Hello! You wrote in the object d:Q109339706 that it belongs to the country Madeira. I am not sure that Madeira is a country. -- ~~~~
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Hello @AKA MBG ! Madeira is not a country by the modern definition of the term, for sure, and since 1822 it is part of Portugal, with a special status (now an autonomous region, located in Africa). Before that, it was private property, until 1497, and from 1497 to 1822 (Q104472514) it was an entity separated from the Kingdom of Portugal (the "country", properly), but owned by it, like the rest of the Portuguese Empire. When I modeled that data, I've seen that country is used for these entities that worked like dependent countries, even if the modern definition of country do not apply, so I've used it. I don't know if there was any development since then, do you know?
Sorry, I don't know what will be correct decision here. I found this statement when I requested a list of countries with number of earthquakes (https://w.wiki/8BR3).