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County Durham

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County Durham

Summary

County Durham is an unitary authority area in England[1]. It draws 445 Wikipedia views per month (unitary_authority_area_in_england category, ranking #14 of 43).[2]

Key Facts

  • County Durham is located in County Durham[3].
  • County Durham is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • County Durham's instance of is recorded as unitary authority area in England[5].
  • County Durham's instance of is recorded as county council area[6].
  • County Durham's shares border with is recorded as Gateshead[7].
  • County Durham's shares border with is recorded as Sunderland[8].
  • County Durham's shares border with is recorded as Northumberland[9].
  • County Durham's shares border with is recorded as Hartlepool[10].
  • County Durham's shares border with is recorded as Darlington[11].
  • County Durham's shares border with is recorded as Stockton-on-Tees[12].
  • County Durham's shares border with is recorded as Eden[13].
  • County Durham's shares border with is recorded as Cumbria[14].
  • County Durham is named after County Durham[15].
  • County Durham's legislative body is recorded as council of Durham County Council[16].
  • County Durham's Commons category is recorded as County Durham (district)[17].
  • April 1, 2009 marks the founding of County Durham[18].
  • County Durham's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 54.76055556, 'lon': -1.46555556}[19].
  • County Durham's authority is recorded as Durham County Council[20].
  • County Durham's official website is recorded as https://www.durham.gov.uk/[21].
  • County Durham's topic's main category is recorded as Category:County Durham (district)[22].
  • County Durham has a population of {'amount': '+519700'}[23].
  • County Durham has a population of {'amount': '+526980'}[24].
  • County Durham has a population of {'amount': '+514300'}[25].
  • County Durham has a population of {'amount': '+528127'}[26].
  • County Durham's replaces is recorded as Chester-le-Street[27].

Body

Geography

County Durham is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in it[3].

Physical Characteristics

County Durham covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2225.9685'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+519700'}[23], {'amount': '+526980'}[24], {'amount': '+514300'}[25], and {'amount': '+528127'}[26].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include unitary authority area in England[5] and county council area[6].

History and Context

April 1, 2009 marks the founding of County Durham[18]. It is named after it[15].

Why It Matters

County Durham draws 445 Wikipedia views per month (unitary_authority_area_in_england category, ranking #14 of 43).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

Durham United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . 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] ↑ . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . ons.maps.arcgis.com. ons.maps.arcgis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · Jèrriais janne · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Different from → County Durham, County Durham, Durham County
    Legislative body → council of Durham County Council
    Named after → —
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P571]]: 1 April 2009"
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