Ghent

Summary

Ghent is a town in the United States^[1]. Ghent ranks in the top 4% of town_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (62 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Ghent is located in Columbia County^[3].
• Ghent is in the country of United States^[4].
• Ghent's image is recorded as Taconic State Parkway from NY 217 in Ghent, NY.jpg^[5].
• Ghent's instance of is recorded as town in the United States^[6].
• Ghent's instance of is recorded as town of New York^[7].
• Ghent's locator map image is recorded as Columbia County New York incorporated areas Ghent highlighted.svg^[8].
• Ghent's postal code is recorded as 12075^[9].
• Ghent's Commons category is recorded as Ghent, New York^[10].
• Ghent's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 3161035^[11].
• Ghent's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern Time Zone^[12].
• Ghent's local dialing code is recorded as 518^[13].
• +1818-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Ghent^[14].
• Ghent's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 979000^[15].
• Ghent's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 42.329166666667, 'lon': -73.615555555556}^[16].
• Ghent's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01mbqd^[17].
• Ghent's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 36-28871^[18].
• Ghent's official website is recorded as http://townofghent.org/^[19].
• Ghent's population is recorded as {'amount': '+5402'}^[20].
• Ghent's population is recorded as {'amount': '+5303'}^[21].
• Ghent's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Town of Ghent'}^[22].
• Ghent's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Ghent'}^[23].
• Ghent's number of households is recorded as {'amount': '+1914'}^[24].
• Ghent's GeoNames ID is recorded as 5118479^[25].
• Ghent's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from Ghent, New York^[26].
• Ghent's UN/LOCODE is recorded as USGHB^[27].

Body

Founding

+1818-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Ghent^[14].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Town of Ghent'}^[22] and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Ghent'}^[23].

Why It Matters

Ghent ranks in the top 4% of town_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (62 views/month).^[2] Ghent has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]