Sednaya Prison

Syrian military jail, near Damascus
Organization prison Q12215498
Sednaya Prison
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Sednaya Prison

Summary

Sednaya Prison is a prison[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of prison entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (422 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sednaya Prison is located in Saidnaya[3].
  • Sednaya Prison is located in Damascus[4].
  • Sednaya Prison is in the country of Syria[5].
  • Sednaya Prison's image is recorded as Sednaya prison after the Fall of Assad.png[6].
  • Sednaya Prison's instance of is recorded as prison[7].
  • Sednaya Prison's operator is recorded as Syria[8].
  • Sednaya Prison's Commons category is recorded as Sednaya Prison[9].
  • +1987-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Sednaya Prison[10].
  • Sednaya Prison was dissolved in +2024-12-08T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Sednaya Prison's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 33.665, 'lon': 36.328611111111}[12].
  • Sednaya Prison's director / manager is recorded as Mahmoud Maatouk[13].
  • Sednaya Prison's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'سجن صيدنايا'}[14].
  • Sednaya Prison's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/122jq8y5[15].
  • Sednaya Prison's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11gk8wrp28[16].
  • Sednaya Prison's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Human rights[17].
  • Sednaya Prison's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 세드나야 교도소[18].
  • Sednaya Prison's OpenStreetMap way ID is recorded as 144825512[19].

Body

Founding

+1987-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Sednaya Prison[10].

Leadership

Sednaya Prison's director / manager is recorded as Mahmoud Maatouk[13].

Operations

Sednaya Prison's operator is recorded as Syria[8].

Dissolution

Sednaya Prison was dissolved in +2024-12-08T00:00:00Z[11].

Why It Matters

Sednaya Prison ranks in the top 1% of prison entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (422 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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