Wikidata:WikiProject Cities and Towns
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A formal data model for cities is currently being drafted by this Wikiproject. Please discuss it here. |
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This Wikiproject focuses on the modelling of cities and other related administrative and societal populated regions.
Data model
editThis describes how items that relate to this project and their instances and classes should be structured
Type | Description | Examples |
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Government-designated cities and towns | City and town items should be instance of (P31) their government designation. | Naperville (Q243007)instance of (P31)city of Illinois (Q110071194) |
Government city and town designations | Government designation classes should be subclass of (P279)administrative territorial entity (Q56061). They should also specify where they are legally described such as by using described at URL (P973)<link to government law>. | unit of local government in Illinois (Q110071045)instance of (P31)administrative territorial entity of the United States (Q852446) unit of local government in Illinois (Q110071045)described at URL (P973)https://www.ilga.gov/commission/lrb/con7.htm |
City centers | ||
Government-designated regions | Government-designated regions such as metropolitan statistical area (Q1768043)s in the U.S. should use instance of (P31) and not be conflated with the city or other designations. | Chicago metropolitan area (Q1754965)instance of (P31)metropolitan statistical area (Q1768043) |
Non-governmental culturally significant regions | Regions that are culturally significant but have no governmental designation should be erroneous class that describes an area. | London (Q84)instance of (P31)metropolis (Q200250) |
Items
editShould NOT be used with instance of (P31)
editTitle | Description | Links |
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city Q515 | Subjective and lacking in description. Government designations of cities are preferred. | |
big city Q1549591 | A subjective size. Use population (P1082) | |
million city Q1637706 | A subjective size. Use population (P1082) | |
county seat Q62049 | Use capital of (P1376) |
General
editTitle | Description | Links |
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city or town Q7930989 | More general term. Use it for languages not distinguishing "city" and "town" | |
administrative territorial entity Q56061 | Basically all cities and towns should be subclasses of this (or not). | |
metropolitan area Q1907114 | administrative unit of a dense urban core and its satellite cities | |
metropolis Q200250 | large and significant city or urban area usually with millions of inhabitants | |
local government area Q3299260 | administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for | |
municipality Q15284 | administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government or jurisdiction | |
municipal corporation Q2097994 | legal term for a local governing body | |
local government Q6501447 | lowest tier of administration within a sovereign state |
Properties
editTitle | ID | Data type | Description | Examples | Inverse |
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logo image | P154 | Commons media file | logo: graphic mark or emblem commonly used by commercial enterprises, organizations and products | Prague <logo image> Logo Praha.svg | - |
image | P18 | Commons media file | illustration and image: image of relevant illustration of the subject; if available, also use more specific properties (sample: coat of arms image, locator map, flag image, signature image, logo image, collage image) It is preferred to have one image only. | Prague <image> Petřín Tower View IMG 3020.JPG | - |
inception | P571 | Point in time | date of establishment: time when an entity begins to exist; for date of official opening use P1619 | Society of Jesus <inception> | - |
official name | P1448 | Monolingual text | official name: official name of the subject in its official language(s) | Germany <official name> Bundesrepublik Deutschland | - |
native label | P1705 | Monolingual text | native label: label for the items in their official language (P37) or their original language (P364) | Moscow <native label> Москва | - |
founded by | P112 | Item | organizational founder: founder or co-founder of this organization, religion, place or entity | Apple <founded by> Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne | - |
demonym | P1549 | Monolingual text | demonym: Name (proper noun) for people or things associated with a given place, usually based off the place name; multiple entries with qualifiers to distinguish are used to list variant forms by reason of grammatical gender or plurality. | Mexico <demonym> Mexicain, Mexikaner, meksikano and Mexicaan | - |
continent | P30 | Item | continent: continent of which the subject is a part | Afghanistan <continent> Asia | - |
country | P17 | Item | historical country, state and sovereign state: sovereign state that this item is in (not to be used for human beings) | Prague <country> Czech Republic | - |
capital of | P1376 | Item | administrative centre: country, state, department, canton or other administrative division of which the municipality is the governmental seat | Niamey <capital of> Niger | capital |
located in the administrative territorial entity | P131 | Item | administrative territorial entity: the item is located on the territory of the following administrative entity. Use P276 for specifying locations that are non-administrative places and for items about events. Use P1382 if the item falls only partially into the administrative entity. | Seattle <located in the administrative territorial entity> King County | - |
located in or next to body of water | P206 | Item | body of water: body of water on or next to which a place is located | HafenCity <located in or next to body of water> Zollkanal | - |
coordinate location | P625 | Geographic coordinates | geographic coordinates: geocoordinates of the subject. For Earth, please note that only WGS84 coordinating system is supported at the moment | Mount Everest <coordinate location> 27° 59′ 17.00″ N 86° 55′ 31.00″ E | - |
