Gold Coast
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Summary
Gold Coast is a city[1]. It ranks in the top 0.9% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,367 views/month, #50 of 5,534).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Queensland[3], City of Gold Coast[4]
- Country: Australia[5]
- Head of government: Tom Tate[6]
- Instance of: big city[7]
- Twinned administrative body: Dubai[8], Netanya[9], Corfu[10], Taipei[11], Nouméa[12], Medellín[13], Kanagawa Prefecture[14], Tainan[15], Guadalajara[16], Cirebon[17], Fort Lauderdale[18], Zhuhai[19]
- Postal code: 4217[20]
- Part of: Gold Coast - Tweed Heads[21]
- Commons category: Gold Coast, Queensland[22]
- Inception: 1958[23]
- Official website: https://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au[24]
- Topic's main category: Category:Gold Coast, Queensland[25]
- Commons gallery: Gold Coast, Australia[26]
- Population: 638,090[27], 607,665[28]
- Capital of: City of Gold Coast[29]
- Official name: Gold Coast[30]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Gold Coast, Queensland[31]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Gold Coast, Queensland[32]
- Native label: Gold Coast[33]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from the Gold Coast, Queensland[34]
- Different from: Gold Coast[35]
- Elevation above sea level: 12 m[36]
- Area: 1402 km²[37]
- History of topic: timeline of Gold Coast, Queensland[38]
- Number of viewers/listeners: 4,252,135[39]
- Maximum temperature record: 42.2 °C[40]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Gold Coast include Gold Coast Football Club[41], an Australian rules football club[42], in Australia[43], founded in 2009[44] and Gold Coast Airport[45], an airport[46], in Australia[47], founded in 1939[48].
Why It Matters
Gold Coast has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]
Entities named for it include Gold Coast Football Club[41], an Australian rules football club[42], in Australia[43], founded in 2009[44] and Gold Coast Airport[45], an airport[46], in Australia[47], founded in 1939[48].