Hejaz Railway

railway line built in the Ottoman Empire
Place railway_line Q924225
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Hejaz Railway

Summary

Hejaz Railway is a railway line[1]. It ranks in the top 0.38% of railway_line entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (391 views/month, #12 of 3,177).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hejaz Railway is in the country of Syria[3].
  • Hejaz Railway is in the country of Jordan[4].
  • Hejaz Railway is in the country of Saudi Arabia[5].
  • Hejaz Railway's route map is recorded as Hedschasbahn Uebersichtskarte.png[6].
  • Hejaz Railway's route map is recorded as Ferrocarril del hiyaz EN.PNG[7].
  • Hejaz Railway's image is recorded as Wadi Rum railway track, Hejaz railway, Jordan.jpg[8].
  • Hejaz Railway's instance of is recorded as railway line[9].
  • Hejaz Railway's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 126832418[10].
  • Hejaz Railway's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n96022658[11].
  • Hejaz Railway's IdRef ID is recorded as 028146182[12].
  • Hejaz Railway's Commons category is recorded as Hejaz Railway[13].
  • Hejaz Railway's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1277794[14].
  • Hejaz Railway's has part is recorded as Halat Ammar Post[15].
  • Hejaz Railway's has part is recorded as Bir bin Hermas Station[16].
  • Hejaz Railway's has part is recorded as Al-Haradha Bridge[17].
  • Hejaz Railway's has part is recorded as Al-Hazm Station[18].
  • Hejaz Railway's has part is recorded as Al-Mohtatib Station[19].
  • Hejaz Railway's has part is recorded as Tabuk Station[20].
  • Hejaz Railway's has part is recorded as Al-Ethli Post[21].
  • Hejaz Railway's has part is recorded as Al-Barak Station[22].
  • Hejaz Railway's has part is recorded as Grain Al-Ghazal Station[23].
  • Hejaz Railway's has part is recorded as Al-Mustabgha Station[24].
  • Hejaz Railway's has part is recorded as Al-Akhdhar Station[25].
  • Hejaz Railway's has part is recorded as Khumaisa Station[26].
  • Hejaz Railway's has part is recorded as Khanzeera Station[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Syria[3], a country[28], in Syria[29], founded in 1920[30]; Jordan[4], a sovereign state[31], in Jordan[32], founded in 1946[33]; and Saudi Arabia[5], a sovereign state[34], in Saudi Arabia[35], founded in 1727[36].

Physical Characteristics

Hejaz Railway's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+1320'}[37].

Designation and Status

Hejaz Railway's instance of is recorded as railway line[9]. Its heritage designation is recorded as Tentative World Heritage Site[38].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Hejaz Railway include Damascus Hejaz railway station[39], a former railway station[40], in Syria[41], founded in 1913[42].

Why It Matters

Hejaz Railway ranks in the top 0.38% of railway_line entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (391 views/month, #12 of 3,177).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

Entities named for it include Damascus Hejaz railway station[39], a former railway station[40], in Syria[41], founded in 1913[42].

References

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  27. [37] . wikidata.org.

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  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  12. [42] . 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. [43] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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