coordinates of northernmost point | P1332 | Geographic coordinates | coordinate of northernmost point: northernmost point of a location. For an administrative entity this includes offshore islands | England <coordinates of northernmost point> 55° 48′ 00.00″ N 2° 00′ 60.00″ W | - |
coordinates of southernmost point | P1333 | Geographic coordinates | southernmost point of a place. For administrative entities this includes offshore islands | Rhône <coordinates of southernmost point> 45° 27′ 14.40″ N 4° 45′ 37.60″ E | - |
coordinates of easternmost point | P1334 | Geographic coordinates | easternmost point of a location | Finland <coordinates of easternmost point> 62° 53′ 31.00″ N 31° 35′ 03.00″ E | - |
coordinates of westernmost point | P1335 | Geographic coordinates | westernmost point of a location | Finland <coordinates of westernmost point> 60° 17′ 13.00″ N 19° 08′ 07.00″ E | - |
geoshape | P3896 | Geographic shape | geographic data from Wikimedia Commons | New York City <geoshape> Data:Neighbourhoods/New York City.map | - |
highest point | P610 | Item | highest point: point with highest elevation in a region, or on the path of a race or route | 2015 Tour de France, stage 19 <highest point> Plateau de Beille | - |
lowest point | P1589 | Item | lowest point: point with lowest elevation in the country, region, city or area | Earth <lowest point> Challenger Deep | - |
office held by head of government | P1313 | Item | political office that is fulfilled by the head of the government of this item | United Kingdom <office held by head of government> Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | - |
head of government | P6 | Item | head of government and president: head of the executive power of this town, city, municipality, state, country, or other governmental body | Germany <head of government> Angela Merkel | - |
legislative body | P194 | Item | legislature: legislative body governing this entity; political institution with elected representatives, such as a parliament/legislature or council | United Kingdom <legislative body> Parliament of the United Kingdom | - |
member of | P463 | Item | member and group member: organization, club or musical group to which the subject belongs. Do not use for membership in ethnic or social groups, nor for holding a political position, such as a member of parliament (use P39 for that) | Iring Fetscher <member of> PEN Centre Germany | - |
population | P1082 | Quantity | number of individuals and human population: number of people inhabiting the place; number of people of subject | San Francisco <population> 892,533 | - |
number of houses | P4080 | Quantity | house: number of houses in given territorial entity | Regensburg <number of houses> 16,449 | - |
contains the administrative territorial entity | P150 | Item | administrative territorial entity: (list of) direct subdivisions of an administrative territorial entity | Russia <contains the administrative territorial entity> Moscow and Moscow Oblast | - |
contains settlement | P1383 | Item | human settlement: settlement which an administrative division contains | Saint-Denis <contains settlement> Le Moufia | - |
water as percent of area | P2927 | Quantity | surface water: which percentage of the territory of this item inside coast line and international bounderies is water. Use "percent" (Q11229) as unit | Singapore <water as percent of area> 1.444 percent | - |
elevation above sea level | P2044 | Quantity | height above mean sea level: height of the item (geographical object) as measured relative to sea level | Maïdo <elevation above sea level> 2,205 metre | - |
located in time zone | P421 | Item | time zone: time zone for this item | Germany <located in time zone> UTC+01:00 | - |
twinned administrative body | P190 | Item | twin town: twin towns, sister cities, twinned municipalities and other localities that have a partnership or cooperative agreement, either legally or informally acknowledged by their governments | Samara <twinned administrative body> Stara Zagora | - |
headquarters location | P159 | Item | headquarters, siège social, seat, episcopal see and titular see: city or town where an organization's headquarters is or has been situated. Use P276 qualifier for specific building | Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries <headquarters location> Vienna | - |
employees | P1128 | Quantity | employee: total number of employees of a company at a given "point in time" (P585). Most recent data would generally have preferred rank; data for previous years normal rank (not deprecated rank). Add data for recent years, don't overwrite | Škoda Auto <employees> 33,696 | - |
shares border with | P47 | Item | political border and border: countries or administrative subdivisions, of equal level, that this item borders, either by land or water. A single common point is enough. | Pays de la Loire <shares border with> Centre-Val de Loire | shares border with |
pronunciation audio | P443 | Commons media file | pronunciation: audio file with pronunciation | São Paulo <pronunciation audio> Br-SaoPaulo.ogg | - |
area | P2046 | Quantity | area: area occupied by an object | Carcaixent <area> 59.25 square kilometre | - |
postal code | P281 | String | postal code: identifier assigned by postal authorities for the subject area or building | Bern <postal code> 3000 | - |
email address | P968 | URL | email address: email address, prefixed with mailto: | Archaeological Museum of Palencia <email address> mailto:museo.palencia@jcyl.es | - |
official website | P856 | URL | official website and home page: URL of the official page of an item (current or former). Usage: If a listed URL no longer points to the official website, do not remove it, but see the "Hijacked or dead websites" section of the Talk page | Facebook <official website> https://www.facebook.com/ | - |
locator map image | P242 | Commons media file | locator map and map: geographic map image which highlights the location of the subject within some larger entity | Prague <locator map image> 2004 Praha.png | - |
