Gloucestershire

ceremonial county in England (use Q21694733 for administrative non-metropolitan county)
AdministrativeArea ceremonial_county_of_england Q23165
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Gloucestershire

Summary

Gloucestershire is a ceremonial county of England[1]. Gloucestershire draws 1,454 Wikipedia views per month (ceremonial_county_of_england category, ranking #18 of 36).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gloucestershire is located in South West England[3].
  • Gloucestershire is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Gloucestershire's image is recorded as River Wye at Symonds Yat (9752).jpg[5].
  • Gloucestershire's instance of is recorded as ceremonial county of England[6].
  • Gloucestershire's capital is recorded as Gloucester[7].
  • Gloucestershire's shares border with is recorded as Wiltshire[8].
  • Gloucestershire's shares border with is recorded as City of Bristol[9].
  • Gloucestershire's shares border with is recorded as Herefordshire[10].
  • Gloucestershire's shares border with is recorded as Worcestershire[11].
  • Gloucestershire's shares border with is recorded as Somerset[12].
  • Gloucestershire's shares border with is recorded as Oxfordshire[13].
  • Gloucestershire's shares border with is recorded as Warwickshire[14].
  • Gloucestershire's shares border with is recorded as Gwent[15].
  • Gloucestershire's coat of arms image is recorded as Arms of Gloucestershire County Council.svg[16].
  • Gloucestershire's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Gloucestershire[17].
  • Gloucestershire's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as South Gloucestershire[18].
  • Gloucestershire's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 166046036[19].
  • Gloucestershire's GND ID is recorded as 4086741-9[20].
  • Gloucestershire's locator map image is recorded as Gloucestershire UK locator map 2010.svg[21].
  • Gloucestershire's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80009787[22].
  • Gloucestershire's ISO 3166-2 code is recorded as GB-GLS[23].
  • Gloucestershire's Commons category is recorded as Gloucestershire[24].
  • Gloucestershire's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2700308[25].
  • Gloucestershire's said to be the same as is recorded as Gloucestershire[26].
  • Gloucestershire's NUTS code is recorded as UKK13[27].

Body

Geography

Gloucestershire is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Gloucestershire is located in South West England[3].

Physical Characteristics

Gloucestershire's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+3149.9785'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+861700'}[29], {'amount': '+916202'}[30], and {'amount': '+928466'}[31].

Designation and Status

Gloucestershire's instance of is recorded as ceremonial county of England[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Gloucestershire include Gloucestershire Airport[32], an airport[33], in United Kingdom[34].

Why It Matters

Gloucestershire draws 1,454 Wikipedia views per month (ceremonial_county_of_england category, ranking #18 of 36).[2] Gloucestershire has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Gloucestershire is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Entities named for Gloucestershire include Gloucestershire Airport[32], an airport[33], in United Kingdom[34].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [8] . data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . ordnancesurvey.co.uk. ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . OpenStreetMap. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] . wikidata.org.
  27. [30] . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [31] . citypopulation.de. citypopulation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [28] . ons.maps.arcgis.com. ons.maps.arcgis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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