Spanish Sahara

former Spanish North African colonial possession
Organization territory Q689837
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Spanish Sahara

Summary

Spanish Sahara is a territory[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of territory entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (651 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Spanish Sahara is located in Spain[3].
  • Spanish Sahara is in the country of Spain[4].
  • Spanish Sahara's continent is recorded as Africa[5].
  • Spanish Sahara's instance of is recorded as territory[6].
  • Spanish Sahara's instance of is recorded as historical country[7].
  • Spanish Sahara's instance of is recorded as oversea province of Spain[8].
  • Spanish Sahara's instance of is recorded as province of the Spanish Empire[9].
  • Spanish Sahara's capital is recorded as Laayoune[10].
  • Spanish Sahara's currency is recorded as peseta[11].
  • Spanish Sahara's coat of arms image is recorded as Coat of Arms of the Spanish Sahara.svg[12].
  • Spanish Sahara's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 1146285271115370656[13].
  • Spanish Sahara's GND ID is recorded as 4079248-1[14].
  • Spanish Sahara's locator map image is recorded as LocationWesternSahara.svg[15].
  • Spanish Sahara's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79100573[16].
  • Spanish Sahara's IdRef ID is recorded as 027302784[17].
  • Spanish Sahara's postal code is recorded as 53[18].
  • Spanish Sahara's part of is recorded as European colonies in Africa[19].
  • Spanish Sahara's Commons category is recorded as Spanish Sahara[20].
  • +1884-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Spanish Sahara[21].
  • Spanish Sahara was dissolved in +1976-02-06T00:00:00Z[22].
  • Spanish Sahara's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 25, 'lon': -13}[23].
  • Spanish Sahara's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/038pd3[24].
  • Spanish Sahara's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Spanish Sahara[25].
  • Spanish Sahara's replaced by is recorded as Morocco[26].
  • Spanish Sahara's replaced by is recorded as Mauritania[27].

Body

Founding

+1884-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Spanish Sahara[21].

Identity

Spanish Sahara's part of is recorded as European colonies in Africa[19].

Dissolution

Spanish Sahara was dissolved in +1976-02-06T00:00:00Z[22].

Why It Matters

Spanish Sahara ranks in the top 8% of territory entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (651 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . taylorfrancis.com. taylorfrancis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . britannica.com. britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . 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] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . treaties.un.org. treaties.un.org. Provenance: 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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