German New Guinea

colonial protectorate of the German Empire from 1884 to 1919 comprising the northeastern part of the island of New Guinea and its various nearby islands
AdministrativeArea protectorate Q165008
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German New Guinea

Summary

German New Guinea is a protectorate[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of protectorate entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (784 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • German New Guinea is in the country of German Empire[3].
  • German New Guinea's continent is recorded as Insular Oceania[4].
  • German New Guinea's instance of is recorded as protectorate[5].
  • German New Guinea's instance of is recorded as colony[6].
  • German New Guinea's capital is recorded as Herbertshöhe[7].
  • German New Guinea's capital is recorded as Rabaul[8].
  • German New Guinea's capital is recorded as Stephansort[9].
  • German New Guinea's capital is recorded as Finschhafen[10].
  • German New Guinea's capital is recorded as Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen[11].
  • German New Guinea's official language is recorded as German[12].
  • German New Guinea's currency is recorded as German mark[13].
  • German New Guinea's currency is recorded as New Guinean mark[14].
  • German New Guinea's flag image is recorded as Flag of German New Guinea.svg[15].
  • German New Guinea's coat of arms image is recorded as Proposed Coat of Arms New Guinea 1914.svg[16].
  • German New Guinea's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Kaiser-Wilhelmsland[17].
  • German New Guinea's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Bismarck Archipelago[18].
  • German New Guinea's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 127774201[19].
  • German New Guinea's GND ID is recorded as 4090737-5[20].
  • German New Guinea's locator map image is recorded as German New Guinea.png[21].
  • German New Guinea's locator map image is recorded as Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land-Brockhaus b10 nr0030a hfid 5181872.jpg[22].
  • German New Guinea's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2010078216[23].
  • German New Guinea's part of is recorded as German colonial empire[24].
  • German New Guinea's Commons category is recorded as German New Guinea[25].
  • German New Guinea's has part is recorded as Kaiser-Wilhelmsland[26].
  • German New Guinea's has part is recorded as Bismarck Archipelago[27].

Body

Geography

German New Guinea is in the country of German Empire[3]. Its continent is recorded as Insular Oceania[4]. Its part of is recorded as German colonial empire[24].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include protectorate[5] and colony[6].

History and Context

Recorded inception include +1884-01-01T00:00:00Z[28] and +1885-05-17T00:00:00Z[29].

Why It Matters

German New Guinea ranks in the top 7% of protectorate entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (784 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

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] . Die Schutzgebiete des Deutschen Reiches. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Die Schutzgebiete des Deutschen Reiches. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Die Schutzgebiete des Deutschen Reiches. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Die Schutzgebiete des Deutschen Reiches. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Die Schutzgebiete des Deutschen Reiches. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . ub.bildarchiv-dkg.uni-frankfurt.de. ub.bildarchiv-dkg.uni-frankfurt.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . ub.bildarchiv-dkg.uni-frankfurt.de. ub.bildarchiv-dkg.uni-frankfurt.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Die Schutzgebiete des Deutschen Reiches. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Die Schutzgebiete des Deutschen Reiches. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . Die Schutzgebiete des Deutschen Reiches. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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