Cairns

Summary

Cairns is a city^[1]. Cairns ranks in the top 3% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,118 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Cairns is located in Cairns Region^[3].
• Cairns is in the country of Australia^[4].
• Cairns's image is recorded as Cairns-copperlode.JPG^[5].
• Cairns's image is recorded as Cairns Esplanade - Pier (Shangrila Hotel).jpg^[6].
• Cairns's instance of is recorded as city^[7].
• Cairns's instance of is recorded as big city^[8].
• William Cairns is named after Cairns^[9].
• Cairns's twinned administrative body is recorded as Riga^[10].
• Cairns's twinned administrative body is recorded as Minami^[11].
• Cairns's twinned administrative body is recorded as Lae^[12].
• Cairns's twinned administrative body is recorded as Zhanjiang^[13].
• Cairns's twinned administrative body is recorded as Oyama^[14].
• Cairns's twinned administrative body is recorded as Seongnam^[15].
• Cairns's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 151960041^[16].
• Cairns's GND ID is recorded as 4376462-9^[17].
• Cairns's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82090440^[18].
• Cairns's postal code is recorded as 4870^[19].
• Cairns's part of is recorded as Far North Queensland^[20].
• Cairns's Commons category is recorded as Cairns, Queensland^[21].
• +1876-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Cairns^[22].
• Cairns's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -16.925555555556, 'lon': 145.77527777778}^[23].
• Cairns's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01sgmd^[24].
• Cairns's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as xx0031365^[25].
• Cairns's official website is recorded as https://www.cairns.qld.gov.au/^[26].
• Cairns's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cairns, Queensland^[27].

Body

Geography

Cairns is in the country of Australia^[4]. Cairns is located in Cairns Region^[3]. Cairns's part of is recorded as Far North Queensland^[20].

Physical Characteristics

Cairns's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+488.1'}^[28]. Cairns's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+7'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+146778'}^[30], {'amount': '+158653'}^[31], and {'amount': '+153181'}^[32].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[7] and big city^[8].

History and Context

+1876-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Cairns^[22]. William Cairns is named after Cairns^[9].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Cairns include Cairns Airport^[33], an international airport^[34], in Australia^[35].

Why It Matters

Cairns ranks in the top 3% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,118 views/month).^[2] Cairns has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] Cairns is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]

Entities named for Cairns include Cairns Airport^[33], an international airport^[34], in Australia^[35].