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Sterling area

Group of countries that either pegged their currencies to the pound sterling, or actually used the pound as their own currency
Organization currency_union Q647109
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Sterling area

Summary

Sterling area is a currency union[1]. It draws 153 Wikipedia views per month (currency_union category, ranking #3 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sterling area's instance of is recorded as currency union[3].
  • Sterling area's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08wc_b[4].
  • Sterling area's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/sterling-area[5].
  • Sterling area's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Sterlingblokken[6].
  • Sterling area's ASC Leiden Thesaurus ID is recorded as 294939210[7].

Why It Matters

Sterling area draws 153 Wikipedia views per month (currency_union category, ranking #3 of 8).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . ASC Leiden Thesaurus dataset of 5 June 2018. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Sterling area. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/sterling-area
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_sterling-area_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Sterling area}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/sterling-area}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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