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Nigerian Civil War

violent conflict within Nigeria
Event civil_war Q829875
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Summary

Nigerian Civil War is a civil war[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of civil war entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33,098 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Nigeria[3]
  • Location: Southeastern Nigeria[4]
  • Start time: July 6, 1967[5]
  • End time: January 15, 1970[6]
  • Participant: Nigeria[7], Biafra[8], United Arab Republic[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Nigerian Civil War[10]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11]

Why It Matters

Nigerian Civil War has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

Chinua Achebe Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Ibrahim Babangida Muhammadu Buhari Murtala Muhammed Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo Sani Abacha

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.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 5w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → civil-war-1967-1970
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: civil-war-1967-1970, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289923859|civil war 1967 1970 (#289923859)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    End time → +1970-01-15T00:00:00Z
    Participant → Nigeria, Biafra, United Arab Republic
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Start time → —
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 21714, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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