Bangor

Summary

Bangor is a city^[1]. Bangor ranks in the top 7% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,189 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Bangor is located in Gwynedd^[3].
• Bangor is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Bangor's head of government is recorded as Owen Hurcum^[5].
• Bangor's instance of is recorded as city^[6].
• Bangor's instance of is recorded as community^[7].
• Bangor's twinned administrative body is recorded as Soest^[8].
• Bangor's postal code is recorded as LL57^[9].
• Bangor's Commons category is recorded as Bangor, Gwynedd^[10].
• Bangor's located in time zone is recorded as Greenwich Mean Time^[11].
• Bangor's local dialing code is recorded as 01248^[12].
• Bangor's OS grid reference is recorded as SH580722^[13].
• Bangor's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.228, 'lon': -4.128}^[14].
• Bangor's official website is recorded as https://bangorcitycouncil.gov.wales/^[15].
• Bangor's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bangor, Gwynedd^[16].
• Bangor's Commons gallery is recorded as Bangor^[17].
• Bangor has a population of {'amount': '+16358'}^[18].
• Bangor has a population of {'amount': '+15060'}^[19].
• Bangor has a population of {'amount': '+13725'}^[20].
• Bangor's office held by head of government is recorded as Mayor of Bangor^[21].
• Bangor's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[22].
• Bangor's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[23].
• Bangor's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[24].
• Bangor's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[25].
• Bangor's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921^[26].
• Bangor's described by source is recorded as Meyer’s Universum, Elfter Band^[27].

Body

Geography

Bangor is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Bangor is located in Gwynedd^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Bangor covers an area of {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+648.57'}^[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+16358'}^[18], {'amount': '+15060'}^[19], and {'amount': '+13725'}^[20].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[6] and community^[7]. Bangor's heritage designation is recorded as National Monuments of Wales^[29].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Bangor include Bangor railway station^[30], a railway station^[31], in United Kingdom^[32] and Bangor^[33], a borough of Pennsylvania^[34], in United States^[35], founded in 1875^[36].

Why It Matters

Bangor ranks in the top 7% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,189 views/month).^[2] Bangor has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] Bangor is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]

Entities named for Bangor include Bangor railway station^[30], a railway station^[31], in United Kingdom^[32] and Bangor^[33], a borough of Pennsylvania^[34], in United States^[35], founded in 1875^[36].