Cork

Summary

Cork is a city^[1]. Cork has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• Cork is located in County Cork^[3].
• Cork is in the country of Ireland^[4].
• Cork's instance of is recorded as city^[5].
• Cork's instance of is recorded as administrative city in the Republic of Ireland^[6].
• Cork's instance of is recorded as big city^[7].
• Cork's twinned administrative body is recorded as San Francisco^[8].
• Cork's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kaliningrad^[9].
• Cork's twinned administrative body is recorded as Coventry^[10].
• Cork's twinned administrative body is recorded as Rennes^[11].
• Cork's twinned administrative body is recorded as Swansea^[12].
• Cork's twinned administrative body is recorded as Shanghai^[13].
• Cork's twinned administrative body is recorded as Cologne^[14].
• Cork's legislative body is recorded as legislative body of Cork City Council^[15].
• Cork's executive body is recorded as office of the Lord Mayor of Cork^[16].
• Cork's postal code is recorded as T12, T21 and T23^[17].
• Cork's Commons category is recorded as Cork (city)^[18].
• Cork's licence plate code is recorded as C^[19].
• Cork's patron saint is recorded as Finbarr of Cork^[20].
• Cork's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[21].
• Cork's local dialing code is recorded as 021^[22].
• Cork's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.9, 'lon': -8.4730555555556}^[23].
• Cork's significant event is recorded as Siege of Cork^[24].
• Cork's official website is recorded as https://www.corkcity.ie/^[25].
• Cork's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cork (city)^[26].
• Cork's Commons gallery is recorded as Cork / Corcaigh^[27].

Body

Geography

Cork is in the country of Ireland^[4]. Cork is located in County Cork^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Cork sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+0'}^[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+198582'}^[29], {'amount': '+208669'}^[30], {'amount': '+222333'}^[31], {'amount': '+186239'}^[32], {'amount': '+190384'}^[33], and {'amount': '+78704'}^[34].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[5], administrative city in the Republic of Ireland^[6], and big city^[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Cork include Cork Airport^[35], an international airport^[36], in Ireland^[37], founded in 1961^[38] and Cork Street^[39], a street^[40], in United Kingdom^[41].

Why It Matters

Cork has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] Cork is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[42]

Entities named for Cork include Cork Airport^[35], an international airport^[36], in Ireland^[37], founded in 1961^[38] and Cork Street^[39], a street^[40], in United Kingdom^[41].