German Samoa

colony and protectorate of the German Empire in Oceania from 1900 to 1920
AdministrativeArea colony Q701025
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German Samoa

Summary

German Samoa is a colony[1]. It draws 433 Wikipedia views per month (colony category, ranking #40 of 146).[2]

Key Facts

  • German Samoa is in the country of German Empire[3].
  • German Samoa's instance of is recorded as colony[4].
  • German Samoa's capital is recorded as Apia[5].
  • German Samoa's currency is recorded as German mark[6].
  • German Samoa's flag image is recorded as Reichskolonialflagge.svg[7].
  • German Samoa's coat of arms image is recorded as Coat of arms of German Samoa.svg[8].
  • German Samoa's basic form of government is recorded as constitutional monarchy[9].
  • German Samoa's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 138970848[10].
  • German Samoa's GND ID is recorded as 19660-5[11].
  • German Samoa's locator map image is recorded as German Pacific.svg[12].
  • German Samoa's part of is recorded as German colonial empire[13].
  • German Samoa's Commons category is recorded as German Samoa[14].
  • +1900-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of German Samoa[15].
  • German Samoa was dissolved in +1920-01-01T00:00:00Z[16].
  • German Samoa's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -13.8, 'lon': -172.1}[17].
  • German Samoa's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03bw_0j[18].
  • German Samoa's topic's main category is recorded as Category:German Samoa[19].
  • German Samoa's replaces is recorded as Kingdom of Samoa[20].
  • German Samoa's replaced by is recorded as Western Samoa Trust Territory[21].
  • German Samoa's language used is recorded as German[22].
  • German Samoa's language used is recorded as Austronesian[23].
  • German Samoa's WikiTree category or space is recorded as Category: Deutsch-Samoa[24].
  • German Samoa's PM20 geo code is recorded as D60[25].
  • German Samoa's Yale LUX ID is recorded as place/8f5389fb-4680-489a-9d6e-95afedc472c7[26].

Body

Geography

German Samoa is in the country of German Empire[3]. Its part of is recorded as German colonial empire[13].

Designation and Status

German Samoa's instance of is recorded as colony[4].

History and Context

+1900-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of German Samoa[15].

Why It Matters

German Samoa draws 433 Wikipedia views per month (colony category, ranking #40 of 146).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

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] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. 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] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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