historical country

country, state or territory that once existed
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Summary

historical country ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (87 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • historical country is a type of former administrative territorial entity[2].
  • historical country is a type of former or current state[3].
  • historical country is a type of historical administrative division[4].
  • historical country is a type of country[5].
  • historical country is a type of state[6].
  • historical country's Commons category is recorded as Former countries[7].
  • historical country is the opposite of Q140068185[8].
  • historical country's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Former countries[9].
  • historical country's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox former country[10].
  • historical country's used by is recorded as by former country[11].
  • historical country's main Wikidata property is recorded as P17[12].
  • historical country's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C205807[13].
  • historical country's different from is recorded as proposed country[14].
  • historical country's properties for this type is recorded as P571[15].
  • historical country's properties for this type is recorded as P1365[16].
  • historical country's properties for this type is recorded as P576[17].
  • historical country's properties for this type is recorded as P1366[18].
  • historical country's properties for this type is recorded as P36[19].
  • historical country's properties for this type is recorded as P3842[20].
  • historical country's has list is recorded as list of former sovereign states[21].
  • historical country's inappropriate property for this type is recorded as P582[22].
  • historical country's inappropriate property for this type is recorded as P580[23].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include former administrative territorial entity[2], former or current state[3], historical administrative division[4], country[5], and state[6]. historical country is the opposite of Q140068185[8].

Use and Application

historical country's used by is recorded as by former country[11].

Why It Matters

historical country ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (87 views/month).[1] It is known by 107 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . DBpedia. dbpedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 12d ago · Infovarius · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Subclass of: former or current state, probably even at any time"
  2. 13d ago · Isaac Sanolnacov · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → former administrative territorial entity, former or current state, historical administrative division +2
    Wikipedia languages → ['ast', 'en', 'nl', 'pt', 'ro', 'simple', 'zh']
    Sitelink count → 7
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Subclass of: state"
  3. 9w ago · Superraptor123 · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Used by → by former country
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-references:1||1|1 */ Subclass of: country"
  4. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0399211-zanikle-staty
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0399211-zanikle-staty, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  5. 18w ago · Vicarage · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Opposite of → Q140068185
    Nci thesaurus id → C205807
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Opposite of: Q140068185"
  6. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Former countries
    Topic has template → Template:Infobox former country
    Inappropriate property for this type → P582, P580
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Umls cui: CL1928116"
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