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Suwałki Gap

strategically important sparsely populated area near the Polish–Lithuanian border, between Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) and Belarus
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Summary

Suwałki Gap is a salient[1]. It draws 42,295 Wikipedia views per month (salient category, ranking #1 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Podlaskie Voivodeship[3], Alytus County[4], Marijampolė County[5]
  • Country: Poland[6], Lithuania[7], Russia[8], Belarus[9]
  • Named after: Suwałki[10]
  • Commons category: Suwalki Gap[11]
  • Said to be the same as: Lithuania–Poland border[12]
  • Described at URL: https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/suwalki-gap.htm[13]
  • Facet of: NATO[14]
  • Different from: Lithuania–Poland border[15], Suwałki corridor[16]

Why It Matters

Suwałki Gap has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Belarus Lithuania Poland Russia Suwałki

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 8d ago · WikiForMen · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Locator map image → Suwalki Gap.svg, Lithuania–Poland border.svg, Suwałki gap NATO CSTO.svg
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Locator map image: Lithuania–Poland border.svg"
  2. 9d ago · WikiForMen · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'bn', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'et', 'e
    Sitelink count → 35
    Locator map image → Suwalki Gap.svg, Lithuania–Poland border.svg, Suwałki gap NATO CSTO.svg
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Locator map image: Suwalki Gap.svg"
  3. 13w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → NATO
    Named after → Suwałki
    Instance of → —
    Located in → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||bn, cs */ import labels from sitelinks; cleanup"
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