Colchester

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1997 onwards
AdministrativeArea constituency_of_the_house_of_commons Q1070042
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Colchester

Summary

Colchester is a constituency of the House of Commons[1]. Colchester ranks in the top 7% of constituency_of_the_house_of_commons entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (60 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Colchester is located in East of England[3].
  • Colchester is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Colchester's instance of is recorded as constituency of the House of Commons[5].
  • Colchester's locator map image is recorded as Colchester2007Constituency.svg[6].
  • +1997-05-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Colchester[7].
  • Colchester's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.88679886, 'lon': 0.90007001}[8].
  • Colchester's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05_4h5[9].
  • Colchester's GSS code is recorded as E14001176[10].
  • Colchester's population is recorded as {'amount': '+114000'}[11].
  • Colchester's number of seats in assembly is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}[12].
  • Colchester's BBC Things ID is recorded as f4c25b7d-b4a5-4c79-b12b-2b92f373c78d[13].
  • Colchester's electorate is recorded as {'amount': '+74064'}[14].
  • Colchester's electorate is recorded as {'amount': '+74204'}[15].
  • Colchester's electorate is recorded as {'amount': '+79996'}[16].
  • Colchester's electorate is recorded as {'amount': '+82625'}[17].
  • Colchester's electorate is recorded as {'amount': '+78662'}[18].
  • Colchester's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+45.612'}[19].
  • Colchester's TOID is recorded as 7000000000044169[20].
  • Colchester's UK Parliament thesaurus ID is recorded as 9252[21].
  • Colchester's UK Parliament ID is recorded as UhX2Air0[22].
  • Colchester's historic county is recorded as Essex[23].

Body

Geography

Colchester is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Colchester is located in East of England[3].

Physical Characteristics

Colchester's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+45.612'}[19]. Colchester's population is recorded as {'amount': '+114000'}[11].

Designation and Status

Colchester's instance of is recorded as constituency of the House of Commons[5].

History and Context

+1997-05-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Colchester[7].

Why It Matters

Colchester ranks in the top 7% of constituency_of_the_house_of_commons entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (60 views/month).[2] Colchester has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Office for National Statistics. geoportal.statistics.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . electionresults.parliament.uk. electionresults.parliament.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . electionresults.parliament.uk. electionresults.parliament.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . electionresults.parliament.uk. electionresults.parliament.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . electionresults.parliament.uk. electionresults.parliament.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . electionresults.parliament.uk. electionresults.parliament.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . geoportal.statistics.gov.uk. geoportal.statistics.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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