Heidelberg

town in the Western Cape province, South Africa
Place town Q1021918
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Heidelberg

Summary

Heidelberg is a town[1]. Heidelberg ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Heidelberg is located in Hessequa Local Municipality[3].
  • Heidelberg is in the country of South Africa[4].
  • Heidelberg's image is recorded as Doornboom Opstal.jpg[5].
  • Heidelberg's instance of is recorded as town[6].
  • Heidelberg's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 143456432[7].
  • Heidelberg's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2008029153[8].
  • Heidelberg's postal code is recorded as 6665[9].
  • Heidelberg's postal code is recorded as 6665[10].
  • Heidelberg's Commons category is recorded as Heidelberg, Western Cape[11].
  • Heidelberg's local dialing code is recorded as 028[12].
  • +1855-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Heidelberg[13].
  • Heidelberg's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -34.083333333333, 'lon': 20.95}[14].
  • Heidelberg's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08nm5_[15].
  • Heidelberg's GeoNames ID is recorded as 997150[16].
  • Heidelberg's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 1140918[17].
  • Heidelberg's UN/LOCODE is recorded as ZAHEI[18].
  • Heidelberg's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+84'}[19].
  • Heidelberg's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -1236431[20].
  • Heidelberg's WorldCat Entities ID is recorded as E39PBJf4dcm6GvFTMG77ybkFKd[21].
  • Heidelberg's Yale LUX ID is recorded as place/1bda6448-d3aa-4a6b-98f3-8838a6019147[22].

Body

Geography

Heidelberg is in the country of South Africa[4]. Heidelberg is located in Hessequa Local Municipality[3].

Physical Characteristics

Heidelberg's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+84'}[19].

Designation and Status

Heidelberg's instance of is recorded as town[6].

History and Context

+1855-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Heidelberg[13].

Why It Matters

Heidelberg ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39 views/month).[2] Heidelberg has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . South African Post Office. postoffice.co.za. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . South African Post Office. postoffice.co.za. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . service.unece.org. service.unece.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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