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food desert

area that has limited access to affordable and nutritious food
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food desert

Summary

food desert ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (516 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • food desert is a type of territory[2].
  • food desert's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Food deserts[3].

Body

Definition and Type

food desert is a type of territory[2].

Why It Matters

food desert ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (516 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[4] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[5]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). food desert. Retrieved October 4, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/food-desert
MLA “food desert.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 4 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/food-desert.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_food-desert_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{food desert}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/food-desert}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-04}}
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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. 2d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Food deserts
    Environment ontology id → 03500006
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fr', 'ha', 'he', 'id', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'nl', 'pt', '
    Sitelink count → 15
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P3859]]: 03500006, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/143356727|food desert (#143356727)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5484|Environment Ontolog"
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