governmentType

P220
predicate

Indicates the form or system of governance under which an entity (such as a country or organization) is organized and ruled.

All labels observed (198)

Label Occurrences
governmentType canonical 30,409
hasGovernmentType 5,691
governmentForm 3,098

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: governmentType
Generated description
Indicates the form or system of governance under which an entity (such as a country or organization) is organized and ruled.

Sample triples (50,058)

Subject Object
Los Angeles City Council council–mayor system via predicate surface "governmentForm"
Oakland mayor–council
Long Beach council–manager government
Lincoln
surface form: Lincoln, Massachusetts
New England town government
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations colonial charter government
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations self-governing colony
Province of South Carolina British colonial government
Province of South Carolina royal colony
Kingdom of Scotland monarchy via predicate surface "governmentForm"
Kingdom of Scotland feudal monarchy via predicate surface "governmentForm"
Albany mayor–council government
Denmark unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Ireland parliamentary republic
Benton County, Oregon county government via predicate surface "hasGovernmentType"
Bend, Oregon council–manager government
Timor-Leste unitary semi-presidential republic
Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe episcopal polity via predicate surface "polity"
Russian Empire absolute monarchy via predicate surface "governmentForm"
Russian Empire autocracy via predicate surface "governmentForm"
Wellfleet New England town government
Truro open town meeting
China socialist one-party state
Showa era
surface form: Shōwa era
militarist monarchy via predicate surface "governmentTypeEarly"
Showa era
surface form: Shōwa era
constitutional monarchy via predicate surface "governmentTypePostwar"
Islamabad metropolitan city government
Downers Grove Township, DuPage County, Illinois township government
Downers Grove Park District park and recreation district
Delta, Utah, United States city government
Government of Portland, Oregon mayor–council government
Portland City Commissioner, Position 2 commission form of government via predicate surface "governmentSystem"
New York City government mayor–council government
Crimean Khanate hereditary monarchy
Crimean Khanate khanate
Manassas council–manager government via predicate surface "hasGovernmentType"
Government of the Netherlands constitutional monarchy via predicate surface "systemOfGovernment"
Government of the Netherlands parliamentary democracy via predicate surface "systemOfGovernment"
Uniontown, Pennsylvania, United States
surface form: Uniontown, Pennsylvania
mayor–council government
Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany parliamentary democracy via predicate surface "establishesFormOfGovernment"
Assembly of the Republic Portuguese semi-presidential democracy via predicate surface "politicalSystemContext"
Roman Republic republic via predicate surface "governmentForm"
Roman Republic aristocratic republic via predicate surface "governmentForm"
Mesopotamia city-state system via predicate surface "politicalStructure"
1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state via predicate surface "politicalSystemDeclared"
1937 Soviet legislative election one-party state via predicate surface "politicalSystem"
Shropshire Council unitary authority
Dominion of Ceylon parliamentary democracy via predicate surface "governmentForm"
Dominion of Ceylon constitutional monarchy via predicate surface "governmentForm"
Iraq federal parliamentary republic
Liberia unitary presidential constitutional republic
Israel parliamentary democracy