contiguous United States

the 48 states of the United States (all but Alaska and Hawaii) and the District of Columbia
Place territory Q578170
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contiguous United States

Summary

contiguous United States is a territory[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of territory entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,574 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • contiguous United States is located in United States[3].
  • contiguous United States is in the country of United States[4].
  • contiguous United States's image is recorded as Contiguous United States (orthographic projection).svg[5].
  • contiguous United States's instance of is recorded as territory[6].
  • contiguous United States's instance of is recorded as geographic contiguity[7].
  • contiguous United States's instance of is recorded as human-geographic territorial entity[8].
  • contiguous United States's instance of is recorded as mainland[9].
  • contiguous United States's part of is recorded as continental United States[10].
  • contiguous United States's part of is recorded as Americas[11].
  • contiguous United States's Commons category is recorded as Contiguous United States[12].
  • contiguous United States's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 9331155[13].
  • contiguous United States's located in time zone is recorded as Central Time Zone[14].
  • contiguous United States's located in time zone is recorded as Mountain Time Zone[15].
  • contiguous United States's located in time zone is recorded as Pacific Time Zone[16].
  • contiguous United States's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern Time Zone[17].
  • contiguous United States's has part is recorded as Alabama[18].
  • contiguous United States's has part is recorded as Arizona[19].
  • contiguous United States's has part is recorded as Arkansas[20].
  • contiguous United States's has part is recorded as California[21].
  • contiguous United States's has part is recorded as Colorado[22].
  • contiguous United States's has part is recorded as Connecticut[23].
  • contiguous United States's has part is recorded as Delaware[24].
  • contiguous United States's has part is recorded as Florida[25].
  • contiguous United States's has part is recorded as Georgia[26].
  • contiguous United States's has part is recorded as Idaho[27].

Body

Geography

contiguous United States is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in United States[3]. Part of include continental United States[10], a territory[28], in United States[29] and Americas[11], a supercontinent[30].

Physical Characteristics

contiguous United States's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+8080464.3'}[31].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include territory[6], geographic contiguity[7], human-geographic territorial entity[8], and mainland[9].

Why It Matters

contiguous United States ranks in the top 2% of territory entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,574 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

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. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . OpenStreetMap. Retrieved . 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] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [31] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . 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. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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