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Prince George's County

county in Maryland, United States
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Prince George's County
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Summary

Prince George's County is a county of Maryland[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of county of maryland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,952 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Maryland[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Potomac River[5], Anacostia River[6], Northwest Branch Anacostia River[7], Northeast Branch Anacostia River[8], Patuxent River[9]
  • Capital: Upper Marlboro[10]
  • Shares border with: Anne Arundel County[11], Charles County[12], Calvert County[13], Howard County[14], Fairfax County[15], Montgomery County[16], Washington, D.C.[17], Alexandria[18], Southeast[19]
  • Named after: Prince George, Duke of Cumberland[20]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: College Park[21], Bowie[22], District Heights[23], Glenarden[24], Greenbelt[25], Hyattsville[26], Laurel[27], Mount Rainier[28], New Carrollton[29], Seat Pleasant[30]
  • Flag: flag of Prince George's County[31]
  • Twinned administrative body: Rishon LeZion[32], Ziguinchor[33]
  • Part of: Arlington–Alexandria–Reston metropolitan division[34]
  • Commons category: Prince George's County, Maryland[35]
  • Local dialing code: 301[36], 240[37]
  • Inception: April 1696[38], May 1695[39]
  • Highest point: Prince George's County High Point[40]
  • Coordinate location: 38.83, -76.85[41]
  • Authority: Prince George's County Government[42]
  • Official website: https://www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/[43]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Prince George's County, Maryland[44]
  • Population: 863,420[45], 865,615[46], 874,129[47], 881,419[48], 890,081[49], 909,535[50], 904,430[51], 967,201[52], 955,306[53]
  • Office held by head of government: Executive of Prince George's County, Maryland[54]
  • Topic has template: Template:Prince George's County, Maryland[55]
  • Official name: Prince George's County[56]

Why It Matters

Prince George's County has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]

Related Entities

Agricultural Research Service Alexandria Beltsville Agricultural Research Center Goddard Space Flight Center Maryland Prince George, Duke of Cumberland Rishon LeZion United States United States Army Research Laboratory Ziguinchor

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [57] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [58] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Prince George's Cou
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Prince George's County, Maryland.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States p"
  2. 11w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → College Park, Bowie, District Heights +7
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||el */ Cleanup: remove wikimedia+self_stated_in refs; normalize text; downgrade preferred ranks ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
  3. 12w ago · Kleeblatt187 · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → College Park, Bowie, District Heights +7
    Office held by head of government → Executive of Prince George's County, Maryland
    Legal entity identifier → —
    C-span organization id → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Contains the administrative territorial entity: College Park"
  4. 22w ago · Mxn · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Authority → Prince George's County Government
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Authority: Prince George's County Government"
  5. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Maryland
    Located in time zone → —
    Instance of → —
    Capital → Upper Marlboro
    + 42 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
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