Gihon Spring

main source of water for the Pool of Siloam in the City of David
Place spring Q204601
Gihon Spring
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Gihon Spring

Summary

Gihon Spring is a spring[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of spring entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (224 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gihon Spring is located in Jerusalem[3].
  • Gihon Spring is in the country of Palestine[4].
  • Gihon Spring is on the body of water Kidron Valley[5].
  • Gihon Spring is on the body of water Wādī Sittī Maryam[6].
  • Gihon Spring is on the body of water Pool of Siloam[7].
  • Gihon Spring's image is recorded as מעיין הגיחון רוברטס.jpg[8].
  • Gihon Spring's instance of is recorded as spring[9].
  • Mary in Islam is named after Gihon Spring[10].
  • Gihon Spring's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315161526[11].
  • Gihon Spring's GND ID is recorded as 1265688028[12].
  • Gihon Spring's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh00001854[13].
  • Gihon Spring's location is recorded as Quds Governorate[14].
  • Gihon Spring's Commons category is recorded as Gihon Spring[15].
  • Gihon Spring's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 31.77291944, 'lon': 35.23638333}[16].
  • Gihon Spring's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/081f2f[17].
  • Gihon Spring's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gihon Spring[18].
  • Gihon Spring's name in native language is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'نَبْعُ أُمِّ الدُّرْجِ'}[19].
  • Gihon Spring's FAST ID is recorded as 1290988[20].
  • Gihon Spring's FAST ID is recorded as 1715046[21].
  • Gihon Spring's BabelNet ID is recorded as 02127537n[22].
  • Gihon Spring's TripAdvisor ID is recorded as 8453758[23].
  • Gihon Spring's Google Maps Customer ID is recorded as 2714858842778909329[24].
  • Gihon Spring's Wikimapia ID is recorded as 41960197[25].
  • Gihon Spring's Wikimapia ID is recorded as 9257239[26].
  • Gihon Spring's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007462630905171[27].

Body

Geography

Gihon Spring is in the country of Palestine[4]. It is located in Jerusalem[3]. Adjacent water bodies include Kidron Valley[5], a valley[28], in Palestine[29]; Wādī Sittī Maryam[6], a wadi[30], in Palestine[31]; and Pool of Siloam[7], a reservoir[32], in Israel[33].

Designation and Status

Gihon Spring's instance of is recorded as spring[9].

History and Context

Mary in Islam is named after Gihon Spring[10].

Why It Matters

Gihon Spring ranks in the top 7% of spring entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (224 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.

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

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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