Northwest Territory

territory of the United States between 1787 and 1803
AdministrativeArea territory_of_the_united_states Q669315
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The Northwest Territory was an administrative area established on January 1, 1787 . Its capital was Marietta .

Northwest Territory

Summary

Northwest Territory is a territory of the United States[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of territory_of_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (656 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Northwest Territory is located in United States[3].
  • Northwest Territory is in the country of United States[4].
  • Northwest Territory's image is recorded as Northwest Territory locator map (1787).svg[5].
  • Northwest Territory's instance of is recorded as territory of the United States[6].
  • Northwest Territory's instance of is recorded as former administrative territorial entity[7].
  • Northwest Territory's capital is recorded as Marietta[8].
  • Northwest Territory's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 241211633[9].
  • Northwest Territory's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n84204358[10].
  • Northwest Territory's Commons category is recorded as Northwest Territory[11].
  • +1787-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Northwest Territory[12].
  • Northwest Territory was dissolved in +1803-03-01T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Northwest Territory's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 41, 'lon': -86}[14].
  • Northwest Territory's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01j4np[15].
  • Northwest Territory's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Northwest Territory[16].
  • Northwest Territory's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[17].
  • Northwest Territory's replaces is recorded as Indian Reserve[18].
  • Northwest Territory's replaced by is recorded as Ohio[19].
  • Northwest Territory's different from is recorded as Northwest Territories[20].
  • Northwest Territory's different from is recorded as Northwest Territorial Imperative[21].
  • Northwest Territory's NE.se ID is recorded as nordvästterritoriet[22].
  • Northwest Territory's Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID is recorded as northwest-territory[23].
  • Northwest Territory's Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID is recorded as nordwestterritorium[24].
  • Northwest Territory's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987013002971805171[25].
  • Northwest Territory's OpenHistoricalMap relation ID is recorded as 2793458[26].
  • Northwest Territory's OpenHistoricalMap relation ID is recorded as 2799624[27].

Body

Geography

Northwest Territory is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in United States[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include territory of the United States[6] and former administrative territorial entity[7].

History and Context

+1787-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Northwest Territory[12].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Northwest Territory include Northwestern University[28], a private university[29], in United States[30], founded in 1851[31], headquartered in Evanston[32].

Why It Matters

Northwest Territory ranks in the top 4% of territory_of_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (656 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for it include Northwestern University[28], a private university[29], in United States[30], founded in 1851[31], headquartered in Evanston[32].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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