Columbia

Summary

Columbia is a city in the United States^[1]. Columbia ranks in the top 0.88% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,583 views/month, #83 of 9,394).^[2]

Key Facts

• Columbia is located in Richland County^[3].
• Columbia is located in Lexington County^[4].
• Columbia is in the country of United States^[5].
• Columbia is on the body of water Congaree River^[6].
• Columbia's head of government is recorded as Stephen K. Benjamin^[7].
• Columbia's head of government is recorded as Daniel Rickenmann^[8].
• Columbia's instance of is recorded as city in the United States^[9].
• Columbia's instance of is recorded as county seat^[10].
• Columbia's shares border with is recorded as Forest Acres^[11].
• Christopher Columbus is named after Columbia^[12].
• Columbia's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kaiserslautern^[13].
• Columbia's twinned administrative body is recorded as Cluj-Napoca^[14].
• Columbia's twinned administrative body is recorded as Chelyabinsk^[15].
• Columbia's twinned administrative body is recorded as Plovdiv^[16].
• Columbia's twinned administrative body is recorded as Accra^[17].
• Columbia's twinned administrative body is recorded as Taichung^[18].
• Columbia's postal code is recorded as 29201^[19].
• Columbia's postal code is recorded as 29202^[20].
• Columbia's postal code is recorded as 29203^[21].
• Columbia's postal code is recorded as 29204^[22].
• Columbia's postal code is recorded as 29205^[23].
• Columbia's postal code is recorded as 29206^[24].
• Columbia's postal code is recorded as 29207^[25].
• Columbia's postal code is recorded as 29208^[26].
• Columbia's postal code is recorded as 29209^[27].

Body

Founding

1787 marks the founding of Columbia^[28].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Columbia include Columbia Metropolitan Airport^[29], an airport^[30], in United States^[31] and USS Columbia^[32], an attack submarine^[33].

Why It Matters

Columbia ranks in the top 0.88% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,583 views/month, #83 of 9,394).^[2] Columbia has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] Columbia is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]

Entities named for Columbia include Columbia Metropolitan Airport^[29], an airport^[30], in United States^[31] and USS Columbia^[32], an attack submarine^[33].