big city

city with a population of between 100,000 and 250,000
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big city

Summary

big city is a classification of human settlements[1]. It draws 16 Wikipedia views per month (classification_of_human_settlements category, ranking #10 of 13).[2]

Key Facts

  • big city's instance of is recorded as classification of human settlements[3].
  • big city is a type of city[4].
  • big city's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Big cities[5].
  • big city's has characteristic is recorded as minimum population[6].
  • big city's different from is recorded as city[7].
  • big city's properties for this type is recorded as P1082[8].
  • big city's next lower rank is recorded as average city[9].
  • big city's next lower rank is recorded as city[10].
  • big city's next higher rank is recorded as large city[11].

Body

Definition and Type

big city's instance of is recorded as classification of human settlements[3]. It is a type of city[4].

Why It Matters

big city draws 16 Wikipedia views per month (classification_of_human_settlements category, ranking #10 of 13).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . The World Atlas. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description city with a population of between 100,000 and 250,000
    Properties for this type P1082
    Instance of
    Different from city
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 17197, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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