flag | P163 | Item | flag: subject's flag | Slovakia <flag> flag of Slovakia | - |
flag image | P41 | Commons media file | flag: image of the item's flag | Bourbonnais <flag image> Flag of Bourbonnais.svg | - |
coat of arms | P237 | Item | coat of arms and Q13368671: subject's coat of arms | Liechtenstein <coat of arms> coat of arms of Liechtenstein | - |
coat of arms image | P94 | Commons media file | coat of arms: image of the item's coat of arms - for the shield part only use P4004 | Stannis Baratheon <coat of arms image> A Song of Ice and Fire arms of House Stannis Baratheon scroll.png | - |
montage image | P2716 | Commons media file | collaging: image file that assembles two or more other images of item | Berlin <montage image> Collage Berlin2.jpg | - |
seal image | P158 | Commons media file | seal: image of subject's seal (emblem) | Alaska <seal image> Seal of the State of Alaska.svg | - |
page banner | P948 | Commons media file | project:banners: image at top of an article about the topic, mainly used by Wikivoyage and Women in Red | Prague <page banner> Prague WV banner.jpg | - |
list of monuments | P1456 | Item | monument: link to the list of heritage monuments in the place/area | Český Krumlov <list of monuments> list of cultural monuments in Český Krumlov | - |
geography of topic | P2633 | Item | geography and geography of geographic location: item that deals with the geography of the subject. Sample: "Rio de Janeiro" uses this property with value "geography of Rio de Janeiro" (Q10288853). For the location of a subject, use "location" (P276). | Mauritius <geography of topic> geography of Mauritius | - |
history of topic | P2184 | Item | aspect of history and history of a geographic region: item about the historical development of a subject's topic, example: "history of Argentina" for "Argentina". To list key events of the topic, use "significant event" (P793) | Germany <history of topic> history of Germany | - |
described by source | P1343 | Item | source of information: work where this item is described | Vladimir K. Zworykin <described by source> Brockhaus Enzyklopädie (19 ed.) | - |
Wikimedia outline | P5125 | Item | Wikimedia outline article: item about an outline of the topic at Wikimedia sites | Albania <Wikimedia outline> outline of Albania | - |
historical region | P6885 | Item | historical region: geographic area which at some point in time had a cultural, ethnic, linguistic or political basis, regardless of present-day borders | Prague <historical region> Bohemia | - |
open data portal | P8402 | Item | open data portal: the item for the open data portal belonging to this entity | United Nations <open data portal> UNdata | - |
economy of topic | P8744 | Item | regional economy: item that deals with the economy of the subject | Andorra <economy of topic> economy of Andorra | - |
category for the view of the item | P8989 | Item | category for the view of this item (object, place) | Cassano Magnago <category for the view of the item> Category:Views of Cassano Magnago | - |
time of earliest written record | P1249 | Point in time | earliest written record: first time a subject was mentioned in writing | Moscow <time of earliest written record> | - |
number of households | P1538 | Quantity | family and household: total number of households in this place, includes dwellings of all types | Eijsden-Margraten <number of households> 10,551 | - |
mean age | P4442 | Quantity | average age: mean age in a given place | West Midlands <mean age> 39.3 annum | - |
local dialing code | P473 | String | telephone numbering plan and area code: identifier dedicated to subject city by the area communication network | Milan <local dialing code> 02 | - |
licence plate code | P395 | String | vehicle registration plate: distinguishing signs or parts of license plate associated with the subject. For countries: international licence plate country code or distinguishing sign of vehicles | Qatar <licence plate code> Q | - |
Commons gallery | P935 | String | Commons gallery: name of the Wikimedia Commons gallery page(s) related to this item (is suitable to allow multiple links to more gallery pages) | Prague <Commons gallery> Prague | - |
Commons category | P373 | String | Commons category: name of the Wikimedia Commons category containing files related to this item (without the prefix "Category:") | Prague <Commons category> Prague | - |
topic's main Wikimedia portal | P1151 | Item | Wikimedia portal: Wikimedia portal associated with this topic | Paris <topic's main Wikimedia portal> Portal:Paris | Wikimedia portal's main topic |
topic's main category | P910 | Item | Wikimedia category and category's main topic: main Wikimedia category | narratology <topic's main category> Category:Narratology | category's main topic |
category of associated people | P1792 | Item | Wikimedia category: Wikimedia category for people associated with this place or organization | Australia <category of associated people> Category:Australian people | - |
category for people born here | P1464 | Item | place of birth: category item that groups people born in this place | Saxony <category for people born here> Category:Births in Saxony | - |
category for people who died here | P1465 | Item | place of death: category item for people who died in this location | South Africa <category for people who died here> Category:Deaths in South Africa | - |
category for people buried here | P1791 | Item | Wikimedia category: Wikimedia category for people with a burial site within this area | St. Vitus Cathedral <category for people buried here> Category:Burials at St. Vitus Cathedral | - |
category for maps | P7867 | Item | Commons category: name of the Wikimedia category specifically for maps or plans of this item | Cambridge <category for maps> Category:Maps of Cambridge | - |
Queries
editMain queries
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Other queries
edit- All settlements with counties in Hungary in alphabetical order, indicating the area (hectares) https://w.wiki/4uwh (automatically converts different area units)
Subpages
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