Sinar Sumatra

Defunct Dutch East Indies newspaper (1905–41)
Organization newspaper Q109307507
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Sinar Sumatra

Summary

Sinar Sumatra is a newspaper[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of newspaper entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sinar Sumatra's instance of is recorded as newspaper[3].
  • Sinar Sumatra's owned by is recorded as Y. Rongge[4].
  • Sinar Sumatra's owned by is recorded as M. A. van Tijn[5].
  • Sinar Sumatra's owned by is recorded as Tiauw Kie Lie[6].
  • Sinar Sumatra's owned by is recorded as Lie Djoe Soean[7].
  • Sinar Sumatra's place of publication is recorded as Padang[8].
  • Sinar Sumatra's language of work or name is recorded as Malay[9].
  • Sinar Sumatra's language of work or name is recorded as Indonesian[10].
  • Sinar Sumatra's country of origin is recorded as Dutch East Indies[11].
  • Sinar Sumatra's start time is recorded as +1905-09-06T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Sinar Sumatra's end time is recorded as +1941-00-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Sinar Sumatra's parent organization or unit is recorded as De Volharding Press[14].
  • Sinar Sumatra's title is recorded as {'lang': 'id', 'text': 'Sinar Sumatra'}[15].

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Operations

Sinar Sumatra's parent organization or unit is recorded as De Volharding Press[14].

Ownership

Owners include Y. Rongge[4]; M. A. van Tijn[5], a businessperson[16], of Kingdom of the Netherlands[17]; Tiauw Kie Lie[6], a businessperson[18], of Republic of China[19]; and Lie Djoe Soean[7], a businessperson[20].

Why It Matters

Sinar Sumatra ranks in the top 3% of newspaper entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).[2] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [20] . 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. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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