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Coups d'état and coup attempts

Coups d'état, self-coups and coup attempts recorded in Wikidata, from antiquity to the present, with date, country, the kind of coup, who took part and the location. One row per coup or attempt.

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KeyNameTypeDescription
nameCoupstring—
wikidataWikidataentity—
dateDatedateDate of the coup (or its start). Negative = BCE.
yearYearyear—
country_nameCountrystringCountry or state where it happened, as recorded (P17).
countryISO3countryPresent-day country, when one is recorded.
typeTypestringWhat Wikidata says the event is an instance of, e.g. military coup, self-coup, coup attempt.
participantsParticipantsstringPeople, forces or organizations that took part (P710), up to six.
locationLocationstringPlace (P276), where recorded.
latLatitudenumber—
lonLongitudenumber—
sitelinksWikipedia languagesintegerNumber of Wikimedia sites with an article on the event (notability proxy).

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