Louisiana

district of New France
Organization administrative_territorial_entity Q658054
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Louisiana is an administrative territorial entity. It was founded on January 1, 1682. Louisiana was dissolved on January 1, 1804.

Louisiana

Summary

Louisiana is an administrative territorial entity[1]. Louisiana ranks in the top 0.92% of administrative_territorial_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,636 views/month, #9 of 975).[2]

Key Facts

  • Louisiana is located in New France[3].
  • Louisiana is in the country of Kingdom of France[4].
  • Louisiana's instance of is recorded as administrative territorial entity[5].
  • Louisiana's capital is recorded as New Orleans[6].
  • Louis XV of France is named after Louisiana[7].
  • Louisiana is part of New France[8].
  • Louisiana's Commons category is recorded as French Louisiana[9].
  • January 1, 1682 marks the founding of Louisiana[10].
  • Louisiana was dissolved in January 1, 1804[11].
  • Louisiana's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40, 'lon': -100}[12].
  • Louisiana's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Louisiana (New France)[13].
  • Louisiana's replaced by is recorded as Louisiana[14].
  • Louisiana's replaced by is recorded as West Florida[15].
  • Louisiana's replaced by is recorded as Louisiana Purchase[16].
  • Louisiana's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Colony of Louisiana'}[17].
  • Louisiana's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Colonie de la Louisiane'}[18].
  • Louisiana's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Louisiane'}[19].
  • Louisiana's different from is recorded as Luizjana[20].
  • Louisiana's different from is recorded as Louisiana[21].
  • Louisiana's position held by head of the organization is recorded as governor of French Louisiana[22].
  • Louisiana's located in the present-day administrative territorial entity is recorded as Arkansas[23].
  • Louisiana's located in the present-day administrative territorial entity is recorded as Iowa[24].
  • Louisiana's located in the present-day administrative territorial entity is recorded as Missouri[25].
  • Louisiana's located in the present-day administrative territorial entity is recorded as Kansas[26].
  • Louisiana's located in the present-day administrative territorial entity is recorded as Oklahoma[27].

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Founding

January 1, 1682 marks the founding of Louisiana[10].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Colony of Louisiana'}[17] and {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Colonie de la Louisiane'}[18]. Louisiana is part of New France[8].

Dissolution

Louisiana was dissolved in January 1, 1804[11].

Why It Matters

Louisiana ranks in the top 0.92% of administrative_territorial_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,636 views/month, #9 of 975).[2] Louisiana has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Louisiana is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . 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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  1. 8d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital New Orleans
    Country
    Country Kingdom of France
    Position held by head of the organization governor of French Louisiana
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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