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 4,294 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 has list is recorded as list of largest cities[9].
  • big city's next lower rank is recorded as average city[10].
  • big city's next lower rank is recorded as city[11].
  • big city's next higher rank is recorded as large city[12].
  • big city's next higher rank is recorded as half million city[13].

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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 4,294 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.[14] It is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15d ago · B.Zsolt · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Next higher rank → large city, half million city
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P3730]]: [[Q108454687]]"
  2. 15w ago · Huntster · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has list → list of largest cities
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q113380361 */"
  3. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0258678-velkomesta
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0258678-velkomesta, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  4. 20w 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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