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Cajun

ethnic group mainly living in the U.S. state of Louisiana
Intangible ethnic_group Q686949
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Summary

Cajun is an ethnic group[1]. Cajun ranks in the top 0.97% of ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,736 views/month, #44 of 4,529).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Louisiana[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Subclass of: French Americans[5]
  • Commons category: Cajuns[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Cajun[7]
  • Native label: Cadiens[8]
  • Indigenous to: Acadia[9]
  • Language used: Louisiana French[10], American Sign Language[11]

Why It Matters

Cajun has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] Cajun is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

Louisiana United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . 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. 28d ago · Bischrob · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sociomap id → SM454417
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  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Louisiana
    Indigenous to → Acadia
    Instance of → ethnic group
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007293771505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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