Wikidata:WikiProject Cities and Towns

This Wikiproject focuses on the modelling of cities and other related administrative and societal populated regions.

Data model

This describes how items that relate to this project and their instances and classes should be structured

Type	Description	Examples
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

Should NOT be used with instance of (P31)

Title	Description	Links
city Q515	Subjective and lacking in description. Government designations of cities are preferred.	Articles Subtypes
big city Q1549591	A subjective size. Use population (P1082)	Articles Subtypes
million city Q1637706	A subjective size. Use population (P1082)	Articles Subtypes
county seat Q62049	Use capital of (P1376)	Articles Subtypes

General

Title	Description	Links
city or town Q7930989	More general term. Use it for languages not distinguishing "city" and "town"	Articles Subtypes
administrative territorial entity Q56061	Basically all cities and towns should be subclasses of this (or not).	Articles Subtypes
metropolitan area Q1907114	administrative unit of a dense urban core and its satellite cities	Articles Subtypes
metropolis Q200250	large and significant city or urban area usually with millions of inhabitants	Articles Subtypes
local government area Q3299260	administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for	Articles Subtypes
municipality Q15284	administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government or jurisdiction	Articles Subtypes
municipal corporation Q2097994	legal term for a local governing body	Articles Subtypes
local government Q6501447	lowest tier of administration within a sovereign state	Articles Subtypes

Properties

Title	ID	Data type	Description	Examples	Inverse
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, founding and date of the first award ceremony: time when an entity begins to exist; for date of official opening use P1619	Society of Jesus <inception> 1539	-
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 path	2015 Tour de France, stage 19 <highest point> Plateau de Beille	-
lowest point	P1589	Item	lowest point: point with lowest elevation in a region or path	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> Olaf Scholz	-
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 réel, 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:[email protected]	-
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> 4 April 1147	-
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: 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 or plans	P7867	Item	Commons category: name of the Wikimedia category specifically for maps or plans of this item	Cambridge <category for maps or plans> Category:Maps of Cambridge	-

Queries

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