Durham

Summary

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

Key Facts

• Durham is located in County Durham^[3].
• Durham is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Durham's instance of is recorded as city^[5].
• Durham's instance of is recorded as county town^[6].
• Durham's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kostroma^[7].
• Durham's twinned administrative body is recorded as Tübingen^[8].
• Durham's twinned administrative body is recorded as Banská Bystrica^[9].
• Durham's postal code is recorded as DH1^[10].
• Durham's Commons category is recorded as Durham, County Durham^[11].
• Durham's local dialing code is recorded as 0191^[12].
• Durham's OS grid reference is recorded as NZ274424^[13].
• Durham's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 54.783333333333, 'lon': -1.5666666666667}^[14].
• Durham's authority is recorded as Charter Trustees^[15].
• Durham's authority is recorded as City of Durham Parish Council^[16].
• Durham's official website is recorded as https://durham.gov.uk/^[17].
• Durham's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Durham, England^[18].
• Durham's Commons gallery is recorded as Durham^[19].
• Durham has a population of {'amount': '+48069'}^[20].
• Durham's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[21].
• Durham's described by source is recorded as Meyer’s Universum, Zweiter Band^[22].
• Durham's capital of is recorded as County Durham^[23].
• Durham's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in Durham, County Durham^[24].
• Durham's category for people who died here is recorded as Category:Deaths in Durham, County Durham^[25].
• Durham's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Durham'}^[26].
• Durham's category for people buried here is recorded as Q116294148^[27].

Body

Geography

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

Physical Characteristics

Durham covers an area of {'unit': 'Q232291', 'amount': '+72.08'}^[28]. Durham has a population of {'amount': '+48069'}^[20].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[5] and county town^[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Durham include Durham railway station^[29], a railway station^[30], in United Kingdom^[31] and Durham City A.F.C.^[32], an association football club^[33], in United Kingdom^[34], founded in 1918^[35].

Why It Matters

Durham has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] Durham is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

Entities named for Durham include Durham railway station^[29], a railway station^[30], in United Kingdom^[31] and Durham City A.F.C.^[32], an association football club^[33], in United Kingdom^[34], founded in 1918^[35].