Arlington

census-designated place coextensive with Arlington County, Virginia, United States
Place census_designated_place_in_the_united_states Q49279759
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Arlington

Summary

Arlington is a census-designated place in the United States[1]. Arlington ranks in the top 0.88% of census_designated_place_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (295 views/month, #84 of 9,562).[2]

Key Facts

  • Arlington is located in Arlington County[3].
  • Arlington is in the country of United States[4].
  • Arlington is on the body of water Potomac River[5].
  • Arlington's instance of is recorded as census-designated place in the United States[6].
  • Arlington's instance of is recorded as unincorporated community[7].
  • Arlington's instance of is recorded as principal city[8].
  • Arlington's instance of is recorded as big city[9].
  • Arlington's instance of is recorded as post town[10].
  • Arlington's shares border with is recorded as Washington, D.C.[11].
  • Arlington's shares border with is recorded as Alexandria[12].
  • Arlington's shares border with is recorded as Fairfax County[13].
  • Arlington's shares border with is recorded as Falls Church[14].
  • Arlington's shares border with is recorded as Montgomery County[15].
  • Arlington's shares border with is recorded as Foggy Bottom[16].
  • Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial is named after Arlington[17].
  • Arlington's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 124321928[18].
  • Arlington's locator map image is recorded as Map of Virginia highlighting Arlington County.svg[19].
  • Arlington's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79059574[20].
  • Arlington's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 160419565[21].
  • Arlington's IdRef ID is recorded as 238444899[22].
  • Arlington's postal code is recorded as 22201[23].
  • Arlington's postal code is recorded as 22202[24].
  • Arlington's postal code is recorded as 22203[25].
  • Arlington's postal code is recorded as 22204[26].
  • Arlington's postal code is recorded as 22205[27].

Body

Geography

Arlington is in the country of United States[4]. Arlington is located in Arlington County[3]. Arlington is on the body of water Potomac River[5]. Part of include Arlington–Alexandria–Reston metropolitan division[28] and Washington metropolitan area[29], a metropolitan statistical area[30], in United States[31].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q232291', 'amount': '+26.07'}[32] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+67'}[33]. Population counts include {'amount': '+238643'}[34] and {'amount': '+207627'}[35].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include census-designated place in the United States[6], unincorporated community[7], principal city[8], big city[9], and post town[10].

History and Context

Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial is named after Arlington[17].

Why It Matters

Arlington ranks in the top 0.88% of census_designated_place_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (295 views/month, #84 of 9,562).[2] Arlington has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Arlington is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . arlingtonva.us. Retrieved . arlingtonva.us. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [5] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . datausa.io. Retrieved . datausa.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . wikidata.org.
  28. [34] . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [35] . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] . Wolfram Alpha. Retrieved . wolframalpha.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . 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. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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