Yaoundé

capital of Cameroon
City city Q3808
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Yaoundé

Summary

Yaoundé is a city[1]. Yaoundé ranks in the top 0.63% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,941 views/month, #35 of 5,534).[2]

Key Facts

  • Yaoundé is located in Centre[3].
  • Yaoundé is in the country of Cameroon[4].
  • Yaoundé's image is recorded as Yaoundé view from central market (2014).JPG[5].
  • Yaoundé's instance of is recorded as city[6].
  • Yaoundé's twinned administrative body is recorded as Udine[7].
  • Yaoundé's twinned administrative body is recorded as Shenyang[8].
  • Yaoundé's twinned administrative body is recorded as Edessa[9].
  • Yaoundé's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 135523326[10].
  • Yaoundé's GND ID is recorded as 4119193-6[11].
  • Yaoundé's locator map image is recorded as CM-Yaounde.png[12].
  • Yaoundé's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79086815[13].
  • Yaoundé's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11946407n[14].
  • Yaoundé's IdRef ID is recorded as 027418502[15].
  • Yaoundé's Commons category is recorded as Yaoundé[16].
  • Yaoundé's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2746229[17].
  • Yaoundé's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[18].
  • +1888-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Yaoundé[19].
  • Yaoundé's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 3.8577777777778, 'lon': 11.518055555556}[20].
  • Yaoundé's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01y58d[21].
  • Yaoundé's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge478589[22].
  • Yaoundé's SELIBR ID is recorded as 160625[23].
  • Yaoundé's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Yaoundé[24].
  • Yaoundé's Commons gallery is recorded as Yaoundé[25].
  • Yaoundé's page banner is recorded as Yaoundé WV banner.JPG[26].
  • Yaoundé's National Library of Israel ID is recorded as 000976286[27].

Body

Geography

Yaoundé is in the country of Cameroon[4]. Yaoundé is located in Centre[3].

Physical Characteristics

Yaoundé's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+180'}[28]. Yaoundé's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+764'}[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+2440462'}[30] and {'amount': '+1817524'}[31].

Designation and Status

Yaoundé's instance of is recorded as city[6].

History and Context

+1888-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Yaoundé[19].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Yaoundé include Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport[32], an international airport[33], in Cameroon[34].

Why It Matters

Yaoundé ranks in the top 0.63% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,941 views/month, #35 of 5,534).[2] Yaoundé has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Yaoundé is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Entities named for Yaoundé include Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport[32], an international airport[33], in Cameroon[34].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . udine20.it. udine20.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . fr.allafrica.com. fr.allafrica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . fr.allafrica.com. Retrieved . fr.allafrica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] . wikidata.org.
  27. [31] . geohive.com. geohive.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [29] . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] . 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. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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