Chania

city in Crete, Greece
City city Q182299
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Chania

Summary

Chania is a city[1]. Chania ranks in the top 5% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (849 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Chania is located in Chania Municipality[3].
  • Chania is located in Commune of Chania[4].
  • Chania is in the country of Greece[5].
  • Chania's image is recorded as Aerial view of the Old Venetian Harbour in Chania, Greece.jpg[6].
  • Chania's instance of is recorded as city[7].
  • Chania's shares border with is recorded as Nea Kydonia Municipal Unit[8].
  • Chania's twinned administrative body is recorded as Wellington City[9].
  • Chania's twinned administrative body is recorded as Paphos[10].
  • Chania's twinned administrative body is recorded as Žilina[11].
  • Chania's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 125517146[12].
  • Chania's GND ID is recorded as 4090320-5[13].
  • Chania's locator map image is recorded as 2011 Dimos Chanion.png[14].
  • Chania's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82155125[15].
  • Chania's IdRef ID is recorded as 034113568[16].
  • Chania's postal code is recorded as 73100[17].
  • Chania's postal code is recorded as 73131[18].
  • Chania's postal code is recorded as 73132[19].
  • Chania's postal code is recorded as 73133[20].
  • Chania's postal code is recorded as 73134[21].
  • Chania's postal code is recorded as 73135[22].
  • Chania's postal code is recorded as 73136[23].
  • Chania's postal code is recorded as 73200[24].
  • Chania's postal code is recorded as 73300[25].
  • Chania's Commons category is recorded as Chania[26].
  • Chania's local dialing code is recorded as 2821[27].

Body

Geography

Chania is in the country of Greece[5]. Located in include Chania Municipality[3], a municipality of Greece[28], in Greece[29], headquartered in Chania[30] and Commune of Chania[4].

Physical Characteristics

Chania's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+12.56'}[31]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+184'}[32] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+13'}[33]. Population counts include {'amount': '+54559'}[34], {'amount': '+55838'}[35], {'amount': '+51710'}[36], and {'amount': '+53910'}[37].

Designation and Status

Chania's instance of is recorded as city[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Chania include Chania International Airport[38], an international airport[39], in Greece[40].

Why It Matters

Chania ranks in the top 5% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (849 views/month).[2] Chania has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] Chania is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

Entities named for Chania include Chania International Airport[38], an international airport[39], in Greece[40].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [34] . 2021 Greek census. wikidata.org.
  27. [35] . wikidata.org.
  28. [36] . wikidata.org.
  29. [37] . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] . it-ch.topographic-map.com. it-ch.topographic-map.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [31] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [38] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [40] . 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. [41] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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