protected area

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protected area

Summary

protected area ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (606 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • protected area is a type of human-geographic territorial entity[2].
  • protected area is a type of geographic location[3].
  • protected area's Commons category is recorded as Protected areas[4].
  • protected area's sRGB color hex triplet is recorded as 228B22[5].
  • protected area comprises marine protected area[6].
  • protected area comprises transboundary protected area[7].
  • protected area's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Protected areas[8].
  • protected area's facet of is recorded as natural heritage[9].
  • protected area's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as boundary=protected_area[10].
  • protected area's described by source is recorded as Green Map Icons[11].
  • protected area's described by source is recorded as Kartographer icon[12].
  • protected area's partially coincident with is recorded as nature area[13].
  • protected area's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox protected area[14].
  • protected area's main Wikidata property is recorded as P3018[15].
  • protected area's equivalent class is recorded as http://dbpedia.org/ontology/ProtectedArea[16].
  • protected area's equivalent class is recorded as http://agrovoc.uniroma2.it/agrovoc/agrovoc/en/page/c_37952[17].
  • protected area's equivalent class is recorded as http://linkeddata.ge.imati.cnr.it/resource/EARTh/35130[18].
  • protected area's properties for this type is recorded as P4001[19].
  • protected area's studied by is recorded as conservation biology[20].
  • protected area's has part is recorded as protected area section[21].
  • protected area's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Climate change[22].
  • protected area's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Protected areas[23].
  • protected area's category for eponymous categories is recorded as Category:Wikipedia categories named after protected areas[24].
  • protected area's does not have characteristic is recorded as exploitation of natural resources[25].
  • protected area's related category is recorded as Category:Protected areas templates[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include human-geographic territorial entity[2] and geographic location[3].

Use and Application

Components include marine protected area[6] and transboundary it[7].

Why It Matters

protected area ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (606 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 86 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). protected area. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/protected-area
MLA “protected area.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/protected-area.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_protected-area_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{protected area}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/protected-area}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Related category Category:Protected areas templates, Category:Lists of protected areas, Category:Wikipedia categories named after protected areas
    Facet of natural heritage
    Does not have characteristic exploitation of natural resources
    Maintained by wikiproject WikiProject Protected areas
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|10 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 6200, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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