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Fort Carson

United States Army installation in El Paso County, Colorado, United States
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Fort Carson

Summary

Fort Carson is a military base[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of military_base entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (288 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Fort Carson is located in El Paso County[3].
  • Fort Carson is in the country of United States[4].
  • Fort Carson's image is recorded as Carsongate.JPG[5].
  • Fort Carson's instance of is recorded as military base[6].
  • Fort Carson's instance of is recorded as census-designated place in the United States[7].
  • Fort Carson's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 123003259[8].
  • Fort Carson's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82075700[9].
  • Fort Carson's Commons category is recorded as Fort Carson[10].
  • Fort Carson's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1671751[11].
  • Fort Carson's located in time zone is recorded as Mountain Time Zone[12].
  • +1942-01-31T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Fort Carson[13].
  • Fort Carson's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 2408234[14].
  • Fort Carson's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 204833[15].
  • Fort Carson's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 38.5555596, 'lon': -104.842556}[16].
  • Fort Carson's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0r9vv[17].
  • Fort Carson's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 08-27370[18].
  • Fort Carson's official website is recorded as https://home.army.mil/carson/[19].
  • Fort Carson's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as fea209db-1dee-422d-b979-8451451fc08c[20].
  • Fort Carson's population is recorded as {'amount': '+13813'}[21].
  • Fort Carson's population is recorded as {'amount': '+17693'}[22].
  • Fort Carson's population is recorded as {'amount': '+17693'}[23].
  • Fort Carson's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10040454[24].
  • Fort Carson's described by source is recorded as FortWiki[25].
  • Fort Carson's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Fort-Carson[26].
  • Fort Carson's number of households is recorded as {'amount': '+3047'}[27].

Body

Geography

Fort Carson is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in El Paso County[3].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+22.468879'}[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+22.551356'}[29]. Fort Carson's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1772'}[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+13813'}[21] and {'amount': '+17693'}[22].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include military base[6] and census-designated place in the United States[7].

History and Context

+1942-01-31T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Fort Carson[13].

Why It Matters

Fort Carson ranks in the top 7% of military_base entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (288 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Related Entities

FortWiki United States

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Q14005. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [30] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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