Alexandria

city in the state of Virginia, United States
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Alexandria

Summary

Alexandria is an independent city in the United States[1]. Alexandria draws 5,619 Wikipedia views per month (independent_city_in_the_united_states category, ranking #6 of 40).[2]

Key Facts

  • Alexandria was a member of GovAI Coalition[3].
  • Alexandria is located in Virginia[4].
  • Alexandria is in the country of United States[5].
  • Alexandria is on the body of water Potomac River[6].
  • Alexandria's head of government is recorded as Justin Wilson[7].
  • Alexandria's head of government is recorded as Alyia Gaskins[8].
  • Alexandria's instance of is recorded as independent city in the United States[9].
  • Alexandria's instance of is recorded as Q141162078[10].
  • Alexandria's official language is recorded as English[11].
  • Alexandria's shares border with is recorded as Arlington County[12].
  • Alexandria's shares border with is recorded as Washington, D.C.[13].
  • Alexandria's shares border with is recorded as Fairfax County[14].
  • Alexandria's shares border with is recorded as Prince George's County[15].
  • Alexandria's basic form of government is recorded as council–manager government[16].
  • Philip Alexander Jr. is named after Alexandria[17].
  • Alexandria's flag is recorded as Q140002987[18].
  • Alexandria's twinned administrative body is recorded as Gyumri[19].
  • Alexandria's twinned administrative body is recorded as Dundee[20].
  • Alexandria's twinned administrative body is recorded as Caen[21].
  • Alexandria's twinned administrative body is recorded as Helsingborg Municipality[22].
  • Alexandria's postal code is recorded as 20598[23].
  • Alexandria's postal code is recorded as 22301[24].
  • Alexandria's postal code is recorded as 22302[25].
  • Alexandria's postal code is recorded as 22303[26].
  • Alexandria's postal code is recorded as 22304[27].

Body

Geography

Alexandria is in the country of United States[5]. Alexandria is located in Virginia[4]. Alexandria is on the body of water Potomac River[6]. Alexandria is part of Arlington–Alexandria–Reston metropolitan division[28].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+140826'}[29], {'amount': '+144340'}[30], {'amount': '+146839'}[31], {'amount': '+148892'}[32], and {'amount': '+153511'}[33].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include independent city in the United States[9] and Q141162078[10].

History and Context

January 1, 1749 marks the founding of Alexandria[34]. Philip Alexander Jr. is named after Alexandria[17].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Alexandria include Washington metropolitan area[35], a metropolitan statistical area[36], in United States[37] and Alexandria Real Estate Equities[38], a business[39], in United States[40], founded in 1994[41], headquartered in Pasadena[42].

Why It Matters

Alexandria draws 5,619 Wikipedia views per month (independent_city_in_the_united_states category, ranking #6 of 40).[2] Alexandria has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] Alexandria is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

Entities named for Alexandria include Washington metropolitan area[35], a metropolitan statistical area[36], in United States[37] and Alexandria Real Estate Equities[38], a business[39], in United States[40], founded in 1994[41], headquartered in Pasadena[42].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] . wikidata.org.
  11. [16] . wikidata.org.
  12. [4] . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] . wikidata.org.
  15. [19] . wikidata.org.
  16. [20] . wikidata.org.
  17. [21] . wikidata.org.
  18. [22] . wikidata.org.
  19. [6] . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] . wikidata.org.
  21. [24] . wikidata.org.
  22. [25] . wikidata.org.
  23. [26] . wikidata.org.
  24. [27] . wikidata.org.
  25. [28] . wikidata.org.
  26. [3] . wikidata.org.
  27. [34] . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] . wikidata.org.
  29. [30] . wikidata.org.
  30. [31] . wikidata.org.
  31. [32] . wikidata.org.
  32. [33] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [35] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [38] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [42] . 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. [43] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13d ago · Mario988 · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of independent city in the United States, Q141162078
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q141162078]]"
  2. 17d ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Territory overlaps Virginia's 39th Senate district
    P14687 Data:US presidential elections by county/Alexandria, Virgini
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14687]]: Data:US presidential elections by county/Alexandria, Virginia.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presidential "
  3. 28d ago · JuxtaposedJacob · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of independent city in the United States, Q141162078
    Basic form of government council–manager government
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q141162078]], #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1787553646073"
  4. 5w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46713|batch #46713]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  5. 8w ago · Trivialist · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id logos:Alexandria,_Virginia
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P6262]]: logos:Alexandria,_Virginia, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/297280878|Alexandria, Virginia (#297280878)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catal"
  6. 16w ago · Watmildon · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Flag Q140002987
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P163]]: [[Q140002987]], #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1780257566931"
  7. 17w ago · Mxn · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of GovAI Coalition
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P463]]: [[Q138812596]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258464|batch #258464]]"
  8. 17w ago · Trivialist · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag alexandria-va
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: alexandria-va, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289912670|alexandria va (#289912670)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  9. 18w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxonomicon id 1808155
    Umls cui C3831574
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
  10. 18w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from
    Ringgold id 143558
    Category for people who died here Category:Deaths in Alexandria, Virginia
    Curlie id
    + 246 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P1748]]: C110603, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
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