Ballarat

Summary

Ballarat is a city^[1]. Ballarat ranks in the top 5% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (967 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Ballarat was a member of Creative Cities Network^[3].
• Ballarat was a member of League of Historical Cities^[4].
• Ballarat is located in City of Ballarat^[5].
• Ballarat is located in Victoria^[6].
• Ballarat is in the country of Australia^[7].
• Ballarat's image is recorded as Aerialviewgardens.jpg^[8].
• Ballarat's instance of is recorded as city^[9].
• Ballarat's official language is recorded as Australian English^[10].
• Ballarat's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ainaro^[11].
• Ballarat's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 145404560^[12].
• Ballarat's GND ID is recorded as 4292709-2^[13].
• Ballarat's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79089345^[14].
• Ballarat's postal code is recorded as 3350^[15].
• Ballarat's Commons category is recorded as Ballarat^[16].
• Ballarat's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+10:00^[17].
• Ballarat's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+11:00^[18].
• Ballarat's local dialing code is recorded as 03^[19].
• +1838-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Ballarat^[20].
• Ballarat's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -37.560833333333335, 'lon': 143.8475}^[21].
• Ballarat's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01kq5^[22].
• Ballarat's official website is recorded as https://www.ballarat.vic.gov.au/^[23].
• Ballarat's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ballarat^[24].
• Ballarat's Commons gallery is recorded as Ballarat^[25].
• Ballarat's page banner is recorded as Ballarat banner.JPG^[26].
• Ballarat's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as c7b2d6f2-c5c2-42fe-9810-48c31e031cbb^[27].

Body

Geography

Ballarat is in the country of Australia^[7]. Located in include City of Ballarat^[5], a local government area of Victoria^[28], in Australia^[29], founded in 1994^[30] and Victoria^[6], a state of Australia^[31], in Australia^[32], founded in 1851^[33].

Physical Characteristics

Ballarat's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+113.7'}^[34]. Ballarat's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+435'}^[35]. Population counts include {'amount': '+103815'}^[36], {'amount': '+116201'}^[37], and {'amount': '+105348'}^[38].

Designation and Status

Ballarat's instance of is recorded as city^[9].

History and Context

+1838-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Ballarat^[20].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Ballarat include HMAS Ballarat^[39], a frigate^[40]; Ballarat^[41], a division of the Australian House of Representatives^[42], in Australia^[43], founded in 1901^[44]; and Ballarat Airfield^[45], an airport^[46], in Australia^[47].

Why It Matters

Ballarat ranks in the top 5% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (967 views/month).^[2] Ballarat has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[48] Ballarat is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[49]

Entities named for Ballarat include HMAS Ballarat^[39], a frigate^[40]; Ballarat^[41], a division of the Australian House of Representatives^[42], in Australia^[43], founded in 1901^[44]; and Ballarat Airfield^[45], an airport^[46], in Australia^[47].