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light industry

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Summary

light industry is a type of industry[1]. It draws 1,518 Wikipedia views per month (type of industry category, ranking #15 of 34).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: manufacturing industry[3]
  • Part of: industrial sector[4]
  • Opposite of: heavy industry[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Light industry[6]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[7]
  • Practiced by: lighting technology engineer[8]
  • P14541: 1O9opn[9]

Why It Matters

light industry has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Wikimi-dhiann · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 40
    Wikipedia languages → ['ab', 'ar', 'az', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'ca', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', '
    Ndl authority id → 00565354
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  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1O9opn
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