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Wasit

extinct city in Iraq
Place archaeological_site Q1462261
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Summary

Wasit is an archaeological site[1]. Wasit ranks in the top 8% of archaeological site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (415 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Wasit Governorate[3]
  • Country: Iraq[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Wasit[5]
  • Heritage designation: Tentative World Heritage Site[6]
  • Category for people born here: Q61023769[7]
  • Category for people who died here: Q32217734[8]
  • Category of associated people: Q32403956[9]
  • World Heritage criteria: (i)[10], (ii)[11], (iv)[12]

Why It Matters

Wasit has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] Wasit is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf Iraq Mansur Al-Hallaj

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Wasit. Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/wasit
MLA “Wasit.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 17 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/wasit.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_wasit_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Wasit}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/wasit}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-17}}
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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. 1d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'bn', 'ca', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'he', 'hu', 'id', 'it', 'ja', '
    Located in time zone → —
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||az */ Cleanup: remove wikimedia refs; remove alias=label/mul ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
  2. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 32.18911111111111, 'lon': 46.28172222222222}
    Instance of → —
    Coordinates → —
    Heritage designation → Tentative World Heritage Site
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q265785, Import ID Biblissima V2 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/74d891b831c|details]])"
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