Geospatial

Regions & Areas

Query by administrative regions, countries, or custom geographic areas. Use Wikidata's hierarchical location data for precise geographic filtering.

Administrative Hierarchy Properties

Wikidata uses hierarchical properties to describe where entities are located. The key property is wdt:P131 (located in administrative territorial entity).

Property ID Description
located in wdt:P131 Administrative territorial entity
country wdt:P17 Country of location
continent wdt:P30 Continent

Query by Country

Universities in Germany
Run ↗ 
#defaultView:Map
SELECT ?uni ?uniLabel ?coord ?city ?cityLabel
WHERE {
  ?uni wdt:P31/wdt:P279* wd:Q3918 ;  # university
       wdt:P17 wd:Q183 ;              # country: Germany
       wdt:P625 ?coord .
  OPTIONAL { ?uni wdt:P131 ?city . }

  SERVICE wikibase:label {
    bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "en,de" .
  }
}
Geospatial Property: P17 for country filtering

Hierarchical Location Query

Use property paths with wdt:P131* to traverse the administrative hierarchy. This finds entities at any level within a region.

All Museums in California (Any Administrative Level)
Run ↗ 
#defaultView:Map
SELECT ?museum ?museumLabel ?coord
WHERE {
  ?museum wdt:P31/wdt:P279* wd:Q33506 ;  # museum
          wdt:P131* wd:Q99 ;             # in California (recursive)
          wdt:P625 ?coord .

  SERVICE wikibase:label {
    bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "en" .
  }
}
LIMIT 200
Geospatial Property path: P131* for recursive hierarchy

Cultural Heritage by Region

Archaeological Sites in Greece
Run ↗ 
#defaultView:Map
SELECT ?site ?siteLabel ?coord
       ?period ?periodLabel
WHERE {
  ?site wdt:P31 wd:Q839954 ;      # archaeological site
        wdt:P17 wd:Q41 ;            # Greece
        wdt:P625 ?coord .
  OPTIONAL { ?site wdt:P2348 ?period . }

  SERVICE wikibase:label {
    bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "en,el" .
  }
}
Geospatial Domain: Cultural Heritage
Historic Buildings in Paris
Run ↗ 
#defaultView:Map
SELECT ?building ?buildingLabel ?coord
       (YEAR(?inception) AS ?built)
WHERE {
  ?building wdt:P31/wdt:P279* wd:Q41176 ;  # building
            wdt:P131* wd:Q90 ;              # in Paris
            wdt:P625 ?coord ;
            wdt:P1435 ?heritage .          # has heritage status
  OPTIONAL { ?building wdt:P571 ?inception . }

  SERVICE wikibase:label {
    bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "en,fr" .
  }
}
ORDER BY ?built
LIMIT 200
Geospatial Heritage buildings in Paris

Urban Infrastructure by Region

Metro Stations by City
Run ↗ 
SELECT ?city ?cityLabel (COUNT(?station) AS ?stationCount)
WHERE {
  ?station wdt:P31 wd:Q928830 ;  # metro station
           wdt:P131 ?city .
  ?city wdt:P31/wdt:P279* wd:Q515 .  # city

  SERVICE wikibase:label {
    bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "en" .
  }
}
GROUP BY ?city ?cityLabel
ORDER BY DESC(?stationCount)
LIMIT 30
Geospatial Domain: Urban | Count by city

Query by Continent

Capitals in Africa
Run ↗ 
#defaultView:Map
SELECT ?capital ?capitalLabel ?country ?countryLabel ?coord
WHERE {
  ?country wdt:P31 wd:Q6256 ;  # country
           wdt:P30 wd:Q15 ;     # continent: Africa
           wdt:P36 ?capital .  # capital
  ?capital wdt:P625 ?coord .

  SERVICE wikibase:label {
    bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "en" .
  }
}
Geospatial Property: P30 for continent