matatu

varient of shared taxi minibus services popularly decorated used around Kenya, Africa
Place bus_based_transport_system Q1908107
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matatu

Summary

matatu is a bus-based transport system[1]. matatu draws 45 Wikipedia views per month (bus_based_transport_system category, ranking #7 of 62).[2]

Key Facts

  • matatu is in the country of Kenya[3].
  • matatu is in the country of Uganda[4].
  • matatu's image is recorded as MatatuMombasa.JPG[5].
  • matatu's instance of is recorded as bus-based transport system[6].
  • matatu's subclass of is recorded as share taxi[7].
  • matatu's Commons category is recorded as Matatus[8].
  • matatu's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gj9n1v[9].
  • matatu's date of official opening is recorded as +1992-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • matatu's Quora topic ID is recorded as Matatu[11].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Kenya[3], a sovereign state[12], in Kenya[13], founded in 1963[14] and Uganda[4], a sovereign state[15], in Uganda[16], founded in 1962[17].

Designation and Status

matatu's instance of is recorded as bus-based transport system[6].

Why It Matters

matatu draws 45 Wikipedia views per month (bus_based_transport_system category, ranking #7 of 62).[2] matatu has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Quora. wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [12] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [13] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [14] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [17] . 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. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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