Greater Boston

metropolitan area in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island, USA
Place metropolitan_statistical_area Q1190137
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Greater Boston

Summary

Greater Boston is a metropolitan statistical area[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of metropolitan_statistical_area entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,620 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Greater Boston is located in Massachusetts[3].
  • Greater Boston is located in New Hampshire[4].
  • Greater Boston is in the country of United States[5].
  • Greater Boston's image is recorded as Panoramic Boston.jpg[6].
  • Greater Boston's instance of is recorded as metropolitan statistical area[7].
  • Greater Boston's instance of is recorded as region[8].
  • Greater Boston's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Boston[9].
  • Greater Boston's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Cambridge[10].
  • Greater Boston's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Newton[11].
  • Greater Boston's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315155957[12].
  • Greater Boston's locator map image is recorded as Greaterboston2.png[13].
  • Greater Boston's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−05:00[14].
  • Greater Boston's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−04:00[15].
  • Greater Boston's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 42.355, 'lon': -71.065}[16].
  • Greater Boston's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03kxzm[17].
  • Greater Boston's FIPS 6-4 ID is recorded as 14460[18].
  • Greater Boston's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Greater Boston[19].
  • Greater Boston's page banner is recorded as Sunset-Over-Boston-Common.jpg[20].
  • Greater Boston's National Library of Israel ID is recorded as 001409398[21].
  • Greater Boston's population is recorded as {'amount': '+4941632'}[22].
  • Greater Boston's topic has template is recorded as Template:Greater Boston[23].
  • Greater Boston's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Greater Boston'}[24].
  • Greater Boston's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from Greater Boston[25].
  • Greater Boston's different from is recorded as Boston–Worcester–Providence combined statistical area[26].
  • Greater Boston's FAST ID is recorded as 1347189[27].

Body

Geography

Greater Boston is in the country of United States[5]. Located in include Massachusetts[3], an U.S. state[28], in United States[29], founded in 1788[30], headquartered in Boston[31] and New Hampshire[4], an U.S. state[32], in United States[33], founded in 1788[34].

Physical Characteristics

Greater Boston's population is recorded as {'amount': '+4941632'}[22].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include metropolitan statistical area[7] and region[8].

Why It Matters

Greater Boston ranks in the top 5% of metropolitan_statistical_area entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,620 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Faceted Application of Subject Terminology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [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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