Balvi

city and capital of Balvi Municipality, Latvia
Place city_under_municipality_jurisdiction_in_latvia Q218402
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Balvi

Summary

Balvi is a city under municipality jurisdiction in Latvia[1]. Balvi draws 27 Wikipedia views per month (city_under_municipality_jurisdiction_in_latvia category, ranking #17 of 71).[2]

Key Facts

  • Balvi is located in Balvi Municipality[3].
  • Balvi is in the country of Latvia[4].
  • Balvi is on the body of water Balvi Lake[5].
  • Balvi is on the body of water Q15219596[6].
  • Balvi's image is recorded as Ул. Берзпилс, Балви (P47).jpg[7].
  • Balvi's instance of is recorded as city under municipality jurisdiction in Latvia[8].
  • Balvi's flag image is recorded as Flag of Balvi.svg[9].
  • Balvi's coat of arms image is recorded as Coat of Arms of Balvi.svg[10].
  • Balvi's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 248298452[11].
  • Balvi's GND ID is recorded as 4771051-2[12].
  • Balvi's locator map image is recorded as Latvia city Balvi.png[13].
  • Balvi's postal code is recorded as LV-4501[14].
  • Balvi's Commons category is recorded as Balvi[15].
  • Balvi's pronunciation audio is recorded as Lv-Balvi.ogg[16].
  • +1928-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Balvi[17].
  • Balvi's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 57.129166666667, 'lon': 27.266666666667}[18].
  • Balvi's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0932f3[19].
  • Balvi's official website is recorded as http://www.balvi.lv[20].
  • Balvi's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Balvi[21].
  • Balvi's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 70f67278-66cd-4a36-9728-e91bf9c6791f[22].
  • Balvi's population is recorded as {'amount': '+7109'}[23].
  • Balvi's population is recorded as {'amount': '+6334'}[24].
  • Balvi's population is recorded as {'amount': '+6073'}[25].
  • Balvi's population is recorded as {'amount': '+5943'}[26].
  • Balvi's population is recorded as {'amount': '+5840'}[27].

Body

Geography

Balvi is in the country of Latvia[4]. Balvi is located in Balvi Municipality[3]. Adjacent water bodies include Balvi Lake[5], a lake[28], in Latvia[29] and Q15219596[6].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5.1'}[30], {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5.070993'}[31], {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5.07'}[32], and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5.01'}[33]. Balvi's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+113'}[34]. Population counts include {'amount': '+7109'}[23], {'amount': '+6334'}[24], {'amount': '+6073'}[25], {'amount': '+5943'}[26], {'amount': '+5840'}[27], and {'amount': '+5699'}[35].

Designation and Status

Balvi's instance of is recorded as city under municipality jurisdiction in Latvia[8].

History and Context

+1928-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Balvi[17].

Why It Matters

Balvi draws 27 Wikipedia views per month (city_under_municipality_jurisdiction_in_latvia category, ranking #17 of 71).[2] Balvi has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Balvi is known by 24 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] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . 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] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs. pmlp.gov.lv. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved . data.csb.gov.lv. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved . data.csb.gov.lv. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved . data.stat.gov.lv. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved . data.stat.gov.lv. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [35] . data.stat.gov.lv. Retrieved . data.stat.gov.lv. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [34] . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] . data.gov.lv. Retrieved . data.gov.lv. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] . data.stat.gov.lv. Retrieved . data.stat.gov.lv. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] . data.stat.gov.lv. Retrieved . data.stat.gov.lv. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . 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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