Glasgow City

council area of Scotland, UK
AdministrativeArea council_area Q55934339
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Glasgow City

Summary

Glasgow City is a council area[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Glasgow City is located in Scotland[3].
  • Glasgow City is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Glasgow City's head of government is recorded as Susan Aitken[5].
  • Glasgow City's image is recorded as Glasgow Montage.png[6].
  • Glasgow City's instance of is recorded as council area[7].
  • Glasgow City's instance of is recorded as district with city status[8].
  • Glasgow City's flag image is recorded as Flag of Glasgow.svg[9].
  • Glasgow City's coat of arms image is recorded as Glasgow Coat of Arms 1996.svg[10].
  • Glasgow City's coat of arms image is recorded as Glasgow Coat of Arms 1866.svg[11].
  • Glasgow City's legislative body is recorded as council of Glasgow City Council[12].
  • Glasgow City's executive body is recorded as executive of Glasgow City Council[13].
  • Glasgow City's ISO 3166-2 code is recorded as GB-GLG[14].
  • Glasgow City's part of is recorded as Glasgow and Clyde Valley City Region[15].
  • Glasgow City's part of is recorded as Greater Glasgow and Clyde[16].
  • Glasgow City's Commons category is recorded as Glasgow[17].
  • Glasgow City's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1906767[18].
  • Glasgow City's catalog code is recorded as 17[19].
  • Glasgow City's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 55.85, 'lon': -4.25}[20].
  • Glasgow City's authority is recorded as Glasgow City Council[21].
  • Glasgow City's GSS code is recorded as S12000049[22].
  • Glasgow City's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Glasgow City[23].
  • Glasgow City's population is recorded as {'amount': '+626410'}[24].
  • Glasgow City's population is recorded as {'amount': '+621020'}[25].
  • Glasgow City's population is recorded as {'amount': '+576450'}[26].
  • Glasgow City's population is recorded as {'amount': '+595070'}[27].

Body

Geography

Glasgow City is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in Scotland[3]. Part of include Glasgow and Clyde Valley City Region[15], a city region[28], in United Kingdom[29] and Greater Glasgow and Clyde[16].

Physical Characteristics

Glasgow City's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+174.7056'}[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+626410'}[24], {'amount': '+621020'}[25], {'amount': '+576450'}[26], {'amount': '+595070'}[27], {'amount': '+576200'}[31], and {'amount': '+599640'}[32].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include council area[7] and district with city status[8].

History and Context

Glasgow City's catalog code is recorded as 17[19].

Why It Matters

Glasgow City has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . statistics.gov.scot. statistics.gov.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . statistics.gov.scot. statistics.gov.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . statistics.gov.scot. statistics.gov.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [31] . statistics.gov.scot. statistics.gov.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [32] . statistics.gov.scot. statistics.gov.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] . ons.maps.arcgis.com. ons.maps.arcgis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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