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residential area

land use in which housing predominates, as opposed to industrial and commercial areas
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residential area

Summary

residential area is a land use[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • residential area's instance of is recorded as land use[3].
  • residential area is a type of neighborhood[4].
  • residential area's Commons category is recorded as Residential areas[5].
  • residential area's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Residential areas[6].
  • residential area's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as landuse=residential[7].
  • residential area's different from is recorded as development[8].

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Definition and Type

residential area's instance of is recorded as land use[3]. It is a type of neighborhood[4].

Why It Matters

residential area has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). residential area. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/residential-area
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_residential-area_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{residential area}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/residential-area}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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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. 29d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0270750-obytne-zony
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0270750-obytne-zony, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  2. 7w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → neighborhood
    Instance of → land use
    Topic's main category → Category:Residential areas
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 9599, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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