Essendon

Summary

Essendon is a suburb^[1]. Essendon ranks in the top 3% of suburb entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (79 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Essendon is located in City of Moonee Valley^[3].
• Essendon is located in Victoria^[4].
• Essendon is located in City of Merri-bek^[5].
• Essendon is in the country of Australia^[6].
• Essendon's image is recorded as Essendon Napier terraced houses at 57-71.jpg^[7].
• Essendon's image is recorded as Essendon railway station, Melbourne (island platform).jpg^[8].
• Essendon's image is recorded as B2 2080 in Mount Alexander Road on route 59, 2013.JPG^[9].
• Essendon's instance of is recorded as suburb^[10].
• Essendon's instance of is recorded as gazetted locality of Victoria^[11].
• Essendon's shares border with is recorded as Aberfeldie^[12].
• Essendon's shares border with is recorded as Essendon West^[13].
• Essendon's shares border with is recorded as Niddrie^[14].
• Essendon's shares border with is recorded as Essendon North^[15].
• Essendon's shares border with is recorded as Strathmore^[16].
• Essendon's shares border with is recorded as Pascoe Vale South^[17].
• Essendon's shares border with is recorded as Brunswick West^[18].
• Essendon's shares border with is recorded as Moonee Ponds^[19].
• Essendon is named after Essendon^[20].
• Essendon's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 123360418^[21].
• Essendon's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2004105648^[22].
• Essendon's postal code is recorded as 3040^[23].
• Essendon's Commons category is recorded as Essendon, Victoria^[24].
• Essendon's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2397444^[25].
• Essendon's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -37.749, 'lon': 144.912}^[26].
• Essendon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02wnwy^[27].

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Geography

Essendon is in the country of Australia^[6]. Located in include City of Moonee Valley^[3], a local government area of Victoria^[28], in Australia^[29], founded in 1994^[30]; Victoria^[4], a state of Australia^[31], in Australia^[32], founded in 1851^[33]; and City of Merri-bek^[5], a local government area of Victoria^[34], in Australia^[35], founded in 1994^[36].

Physical Characteristics

Essendon's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+6.2'}^[37]. Essendon's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+47'}^[38]. Population counts include {'amount': '+18852'}^[39], {'amount': '+20596'}^[40], and {'amount': '+21240'}^[41].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include suburb^[10] and gazetted locality of Victoria^[11].

History and Context

Essendon is named after Essendon^[20].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Essendon include Essendon Football Club^[42], an Australian rules football club^[43], in Australia^[44], founded in 1871^[45], headquartered in Melbourne^[46].

Why It Matters

Essendon ranks in the top 3% of suburb entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (79 views/month).^[2] Essendon has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[47] Essendon is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[48]

Entities named for Essendon include Essendon Football Club^[42], an Australian rules football club^[43], in Australia^[44], founded in 1871^[45], headquartered in Melbourne^[46].