historical country

Summary

historical country ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 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's Commons category is recorded as Former countries^[6].
• historical country's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Former countries^[7].
• historical country's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox former country^[8].
• historical country's main Wikidata property is recorded as P17^[9].
• historical country's different from is recorded as proposed country^[10].
• historical country's properties for this type is recorded as P571^[11].
• historical country's properties for this type is recorded as P1365^[12].
• historical country's properties for this type is recorded as P576^[13].
• historical country's properties for this type is recorded as P1366^[14].
• historical country's properties for this type is recorded as P36^[15].
• historical country's properties for this type is recorded as P3842^[16].
• historical country's has list is recorded as list of former sovereign states^[17].
• historical country's inappropriate property for this type is recorded as P582^[18].
• historical country's inappropriate property for this type is recorded as P580^[19].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include former administrative territorial entity^[2], former or current state^[3], historical administrative division^[4], and country^[5].

Why It Matters

historical country ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).^[1] It is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[20]