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wrecking yard

place for storage and dismantling of used vehicles
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wrecking yard

Summary

wrecking yard ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,074 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • wrecking yard's field of work was vehicle recycling[2].
  • wrecking yard is a type of business[3].
  • wrecking yard is a type of facility[4].
  • wrecking yard's Commons category is recorded as Vehicle scrap yards[5].
  • wrecking yard's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as industrial=scrap_yard[6].
  • wrecking yard's name in kana is recorded as かいたいや[7].
  • wrecking yard's different from is recorded as vehicle graveyard[8].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include business[3] and facility[4].

Why It Matters

wrecking yard ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,074 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

business

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Q6264
    Field of work → —
    Subclass of → —
    Field of work → vehicle recycling
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
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