is located in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast[4].
  • Galicia is located in Ternopil Oblast[5].
  • Galicia is located in Lwów Voivodeship[6].
  • Galicia is located in District of Galicia[7].
  • Galicia is in the country of Ukraine[8].
  • Galicia is in the country of Poland[9].
  • Galicia is on the continent of Europe[10].
  • Galicia's instance of is recorded as historical region[11].
  • Galicia's instance of is recorded as Ukrainian historical regions[12].
  • Galicia's Commons category is recorded as Galicia (Central Europe)[13].
  • Galicia's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 49.83, 'lon': 24.01416666667}[14].
  • Galicia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Galicia (Eastern Europe)[15].
  • Galicia's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Galicia (east Europe)[16].
  • Galicia's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[17].
  • Galicia's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[18].
  • Galicia's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19].
  • Galicia's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[20].
  • Galicia's category for people born here is recorded as Q29371020[21].
  • Galicia's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'Галичина'}[22].
  • Galicia's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from Galicia (Eastern Europe)[23].
  • Galicia's different from is recorded as Galicia[24].
  • Galicia's different from is recorded as Gallizien[25].
  • Galicia's geography of topic is recorded as geography of Galicia[26].
  • Galicia's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Ukraine[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Ukraine[8], a sovereign state[28], in Ukraine[29], founded in 1991[30] and Poland[9], a sovereign state[31], in Poland[32], founded in 1000[33]. Located in include Lviv Oblast[3], an oblast of Ukraine[34], in Ukraine[35], founded in 1939[36]; Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast[4], an oblast of Ukraine[37], in Ukraine[38], founded in 1939[39]; Ternopil Oblast[5], an oblast of Ukraine[40], in Ukraine[41], founded in 1939[42]; Lwów Voivodeship[6], a voivodeship of Poland[43], in Second Polish Republic[44], founded in 1920[45]; and District of Galicia[7], a district[46], in Nazi Germany[47], founded in 1941[48]. Galicia is on the continent of Europe[10].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include historical region[11] and Ukrainian historical regions[12].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Galicia include 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Ukrainian)[49], a Grenadier Division[50], in Nazi Germany[51], founded in 1943[52] and Halytska Square, Kyiv[53], a square[54], in Ukraine[55].

Why It Matters

Galicia ranks in the top 2% of historical_region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,507 views/month).[2] Galicia has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] Galicia is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]

Entities named for Galicia include 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Ukrainian)[49], a Grenadier Division[50], in Nazi Germany[51], founded in 1943[52] and Halytska Square, Kyiv[53], a square[54], in Ukraine[55].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  17. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  18. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  19. [46] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  20. [47] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  21. [48] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  22. [50] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  23. [51] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  24. [52] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  25. [54] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  26. [55] ↑ . 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. [56] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [57] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1h ago · AlexTop26 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 70
    Country → Ukraine, Second Polish Republic, Soviet Union +4
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'ast', 'az', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de',
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Eastern Lesser Poland, Lviv Oblast +4
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P17]]: [[Q131964]]"
  2. 6w ago · Mitte27 · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 6473
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Eastern Lesser Poland, Lviv Oblast +4
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P131]]: [[Q164193]]"
  3. 14w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 → 77893
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14586]]: 77893, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930762135"
  4. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → g0002610-Halic-Polsko-a-Ukrajina
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: g0002610-Halic-Polsko-a-Ukrajina, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  5. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for people born here → Q29371020
    Continent → Europe
    Located in → —
    Country → —
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 139882, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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