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city-state

independent or autonomous entity whose territory consists of a city
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city-state

Summary

city-state ranks in the top 0.84% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,411 views/month, #652 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • city-state is a type of city[2].
  • city-state is a type of state[3].
  • city-state is a type of free city[4].
  • city-state is a type of polity[5].
  • city-state's Commons category is recorded as City-states[6].
  • city-state's topic's main category is recorded as Category:City-states[7].
  • city-state's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Political Theory[8].
  • city-state's different from is recorded as City-state[9].
  • city-state's different from is recorded as independent city[10].
  • city-state's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include city[2], state[3], free city[4], and polity[5].

Why It Matters

city-state ranks in the top 0.84% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,411 views/month, #652 of 77,819).[1] city-state has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] city-state is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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