suburb

human settlement or residential area forming part of a metropolitan area, typically located outside the city centre
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suburb

Summary

suburb is an urban unit definition[1]. suburb draws 14,899 Wikipedia views per month (urban_unit_definition category, ranking #1 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • suburb was influenced by transport[3].
  • suburb's instance of is recorded as urban unit definition[4].
  • suburb's instance of is recorded as type of location[5].
  • suburb's based on is recorded as Suburbium[6].
  • suburb is a type of human settlement[7].
  • suburb is a type of urban area[8].
  • suburb is a type of metropolitan area[9].
  • suburb is part of metropolitan area[10].
  • suburb is part of Q139620633[11].
  • suburb's Commons category is recorded as Suburbs[12].
  • suburb's said to be the same as is recorded as suburban community[13].
  • suburb is the opposite of inner city[14].
  • suburb is the opposite of exurb[15].
  • suburb's has cause is recorded as suburbanization[16].
  • suburb's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Suburbs[17].
  • suburb's facet of is recorded as suburbanization[18].
  • suburb's facet of is recorded as metropolitan area[19].
  • suburb's facet of is recorded as housing[20].
  • suburb's facet of is recorded as land use[21].
  • suburb's facet of is recorded as urban geography[22].
  • suburb's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as place=suburb[23].
  • suburb's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[24].
  • suburb's partially coincident with is recorded as suburb/locality of Australia[25].
  • suburb's partially coincident with is recorded as suburb and locality[26].
  • suburb's has characteristic is recorded as commuter[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include urban unit definition[4] and type of location[5]. Recorded subclass of include human settlement[7], urban area[8], and metropolitan area[9]. Recorded opposite of include inner city[14] and exurb[15].

Use and Application

Part of include metropolitan area[10] and Q139620633[11].

Movements and Schools

suburb was influenced by transport[3].

Influence

Things named for suburb include Prastio Kellakiou[28], a community of Cyprus Republic[29], in Cyprus[30] and Prastio (Avdimou)[31], a community of Cyprus Republic[32], in Cyprus[33].

Why It Matters

suburb draws 14,899 Wikipedia views per month (urban_unit_definition category, ranking #1 of 6).[2] suburb has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] suburb is known by 106 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Entities named for suburb include Prastio Kellakiou[28], a community of Cyprus Republic[29], in Cyprus[30] and Prastio (Avdimou)[31], a community of Cyprus Republic[32], in Cyprus[33].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] ↑ . 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. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · Koen Joel · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Partially coincident with → suburb/locality of Australia, suburb and locality
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ang', 'ar', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'ba', 'bcl', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bn
    Sitelink count → 86
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1889]]: [[Q7632426]]"
  2. 6w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Colombian Championship 1991
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
  3. 11w ago · DanGFSouza · 2026-07-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Imdb keyword → suburb, suburbia
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P11924]]: suburbia, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/193893116|suburbia (#193893116)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6965|Top 10,000 IMDb keywo"
  4. 13w ago · AHIOH · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → urban unit definition, type of location
    Svkkl authority id → h0002082-predmesti, 0378462-primestske-zony
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q137015716]]"
  5. 16w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0002082-predmesti, 0378462-primestske-zony
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0002082-predmesti, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259576|batch #259576]]"
  6. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → human settlement, urban area, metropolitan area
    Has characteristic → commuter
    Social media followers → {'amount': '+55284'}
    Facet of → suburbanization, metropolitan area, housing +2
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 5582, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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