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electrical substation

part of an electrical generation, transmission, and/or distribution system
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Summary

electrical substation is a facility type[1]. It draws 3,528 Wikipedia views per month (facility type category, ranking #1,558 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: industrial building[3], electric facility[4]
  • Part of: electrical grid[5]
  • Commons category: Electrical substations[6]
  • Has part(s): extra high voltage substation[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Electrical substations[8]
  • Commons gallery: Electrical substation[9]
  • OpenStreetMap tag: power=substation[10]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[11]
  • P14692: Quintus Curtius Rufus[12]

Why It Matters

electrical substation has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . 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. 6w ago · S41pdrc4od · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → industrial building, electric facility
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Subclass of: electric facility"
  2. 7w ago · JhowieNitnek · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → facility type
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: facility type"
  3. 7w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Quintus Curtius Rufus
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
  4. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0202526-elektricke-stanice
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0202526-elektricke-stanice, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259649|batch #259649]]"
  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → electrical grid
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → industrial building, electric facility
    Has part(s) → extra high voltage substation
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 3607, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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