Southern African Development Community

intergovernmental organisation of 16 southern African states headquartered in Gaborone, Botswana; promotes regional socio-economic integration, development, poverty alleviation, and increasingly peacekeeping and political security cooperation
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Southern African Development Community

Summary

Southern African Development Community is an international organization[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of international_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,426 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Southern African Development Community is in the country of Botswana[3].
  • Southern African Development Community's instance of is recorded as international organization[4].
  • Southern African Development Community's headquarters location is recorded as Gaborone[5].
  • Southern African Development Community's child organization or unit is recorded as SADC Statistics Committee[6].
  • Southern African Development Community's child organization or unit is recorded as SADC Tribunal[7].
  • Southern African Development Community's Commons category is recorded as Southern African Development Community[8].
  • Southern African Development Community's industry is recorded as international governmental or non-governmental organizations[9].
  • 1980 marks the founding of Southern African Development Community[10].
  • 1992 marks the founding of Southern African Development Community[11].
  • Southern African Development Community's official website is recorded as https://www.sadc.int[12].
  • Southern African Development Community's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Southern African Development Community[13].
  • Southern African Development Community's topic has template is recorded as Template:Southern African Development Community[14].
  • Southern African Development Community's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'SADC'}[15].
  • Southern African Development Community's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'CDAA'}[16].
  • Southern African Development Community's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'zh-hant', 'text': '南共體'}[17].
  • Southern African Development Community's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '南共体'}[18].
  • Southern African Development Community's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'САДК'}[19].
  • Southern African Development Community's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'af', 'text': 'SAOG'}[20].
  • Southern African Development Community's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'CDAA'}[21].
  • Southern African Development Community's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'be', 'text': 'СРПА'}[22].
  • Southern African Development Community's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'САДК'}[23].
  • Southern African Development Community's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24].
  • Southern African Development Community's official observer status in organization is recorded as World Intellectual Property Organization[25].
  • Southern African Development Community's official observer status in organization is recorded as United Nations General Assembly[26].
  • Southern African Development Community's official observer status in organization is recorded as International Organization for Migration[27].

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include 1980[10] and 1992[11].

Identity

Short names include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'SADC'}[15], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'CDAA'}[16], {'lang': 'zh-hant', 'text': '南共體'}[17], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '南共体'}[18], {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'САДК'}[19], and {'lang': 'af', 'text': 'SAOG'}[20].

Operations

Southern African Development Community's headquarters location is recorded as Gaborone[5]. Subsidiaries include SADC Statistics Committee[6] and SADC Tribunal[7], an international court[28], in Namibia[29], founded in 2005[30], headquartered in Turnhalle[31].

Industry

Southern African Development Community's industry is recorded as international governmental or non-governmental organizations[9].

Why It Matters

Southern African Development Community ranks in the top 6% of international_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,426 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . unesdoc.unesco.org. unesdoc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . ROR release v1.19. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . 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] . wipo.int. wipo.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . undocs.org. undocs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . iom.int. iom.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . 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. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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