landlocked country

country fully enclosed by land areas, or whose only coastlines lie on closed seas or lakes
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landlocked country
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landlocked country

Summary

landlocked country ranks in the top 0.19% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,344 views/month, #149 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • landlocked country is a type of country[2].
  • landlocked country is a type of state[3].
  • landlocked country's Commons category is recorded as Landlocked countries[4].
  • landlocked country is the opposite of island country[5].
  • landlocked country is the opposite of maritime nation[6].
  • landlocked country's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Landlocked countries[7].
  • landlocked country's different from is recorded as doubly landlocked country[8].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include country[2] and state[3]. Recorded opposite of include island country[5] and maritime nation[6].

Why It Matters

landlocked country ranks in the top 0.19% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,344 views/month, #149 of 77,819).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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  1. 13d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of
    Different from doubly landlocked country
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    Topic's main category Category:Landlocked countries
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007534388505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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