Cairns

Summary

Cairns is a city^[1]. Cairns ranks in the top 3% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,163 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Cairns is located in Cairns Region^[3].
• Cairns is in the country of Australia^[4].
• Cairns's instance of is recorded as city^[5].
• Cairns's instance of is recorded as big city^[6].
• William Cairns is named after Cairns^[7].
• Cairns's twinned administrative body is recorded as Riga^[8].
• Cairns's twinned administrative body is recorded as Minami^[9].
• Cairns's twinned administrative body is recorded as Lae^[10].
• Cairns's twinned administrative body is recorded as Zhanjiang^[11].
• Cairns's twinned administrative body is recorded as Oyama^[12].
• Cairns's twinned administrative body is recorded as Seongnam^[13].
• Cairns's postal code is recorded as 4870^[14].
• Cairns is part of Far North Queensland^[15].
• Cairns's Commons category is recorded as Cairns, Queensland^[16].
• 1876 marks the founding of Cairns^[17].
• Cairns's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -16.925555555556, 'lon': 145.77527777778}^[18].
• Cairns's official website is recorded as https://www.cairns.qld.gov.au/^[19].
• Cairns's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cairns, Queensland^[20].
• Cairns's Commons gallery is recorded as Cairns, Queensland^[21].
• Cairns has a population of {'amount': '+146778'}^[22].
• Cairns has a population of {'amount': '+158653'}^[23].
• Cairns has a population of {'amount': '+153181'}^[24].
• Cairns's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[25].
• Cairns's capital of is recorded as Cairns Region^[26].
• Cairns's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Cairns'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Cairns is in the country of Australia^[4]. Cairns is located in Cairns Region^[3]. Cairns is part of Far North Queensland^[15].

Physical Characteristics

Cairns covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+488.1'}^[28]. Cairns sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+7'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+146778'}^[22], {'amount': '+158653'}^[23], and {'amount': '+153181'}^[24].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[5] and big city^[6].

History and Context

1876 marks the founding of Cairns^[17]. William Cairns is named after Cairns^[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Cairns include Cairns Airport^[30], an international airport^[31], in Australia^[32].

Why It Matters

Cairns ranks in the top 3% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,163 views/month).^[2] Cairns has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Cairns is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Entities named for Cairns include Cairns Airport^[30], an international airport^[31], in Australia^[32].