Durham

Summary

Durham is a city^[1]. Durham ranks in the top 4% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (924 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Durham is located in County Durham^[3].
• Durham is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Durham's image is recorded as Durham Millburngate Bridge.jpg^[5].
• Durham's instance of is recorded as city^[6].
• Durham's instance of is recorded as county town^[7].
• Durham's flag image is recorded as Flag of Durham.svg^[8].
• Durham's coat of arms image is recorded as Coat of arms of Durham.svg^[9].
• Durham's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kostroma^[10].
• Durham's twinned administrative body is recorded as Tübingen^[11].
• Durham's twinned administrative body is recorded as Banská Bystrica^[12].
• Durham's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 123144411^[13].
• Durham's GND ID is recorded as 4085513-2^[14].
• Durham's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79084739^[15].
• Durham's postal code is recorded as DH1^[16].
• Durham's Commons category is recorded as Durham, County Durham^[17].
• Durham's local dialing code is recorded as 0191^[18].
• Durham's OS grid reference is recorded as NZ274424^[19].
• Durham's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 54.783333333333, 'lon': -1.5666666666667}^[20].
• Durham's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0hx5f^[21].
• Durham's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge217217^[22].
• Durham's authority is recorded as Charter Trustees^[23].
• Durham's authority is recorded as City of Durham Parish Council^[24].
• Durham's official website is recorded as https://durham.gov.uk/^[25].
• Durham's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Durham, England^[26].
• Durham's Commons gallery is recorded as Durham^[27].

Body

Geography

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

Physical Characteristics

Durham's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q232291', 'amount': '+72.08'}^[28]. Durham's population is recorded as {'amount': '+48069'}^[29].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[6] and county town^[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Durham include Durham City A.F.C.^[30], an association football club^[31], in United Kingdom^[32], founded in 1918^[33] and Durham railway station^[34], a railway station^[35], in United Kingdom^[36].

Why It Matters

Durham ranks in the top 4% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (924 views/month).^[2] Durham has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] Durham is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]

Entities named for Durham include Durham City A.F.C.^[30], an association football club^[31], in United Kingdom^[32], founded in 1918^[33] and Durham railway station^[34], a railway station^[35], in United Kingdom^[36].