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Danish West Indies

Danish colony in the Caribbean
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Summary

Danish West Indies is a colony[1]. It draws 3,377 Wikipedia views per month (colony category, ranking #23 of 146).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Saint Thomas[3], Saint John[4]
  • Country: Denmark–Norway[5], Denmark[6]
  • Continent: Americas[7]
  • Capital: Charlotte Amalie[8]
  • Official language: Danish[9]
  • Currency: Danish West Indian rigsdaler[10]
  • Commons category: Danish West Indies[11]
  • Inception: January 1, 1754[12]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: January 1, 1917[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Danish West Indies[14]
  • Population: 27,000[15]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Danish West Indies[16]
  • Native label: Dansk Vestindien[17]
  • Area: 352 km²[18]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:WikiProject 1000 important articles about Denmark[19]

Why It Matters

Danish West Indies has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Denmark

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . 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] ↑ . cia.gov. Retrieved . cia.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . 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. 5d ago · Josh&Robbie · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ast', 'az', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'br', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es',
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Saint Thomas, Saint John
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Located in the administrative territorial entity: Saint John"
  2. 13w ago · Estevoaei · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Enciclopedia galega universal id → 75844
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Enciclopedia galega universal id: 75844, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/192185310|Antillas Dinamarquesas (#192185310)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/69"
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