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Birmingham

city in and county seat of Jefferson County, Alabama, United States
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Summary

Birmingham is a city in the United States[1]. Birmingham ranks in the top 2% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,245 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Jefferson County[3], Shelby County[4]
  • Country: United States[5]
  • Head of government: Randall Woodfin[6]
  • Instance of: big city[7]
  • Shares border with: Bessemer[8]
  • Named after: Birmingham[9]
  • Flag: flag of Birmingham, Alabama[10]
  • Twinned administrative body: Rosh HaAyin[11], Anshan[12], Cobán[13], Maebashi[14], Plzeň[15], Pomigliano d'Arco[16], Székesfehérvár[17], Vinnytsia[18], Gweru[19]
  • Postal code: 35201[20], 35202[21], 35203[22], 35204[23], 35205[24], 35206[25], 35207[26], 35208[27], 35209[28], 35210[29], 35211[30], 35212[31], 35213[32], 35214[33]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Birmingham include Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport[34], a Wikimedia duplicated page[35], in United States[36] and USS Birmingham[37], an attack submarine[38].

Why It Matters

Birmingham has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] Birmingham is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Entities named for Birmingham include Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport[34], a Wikimedia duplicated page[35], in United States[36] and USS Birmingham[37], an attack submarine[38].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [38] ↑ . 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. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 29d ago · Tymewalk · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14901 → birmingham
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55023|batch #55023]]: Encyclopedia of Alabama update - add values for P14901 based on existing values of P6010"
  2. 5w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of Birmingham, Alabama
    Population → {'amount': '+212237'}, {'amount': '+200733'}
    Territory overlaps → Birmingham urban area
    Harper's tag → birmingham-ala
    + 41 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: birmingham-ala, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289910382|birmingham ala (#289910382)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's "
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