Government Communications Headquarters

British intelligence agency
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Government Communications Headquarters

Summary

Government Communications Headquarters is a government agency[1]. It ranks in the top 0.23% of government_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (782 views/month, #9 of 3,958).[2]

Key Facts

  • Government Communications Headquarters is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Government Communications Headquarters's instance of is recorded as government agency[4].
  • Government Communications Headquarters's instance of is recorded as intelligence agency[5].
  • Government Communications Headquarters's follows is recorded as MI1[6].
  • Government Communications Headquarters's headquarters location is recorded as Benhall[7].
  • Government Communications Headquarters's ISNI is recorded as 0000000403876147[8].
  • Government Communications Headquarters's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 124871673[9].
  • Government Communications Headquarters's GND ID is recorded as 7721218-6[10].
  • Government Communications Headquarters's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n84095473[11].
  • Government Communications Headquarters's postal code is recorded as GL51 0EX[12].
  • Government Communications Headquarters's child organization or unit is recorded as National Cyber Security Centre[13].
  • Government Communications Headquarters's Commons category is recorded as Government Communications Headquarters[14].
  • Government Communications Headquarters's chairperson is recorded as Iain Lobban[15].
  • +1919-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Government Communications Headquarters[16].
  • Government Communications Headquarters's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.899367, 'lon': -2.123555}[17].
  • Government Communications Headquarters's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03cn2[18].
  • Government Communications Headquarters's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as kn20141124001[19].
  • Government Communications Headquarters's official website is recorded as https://www.gchq.gov.uk/[20].
  • Government Communications Headquarters's topic's main category is recorded as Category:GCHQ[21].
  • Government Communications Headquarters's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as United Kingdom[22].
  • Government Communications Headquarters's GeoNames ID is recorded as 7116120[23].
  • Government Communications Headquarters's BBC Things ID is recorded as f12a81c4-d5cf-4e51-8b14-6d2c2e174970[24].
  • Government Communications Headquarters's owner of is recorded as MUSCULAR[25].
  • Government Communications Headquarters's different from is recorded as Her Majesty's Government Communications Centre[26].
  • Government Communications Headquarters's X is recorded as gchq[27].

Body

Founding

+1919-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Government Communications Headquarters[16].

Identity

Government Communications Headquarters's follows is recorded as MI1[6].

Leadership

Government Communications Headquarters's chairperson is recorded as Iain Lobban[15].

Operations

Government Communications Headquarters's headquarters location is recorded as Benhall[7]. Its child organization or unit is recorded as National Cyber Security Centre[13].

Why It Matters

Government Communications Headquarters ranks in the top 0.23% of government_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (782 views/month, #9 of 3,958).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . Open ISNI for Organizations. wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . api.postcodes.io. Retrieved . api.postcodes.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_government-communications-headquarters_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Government Communications Headquarters}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/government-communications-headquarters}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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