South-West Africa

former country, a mandate of South Africa
Organization historical_country Q953068
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South-West Africa

Summary

South-West Africa is a historical country[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of historical_country entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,494 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • South-West Africa's continent is recorded as Africa[3].
  • South-West Africa's instance of is recorded as historical country[4].
  • South-West Africa's instance of is recorded as League of Nations mandate[5].
  • South-West Africa's capital is recorded as Windhoek[6].
  • South-West Africa's currency is recorded as South West African pound[7].
  • South-West Africa's flag image is recorded as Flag of South Africa (1928–1994, dark colors).svg[8].
  • South-West Africa's coat of arms image is recorded as Coat of arms of South West Africa.svg[9].
  • South-West Africa's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 131959347[10].
  • South-West Africa's locator map image is recorded as LocationNamibia.svg[11].
  • South-West Africa's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80032137[12].
  • South-West Africa's Commons category is recorded as South West Africa[13].
  • +1915-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of South-West Africa[14].
  • South-West Africa was dissolved in +1990-01-01T00:00:00Z[15].
  • South-West Africa's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -23, 'lon': 17}[16].
  • South-West Africa's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0btbg[17].
  • South-West Africa's topic's main category is recorded as Category:South West Africa[18].
  • South-West Africa's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[19].
  • South-West Africa's replaces is recorded as German South-West Africa[20].
  • South-West Africa's replaced by is recorded as Namibia[21].
  • South-West Africa's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'af', 'text': 'Suidwes-Afrika'}[22].
  • South-West Africa's Le Monde diplomatique subject ID is recorded as pays/sudouestafricain[23].
  • South-West Africa's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3866146[24].
  • South-West Africa's FactGrid item ID is recorded as Dennis Kamitz[25].
  • South-West Africa's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007561913005171[26].
  • South-West Africa's Lex ID is recorded as Sydvestafrika[27].

Body

Founding

+1915-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of South-West Africa[14].

Dissolution

South-West Africa was dissolved in +1990-01-01T00:00:00Z[15].

Why It Matters

South-West Africa ranks in the top 8% of historical_country entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,494 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . FactGrid. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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