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County Kilkenny

county in Ireland
AdministrativeArea county_of_ireland Q180231
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County Kilkenny is an administrative area in Ireland[1]. Its capital is Kilkenny.

The county had a population of 99k in 2016 and covers an area of 2.1k.

County Kilkenny operates in the UTC±00:00 time zone.

County Kilkenny

Summary

County Kilkenny is a county of Ireland[1]. It draws 223 Wikipedia views per month (county_of_ireland category, ranking #23 of 26).[2]

Key Facts

  • County Kilkenny is located in Leinster[3].
  • County Kilkenny is located in South-East Region, Ireland[4].
  • County Kilkenny is in the country of Ireland[5].
  • County Kilkenny's image is recorded as Kilkenny city panorama 2006-01-29.jpg[6].
  • County Kilkenny's instance of is recorded as county of Ireland[7].
  • County Kilkenny's capital is recorded as Kilkenny[8].
  • County Kilkenny's flag image is recorded as Flag of county Kilkenny.svg[9].
  • County Kilkenny's shares border with is recorded as County Wexford[10].
  • County Kilkenny's shares border with is recorded as County Carlow[11].
  • County Kilkenny's shares border with is recorded as County Laois[12].
  • County Kilkenny's shares border with is recorded as County Tipperary[13].
  • County Kilkenny's shares border with is recorded as County Waterford[14].
  • County Kilkenny's coat of arms image is recorded as County Kilkenny arms.svg[15].
  • County Kilkenny's founder is recorded as Óengus Osrithe[16].
  • County Kilkenny's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Castlecomer[17].
  • County Kilkenny's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Piltown[18].
  • County Kilkenny's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Kilkenny City[19].
  • County Kilkenny's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Kilkenny City East[20].
  • County Kilkenny's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Kilkenny City West[21].
  • County Kilkenny's legislative body is recorded as legislative body of Kilkenny County Council[22].
  • County Kilkenny's executive body is recorded as office of the Mayor of Kilkenny[23].
  • County Kilkenny's GND ID is recorded as 4110260-5[24].
  • County Kilkenny's locator map image is recorded as Island of Ireland location map Kilkenny.svg[25].
  • County Kilkenny's ISO 3166-2 code is recorded as IE-KK[26].
  • County Kilkenny's Commons category is recorded as County Kilkenny[27].

Body

Geography

County Kilkenny is in the country of Ireland[5]. Located in include Leinster[3], a province of Ireland[28], in Ireland[29] and South-East Region, Ireland[4], a NUTS 3 statistical region of the Republic of Ireland[30], in Ireland[31].

Physical Characteristics

County Kilkenny's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2073.0'}[32]. Its population is recorded as {'amount': '+99232'}[33].

Designation and Status

County Kilkenny's instance of is recorded as county of Ireland[7].

Why It Matters

County Kilkenny draws 223 Wikipedia views per month (county_of_ireland category, ranking #23 of 26).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Related Entities

Hudson's Bay Company Ireland Kilkenny

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  24. [26] ↑ . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . 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. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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