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Des Moines

city in King County, Washington, USA
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Des Moines

Summary

Des Moines is a city in the United States[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (108 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Des Moines is located in King County[3].
  • Des Moines is in the country of United States[4].
  • Des Moines's head of government is recorded as Matt Mahoney[5].
  • Des Moines's image is recorded as Des Moines, Washington with Puget Sounds and Maury and Vashon Island (1292124062).jpg[6].
  • Des Moines's instance of is recorded as city in the United States[7].
  • Des Moines's shares border with is recorded as Federal Way[8].
  • Des Moines's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 145479033[9].
  • Des Moines's locator map image is recorded as King County Washington Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Des Moines Highlighted.svg[10].
  • Des Moines's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n85081991[11].
  • Des Moines's postal code is recorded as 98148–98198[12].
  • Des Moines's Commons category is recorded as Des Moines, Washington[13].
  • Des Moines's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 237349[14].
  • Des Moines's located in time zone is recorded as Pacific Time Zone[15].
  • Des Moines's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−08:00[16].
  • Des Moines's local dialing code is recorded as 206[17].
  • +1959-06-17T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Des Moines[18].
  • Des Moines's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1512145[19].
  • Des Moines's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 2410327[20].
  • Des Moines's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.394166666667, 'lon': -122.31805555556}[21].
  • Des Moines's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/010rbm[22].
  • Des Moines's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 53-17635[23].
  • Des Moines's official website is recorded as https://desmoineswa.gov[24].
  • Des Moines's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Des Moines, Washington[25].
  • Des Moines's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 5b8a7ac8-7647-4d54-9007-a7fd8c893d70[26].
  • Des Moines's population is recorded as {'amount': '+29673'}[27].

Body

Founding

+1959-06-17T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Des Moines[18].

Identity

Des Moines's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[28].

Why It Matters

Des Moines ranks in the top 7% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (108 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . desmoineswa.gov. Retrieved . desmoineswa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Q14005. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . 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. 4w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Des Moines, Washington
    Located in time zone → Pacific Time Zone, UTC−08:00
    Population → {'amount': '+29673'}, {'amount': '+32888'}
    Inception → —
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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