Alexandria Bucephalous

ancient city founded by Alexander the Great in Pakistan
Place ancient_city Q786725
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Alexandria Bucephalous

Summary

Alexandria Bucephalous is an ancient city[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of ancient_city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (96 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Alexandria Bucephalous is in the country of Seleucid Empire[3].
  • Alexandria Bucephalous's instance of is recorded as ancient city[4].
  • Alexandria Bucephalous's founder is recorded as Alexander the Great[5].
  • Bucephalus is named after Alexandria Bucephalous[6].
  • Alexander the Great is named after Alexandria Bucephalous[7].
  • Alexandria Bucephalous's locator map image is recorded as AlexanderIndiaMap.jpg[8].
  • -0326-05-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Alexandria Bucephalous[9].
  • Alexandria Bucephalous's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 32.93111111111111, 'lon': 73.73083333333334}[10].
  • Alexandria Bucephalous's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/027ppv0[11].
  • Alexandria Bucephalous's described by source is recorded as Periplus of the Erythraean Sea[12].
  • Alexandria Bucephalous's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Bucephala-ancient-city-Pakistan[13].
  • Alexandria Bucephalous's vici.org ID is recorded as 2442[14].
  • Alexandria Bucephalous's Pleiades ID is recorded as 59750[15].
  • Alexandria Bucephalous's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'grc', 'text': 'Βουκεφάλα'}[16].
  • Alexandria Bucephalous's Trismegistos Geo ID is recorded as 41982[17].
  • Alexandria Bucephalous's ToposText place ID is recorded as 329737UAle[18].
  • Alexandria Bucephalous's Yale LUX ID is recorded as place/2981458e-58e1-4927-99ed-5438e37b3e89[19].

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Geography

Alexandria Bucephalous is in the country of Seleucid Empire[3].

Designation and Status

Alexandria Bucephalous's instance of is recorded as ancient city[4].

History and Context

-0326-05-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Alexandria Bucephalous[9]. Things named after include Bucephalus[6], a horse[20] and Alexander the Great[7], a politician[21], -0356–-0323[22], of Macedonia[23].

Why It Matters

Alexandria Bucephalous ranks in the top 9% of ancient_city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (96 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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