Germantown

neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Place borough_of_pennsylvania Q279890
Germantown
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Germantown

Summary

Germantown is a borough of Pennsylvania[1]. Germantown ranks in the top 0.84% of borough_of_pennsylvania entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (342 views/month, #8 of 949).[2]

Key Facts

  • Germantown is located in Philadelphia[3].
  • Germantown is in the country of United States[4].
  • Germantown's image is recorded as Cliveden Mansion, Philadelphia, HABS PA-1184-88.jpg[5].
  • Germantown's instance of is recorded as neighborhood[6].
  • Germantown's founder is recorded as Francis Daniel Pastorius[7].
  • Germantown's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 127301811[8].
  • Germantown's GND ID is recorded as 4086701-8[9].
  • Germantown's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82251918[10].
  • Germantown's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 121996129[11].
  • Germantown's IdRef ID is recorded as 030616182[12].
  • Germantown's Commons category is recorded as Germantown, Philadelphia[13].
  • Germantown's local dialing code is recorded as 215[14].
  • +1683-10-06T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Germantown[15].
  • Germantown's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.043611111111, 'lon': -75.181944444444}[16].
  • Germantown's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01k8pt[17].
  • Germantown's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge679058[18].
  • Germantown's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Germantown, Philadelphia[19].
  • Germantown's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 89048e67-c971-4582-927f-9f813bef360b[20].
  • Germantown's population is recorded as {'amount': '+75935'}[21].
  • Germantown's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22].
  • Germantown's described by source is recorded as The American Cyclopædia[23].
  • Germantown's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[24].
  • Germantown's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Germantown-Philadelphia[25].
  • Germantown's GeoNames ID is recorded as 5191024[26].
  • Germantown's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 7014057[27].

Body

Geography

Germantown is in the country of United States[4]. Germantown is located in Philadelphia[3].

Physical Characteristics

Germantown's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q232291', 'amount': '+3.327'}[28]. Germantown's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3710', 'amount': '+240'}[29]. Germantown's population is recorded as {'amount': '+75935'}[21].

Designation and Status

Germantown's instance of is recorded as neighborhood[6].

History and Context

+1683-10-06T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Germantown[15].

Why It Matters

Germantown ranks in the top 0.84% of borough_of_pennsylvania entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (342 views/month, #8 of 949).[2] Germantown has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Germantown is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Q14005. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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