Spanish Formosa

Spanish colony from 1626 to 1642
AdministrativeArea colony Q74049
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Spanish Formosa

Summary

Spanish Formosa is a colony[1]. It draws 103 Wikipedia views per month (colony category, ranking #79 of 146).[2]

Key Facts

  • Spanish Formosa is in the country of Spanish Empire[3].
  • Spanish Formosa's instance of is recorded as colony[4].
  • Spanish Formosa's instance of is recorded as historical period[5].
  • Spanish Formosa's capital is recorded as Keelung[6].
  • Spanish Formosa's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Tamchuy[7].
  • Spanish Formosa's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Turoboan[8].
  • Spanish Formosa's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Cabaran[9].
  • Spanish Formosa's locator map image is recorded as Dutch and Spanish Taiwan es.svg[10].
  • Spanish Formosa's part of is recorded as Q10915678[11].
  • Spanish Formosa's part of is recorded as Captaincy General of the Philippines[12].
  • +1626-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Spanish Formosa[13].
  • Spanish Formosa was dissolved in +1642-01-01T00:00:00Z[14].
  • Spanish Formosa's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04lh5nq[15].
  • Spanish Formosa's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Taiwan Island[16].
  • Spanish Formosa's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Spanish Formosa[17].
  • Spanish Formosa's office held by head of government is recorded as Q15920703[18].
  • Spanish Formosa's topic has template is recorded as Template:Spanish Formosa[19].
  • Spanish Formosa's history of topic is recorded as timeline of Spanish Formosa history[20].

Body

Geography

Spanish Formosa is in the country of Spanish Empire[3]. Part of include Q10915678[11] and Captaincy General of the Philippines[12], a Captaincies of the Spanish Empire[21], in Spanish Empire[22], founded in 1565[23].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include colony[4] and historical period[5].

History and Context

+1626-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Spanish Formosa[13].

Why It Matters

Spanish Formosa draws 103 Wikipedia views per month (colony category, ranking #79 of 146).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

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] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [23] . 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. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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