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department

term for an administrative territorial entity in some countries
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Summary

department is an administrative territorial entity type[1]. department draws 546 Wikipedia views per month (administrative territorial entity type category, ranking #73 of 173).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: administrative territorial entity[3]
  • Commons category: Departments (country subdivisions)[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Departments[5]
  • Partially coincident with: 省 (行政区画)[6]
  • Used by: Q141099464[7]
  • Different from: Департамент (учреждение)[8]

Why It Matters

department has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] department is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). department. Retrieved October 13, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/department-q643589-2
MLA “department.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 13 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/department-q643589-2.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_department-q643589-2_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{department}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/department-q643589-2}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-13}}
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Edit History

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. 20h ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isocat id → 3812
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ay', 'az', 'be', 'bs', 'ca', 'co', 'cs', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et', 'eu', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Isocat id: 3812, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/7329033|department (#7329033)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/125|ISOCAT]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 8w ago · Circeus · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Used by → Q141099464
    Inception → —
    Image → —
    Subclass of → —
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Used by: Q141099464"
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