Ely

city and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England
City city Q209176
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Ely

Summary

Ely is a city[1]. Ely ranks in the top 6% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (466 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ely is located in East Cambridgeshire[3].
  • Ely is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Ely is on the body of water River Great Ouse[5].
  • Ely's image is recorded as Ely-071.jpg[6].
  • Ely's instance of is recorded as city[7].
  • Ely's instance of is recorded as civil parish with city status[8].
  • Ely's instance of is recorded as civil parish[9].
  • Ely's shares border with is recorded as Little Downham[10].
  • Ely's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ribe[11].
  • Ely's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 132490111[12].
  • Ely's GND ID is recorded as 4085571-5[13].
  • Ely's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n50000574[14].
  • Ely's postal code is recorded as CB6[15].
  • Ely's postal code is recorded as CB7[16].
  • Ely's Commons category is recorded as Ely, Cambridgeshire[17].
  • Ely's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1609357[18].
  • Ely's local dialing code is recorded as 01353[19].
  • Ely's OS grid reference is recorded as TL5379[20].
  • Ely's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 52.398055555556, 'lon': 0.26222222222222}[21].
  • Ely's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01n9tr[22].
  • Ely's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge217218[23].
  • Ely's authority is recorded as City of Ely Council[24].
  • Ely's GSS code is recorded as E04012829[25].
  • Ely's GSS code is recorded as E04001630[26].
  • Ely's official website is recorded as https://www.cityofelycouncil.org.uk/[27].

Body

Geography

Ely is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Ely is located in East Cambridgeshire[3]. Ely is on the body of water River Great Ouse[5].

Physical Characteristics

Ely's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q232291', 'amount': '+23'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+15102'}[29], {'amount': '+20256'}[30], {'amount': '+20574'}[31], {'amount': '+3948'}[32], {'amount': '+4249'}[33], and {'amount': '+5079'}[34].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city[7], civil parish with city status[8], and civil parish[9].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Ely include Ely railway station[35], a railway station[36], in United Kingdom[37], founded in 1845[38].

Why It Matters

Ely ranks in the top 6% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (466 views/month).[2] Ely has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39]

Entities named for Ely include Ely railway station[35], a railway station[36], in United Kingdom[37], founded in 1845[38].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: 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] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [30] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [31] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [32] . cambridgeshireinsight.org.uk. Retrieved . cambridgeshireinsight.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [33] . cambridgeshireinsight.org.uk. Retrieved . cambridgeshireinsight.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [34] . cambridgeshireinsight.org.uk. Retrieved . cambridgeshireinsight.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [35] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [38] . 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. [39] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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