Rabaul

township in East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
City city Q218768
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Rabaul

Summary

Rabaul is a city[1]. Rabaul ranks in the top 6% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (729 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Rabaul is located in East New Britain Province[3].
  • Rabaul is in the country of Papua New Guinea[4].
  • Rabaul's image is recorded as Rabaul from Vulcanology Observatory.jpg[5].
  • Rabaul's instance of is recorded as city[6].
  • Rabaul's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 136098391[7].
  • Rabaul's GND ID is recorded as 4271710-3[8].
  • Rabaul's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n84226064[9].
  • Rabaul's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00629405[10].
  • Rabaul's Commons category is recorded as Rabaul[11].
  • +1878-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Rabaul[12].
  • Rabaul's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -4.1980555555556, 'lon': 152.16805555556}[13].
  • Rabaul's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01src9[14].
  • Rabaul's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rabaul[15].
  • Rabaul's Commons gallery is recorded as Rabaul[16].
  • Rabaul's page banner is recorded as Mt Tavurvur from hot springs beach 7-1 banner.jpg[17].
  • Rabaul's population is recorded as {'amount': '+7024'}[18].
  • Rabaul's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10044295[19].
  • Rabaul's WOEID is recorded as 1061577[20].
  • Rabaul's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0053839[21].
  • Rabaul's capital of is recorded as German New Guinea[22].
  • Rabaul's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Rabaul[23].
  • Rabaul's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2087894[24].
  • Rabaul's BBC Things ID is recorded as 4c65d829-aec9-4880-8bec-0b68c8087ad2[25].
  • Rabaul's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Rabaul'}[26].
  • Rabaul's UN/LOCODE is recorded as PGRAB[27].

Body

Geography

Rabaul is in the country of Papua New Guinea[4]. Rabaul is located in East New Britain Province[3].

Physical Characteristics

Rabaul's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+4'}[28]. Rabaul's population is recorded as {'amount': '+7024'}[18].

Designation and Status

Rabaul's instance of is recorded as city[6].

History and Context

+1878-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Rabaul[12].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Rabaul include Rabaul caldera[29], a mountain[30], in Papua New Guinea[31] and Rabaul Airport[32], an airport[33], in Papua New Guinea[34], founded in 1998[35].

Why It Matters

Rabaul ranks in the top 6% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (729 views/month).[2] Rabaul has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Rabaul is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Entities named for Rabaul include Rabaul caldera[29], a mountain[30], in Papua New Guinea[31] and Rabaul Airport[32], an airport[33], in Papua New Guinea[34], founded in 1998[35].

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] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Flickr Shapefiles Public Dataset 2.0. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . service.unece.org. service.unece.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . 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
  3. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [35] . 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. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ndl authority id 00629405
    Lex id
    Viaf cluster id 136098391
    Gnd id 4271710-3
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    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:رابا ول]]"
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