Meridian Gate

southern and largest gate of the Forbidden City
Place building Q1140102
Meridian Gate
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Meridian Gate

Summary

Meridian Gate is a building[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of building entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (125 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Meridian Gate is located in Beijing[3].
  • Meridian Gate is in the country of People's Republic of China[4].
  • Meridian Gate's image is recorded as 9th-US-Infantry-Regt-Sacred-Gate.jpeg[5].
  • Meridian Gate's instance of is recorded as building[6].
  • Meridian Gate's location is recorded as Forbidden City[7].
  • Meridian Gate's Commons category is recorded as Meridian Gate (Forbidden City)[8].
  • Meridian Gate's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 39.9125, 'lon': 116.39111111111}[9].
  • Meridian Gate's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02qdvx[10].
  • Meridian Gate's category for the interior of the item is recorded as Category:Interior of the Meridian Gate (Forbidden City)[11].
  • Meridian Gate's category for the view of the item is recorded as Category:Views of the Meridian Gate (Forbidden City) from north[12].
  • Meridian Gate's category for the view of the item is recorded as Category:Views of the Meridian Gate (Forbidden City) from moat[13].

Body

Geography

Meridian Gate is in the country of People's Republic of China[4]. It is located in Beijing[3].

Designation and Status

Meridian Gate's instance of is recorded as building[6].

Why It Matters

Meridian Gate ranks in the top 2% of building entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (125 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14]

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] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · Ikan · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for the interior of the item Category:Interior of the Meridian Gate (Forbidden City)
    Location Forbidden City
    Wolfram language entity code ['Entity["Building", "MeridianGate::37xsj"]', 'Entity["Building", "MeridianGate:
    Instance of
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Building", "MeridianGate::37xsj"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257096|batch #257096]]"
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