Canterbury

Summary

Canterbury is a borough in the United Kingdom^[1]. Canterbury draws 135 Wikipedia views per month (borough_in_the_united_kingdom category, ranking #3 of 21).^[2]

Key Facts

• Canterbury is located in Kent^[3].
• Canterbury is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Canterbury's image is recorded as Canterbury cathedral.jpg^[5].
• Canterbury's instance of is recorded as borough in the United Kingdom^[6].
• Canterbury's instance of is recorded as non-metropolitan district^[7].
• Canterbury's instance of is recorded as district with city status^[8].
• Canterbury's capital is recorded as Canterbury^[9].
• Canterbury's coat of arms image is recorded as Canterbury Arms.svg^[10].
• Canterbury's legislative body is recorded as council of Canterbury City Council^[11].
• Canterbury's locator map image is recorded as Canterbury UK locator map.svg^[12].
• Canterbury's Commons category is recorded as City of Canterbury^[13].
• Canterbury's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 448590^[14].
• +1974-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Canterbury^[15].
• Canterbury's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.28, 'lon': 1.08}^[16].
• Canterbury's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02ydm7^[17].
• Canterbury's authority is recorded as Canterbury City Council^[18].
• Canterbury's GSS code is recorded as E07000106^[19].
• Canterbury's official website is recorded as http://www.canterbury.gov.uk/^[20].
• Canterbury's topic's main category is recorded as Category:City of Canterbury^[21].
• Canterbury's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 2f869c36-79ec-4ca5-b8c1-77c9579dafa5^[22].
• Canterbury's population is recorded as {'amount': '+160000'}^[23].
• Canterbury's population is recorded as {'amount': '+164553'}^[24].
• Canterbury's population is recorded as {'amount': '+153400'}^[25].
• Canterbury's population is recorded as {'amount': '+157550'}^[26].
• Canterbury's GeoNames ID is recorded as 6945807^[27].

Body

Geography

Canterbury is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Canterbury is located in Kent^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Canterbury's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+308.8837'}^[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+160000'}^[23], {'amount': '+164553'}^[24], {'amount': '+153400'}^[25], and {'amount': '+157550'}^[26].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include borough in the United Kingdom^[6], non-metropolitan district^[7], and district with city status^[8].

History and Context

+1974-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Canterbury^[15].

Why It Matters

Canterbury draws 135 Wikipedia views per month (borough_in_the_united_kingdom category, ranking #3 of 21).^[2] Canterbury has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[29] Canterbury is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[30]