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United Fruit Company

American corporation
Organization multinational_corporation Q1771942
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Summary

United Fruit Company is a multinational corporation[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 34 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3]
  • Instance of: business[4]
  • Founder: Minor Cooper Keith[5]
  • Headquarters location: New Orleans[6]
  • Commons category: United Fruit Company[7]
  • Industry: agriculture[8]
  • Archives at: University of Toronto Mississauga Library[9]
  • Inception: 1899[10]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1970[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:United Fruit Company[12]
  • Replaced by: Chiquita Brands International[13]
  • Partnership with: International Railways of Central America[14]

Why It Matters

United Fruit Company is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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