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Kerala

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Kerala
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Kerala

Summary

Kerala is a state of India[1]. Kerala ranks in the top 7% of state_of_india entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,598 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kerala is located in India[3].
  • Kerala is in the country of India[4].
  • Kerala is on the body of water Arabian Sea[5].
  • Kerala's head of government is recorded as Pinarayi Vijayan[6].
  • Kerala's image is recorded as Kerala oli 201837 lrg February 6 2018.jpg[7].
  • Kerala's continent is recorded as Asia[8].
  • Kerala's instance of is recorded as state of India[9].
  • Kerala's head of state is recorded as Rajendra Arlekar[10].
  • Kerala's head of state is recorded as Sheila Dikshit[11].
  • Kerala's capital is recorded as Thiruvananthapuram[12].
  • Kerala's official language is recorded as Malayalam[13].
  • Kerala's official language is recorded as English[14].
  • Kerala's currency is recorded as Indian rupee[15].
  • Kerala's shares border with is recorded as Tamil Nadu[16].
  • Kerala's shares border with is recorded as Karnataka[17].
  • Kerala's shares border with is recorded as Puducherry[18].
  • Kerala's basic form of government is recorded as unicameralism[19].
  • Kerala's seal image is recorded as Government of Kerala Logo.svg[20].
  • Kerala's legislative body is recorded as Kerala Legislative Assembly[21].
  • Kerala's executive body is recorded as Council of Ministers of Kerala[22].
  • Kerala's ISNI is recorded as 0000000087962130[23].
  • Kerala's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 127828705[24].
  • Kerala's GND ID is recorded as 4030266-0[25].
  • Kerala's locator map image is recorded as Kerala in India (claimed and disputed hatched).svg[26].
  • Kerala's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79055067[27].

Body

Geography

Kerala is in the country of India[4]. Kerala is located in India[3]. Kerala is on the body of water Arabian Sea[5]. Kerala's continent is recorded as Asia[8]. Kerala's part of is recorded as India[28].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+34523726'}[29], {'amount': '+33406061'}[30], {'amount': '+31841374'}[31], {'amount': '+29098518'}[32], {'amount': '+25453680'}[33], and {'amount': '+21347375'}[34].

Designation and Status

Kerala's instance of is recorded as state of India[9].

History and Context

+1956-11-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Kerala[35].

Why It Matters

Kerala ranks in the top 7% of state_of_india entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,598 views/month).[2] Kerala has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Kerala is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

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References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . keralacm.gov.in. keralacm.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . mapsofindia.com. Retrieved . mapsofindia.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . rajbhavan.kerala.gov.in. Retrieved . rajbhavan.kerala.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . rajbhavan.kerala.gov.in. Retrieved . rajbhavan.kerala.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . keralatourism.org. Retrieved . keralatourism.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . archive.india.gov.in. Retrieved . archive.india.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . discoveredindia.com. Retrieved . discoveredindia.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . GRID Release 2017-01-10. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Library of Congress Name Authority File. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [35] ↑ . stateofkerala.in. Retrieved . stateofkerala.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . indiaonlinepages.com. Retrieved . indiaonlinepages.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . 2011 census of India. Retrieved . censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved . censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved . censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved . censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved . censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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