Wasit

extinct city in Iraq
Place archaeological_site Q1462261
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Wasit

Summary

Wasit is an archaeological site[1]. Wasit ranks in the top 8% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wasit is located in Wasit Governorate[3].
  • Wasit is in the country of Iraq[4].
  • Wasit's image is recorded as مدينة واسط الاثرية.jpg[5].
  • Wasit's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[6].
  • Wasit's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00[7].
  • Wasit's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 32.18911111111111, 'lon': 46.28172222222222}[8].
  • Wasit's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/094bdh[9].
  • Wasit's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wasit[10].
  • Wasit's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Wasit[11].
  • Wasit's heritage designation is recorded as Tentative World Heritage Site[12].
  • Wasit's category for people born here is recorded as Q61023769[13].
  • Wasit's category for people who died here is recorded as Q32217734[14].
  • Wasit's category of associated people is recorded as Q32403956[15].
  • Wasit's Facebook location ID is recorded as 104075139628425[16].
  • Wasit's World Heritage criteria is recorded as (i)[17].
  • Wasit's World Heritage criteria is recorded as (ii)[18].
  • Wasit's World Heritage criteria is recorded as (iv)[19].
  • Wasit's World Heritage Tentative List ID is recorded as 1468[20].
  • Wasit's Who's on First ID is recorded as 1360285927[21].
  • Wasit's TDV Encyclopedia of Islam ID is recorded as vasit[22].
  • Wasit's National Historical Museums of Sweden ID is recorded as geo/710C7306-E08E-4CA1-90CC-8458EF2AE23F[23].
  • Wasit's Encyclopaedia of Islam is recorded as COM_1343[24].
  • Wasit's Encyclopaedia of Islam is recorded as SIM-5968[25].
  • Wasit's Kulturenvanteri monument ID is recorded as 423756[26].

Body

Geography

Wasit is in the country of Iraq[4]. Wasit is located in Wasit Governorate[3].

Designation and Status

Wasit's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[6]. Wasit's heritage designation is recorded as Tentative World Heritage Site[12].

Why It Matters

Wasit ranks in the top 8% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month).[2] Wasit has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Wasit is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . 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] . islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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