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linear city

elongated urban plan consisting of a series of functionally specialized parallel sectors
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Summary

linear city ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,270 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: city[2], human settlement[3]
  • Commons category: Linear settlements[4]
  • Facet of: urbanism[5]
  • Has characteristic: length[6]

Why It Matters

linear city has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

Related Entities

city

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20h ago · Miikul · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → city, human settlement
    Subclass of → —
    Facet of → urbanism
    Has characteristic → length
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has characteristic: length"
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