Galveston
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Summary
Galveston is a city in the United States[1]. Galveston ranks in the top 1% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,425 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Galveston County[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Galveston Bay[5], Gulf of Mexico[6]
- Head of government: Craig Brown[7]
- Instance of: county seat[8]
- Named after: Bernardo de Gálvez[9]
- Twinned administrative body: Málaga[10], Stavanger[11], Niigata[12]
- Postal code: 77550[13], 77551[14], 77552[15], 77553[16], 77554[17], 77555[18]
- Commons category: Galveston, Texas[19]
- Located in time zone: Central Time Zone[20]
- Local dialing code: 409[21]
- Inception: 1785[22]
- Official website: https://galvestontx.gov[23]
- IPA transcription: ˈɡælvɪstən[24]
- Topic's main category: Category:Galveston, Texas[25]
- Commons gallery: Galveston, Texas[26]
- Population: 57,466[27], 4177[28], 47,743[29], 53,695[30]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Galveston[31]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[32], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[33], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[34], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[35], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[36], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[37], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[38], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[39], The American Cyclopædia[40], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[41], New International Encyclopedia[42], The New Student's Reference Work[43], Meyer’s Universum, Siebzehnter Band[44]
- Capital of: Galveston County[45]
- Official name: Galveston[46]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Galveston, Texas[47]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Galveston, Texas[48]
- Number of households: 21,683[49]
- Demonym: Galvestonian[50]
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Physical Characteristics
Galveston covers an area of 542.199603 km²[51]. Galveston sits at an elevation of 2 m[52].
Cultural Significance
Things named for Galveston include Scholes International Airport at Galveston[53], an international airport[54], in United States[55] and Galveston[56], a town in the United States[57], in United States[58].
Why It Matters
Galveston has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] Galveston is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]
Entities named for Galveston include Scholes International Airport at Galveston[53], an international airport[54], in United States[55] and Galveston[56], a town in the United States[57], in United States[58].