Mahajanga

Mahajanga is a port city on the northwest coast of Madagascar,
AdministrativeArea commune_of_madagascar Q218753
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Mahajanga

Summary

Mahajanga is a commune of Madagascar[1]. Mahajanga ranks in the top 0.47% of commune_of_madagascar entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (77 views/month, #4 of 859).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mahajanga is identified as part of the Sakalava people ethnic group[3].
  • Mahajanga is located in Boeny[4].
  • Mahajanga is in the country of Madagascar[5].
  • Mahajanga's image is recorded as Mahajanga Corniche.jpg[6].
  • Mahajanga's instance of is recorded as commune of Madagascar[7].
  • Mahajanga's coat of arms image is recorded as Mahajanga.png[8].
  • Mahajanga's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 131443013[9].
  • Mahajanga's GND ID is recorded as 4405812-3[10].
  • Mahajanga's locator map image is recorded as MG-Mahajanga.png[11].
  • Mahajanga's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n87825499[12].
  • Mahajanga's Commons category is recorded as Mahajanga[13].
  • Mahajanga's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00[14].
  • Mahajanga's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -15.716666666667, 'lon': 46.316666666667}[15].
  • Mahajanga's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0216_1[16].
  • Mahajanga's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mahajanga[17].
  • Mahajanga's page banner is recorded as Mahajanga banner.jpg[18].
  • Mahajanga's population is recorded as {'amount': '+166384'}[19].
  • Mahajanga's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10038363[20].
  • Mahajanga's WOEID is recorded as 1361960[21].
  • Mahajanga's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[22].
  • Mahajanga's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[23].
  • Mahajanga's capital of is recorded as Mahajanga I[24].
  • Mahajanga's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Sakalava Malagasy[25].
  • Mahajanga's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Mahajanga[26].
  • Mahajanga's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'mg', 'text': 'Mahajanga'}[27].

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Geography

Mahajanga is in the country of Madagascar[5]. Mahajanga is located in Boeny[4].

Physical Characteristics

Mahajanga's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+53'}[28]. Mahajanga's population is recorded as {'amount': '+166384'}[19].

Designation and Status

Mahajanga's instance of is recorded as commune of Madagascar[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Mahajanga include Mahajanga Province[29], a province of Madagascar[30], in Madagascar[31].

Why It Matters

Mahajanga ranks in the top 0.47% of commune_of_madagascar entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (77 views/month, #4 of 859).[2] Mahajanga has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Mahajanga is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for Mahajanga include Mahajanga Province[29], a province of Madagascar[30], in Madagascar[31].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Flickr Shapefiles Public Dataset 2.0. 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.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . 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. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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