Herat

Summary

Herat is a city^[1]. Herat ranks in the top 4% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (930 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Herat is located in Herat District^[3].
• Herat is in the country of Afghanistan^[4].
• Herat's image is recorded as View of Herat in 2009.jpg^[5].
• Herat's instance of is recorded as city^[6].
• Herat's instance of is recorded as big city^[7].
• Herat's twinned administrative body is recorded as Council Bluffs^[8].
• Herat's twinned administrative body is recorded as Sabzevar^[9].
• Herat's twinned administrative body is recorded as Yazd^[10].
• Herat's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 130198044^[11].
• Herat's GND ID is recorded as 4024442-8^[12].
• Herat's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81108322^[13].
• Herat's IdRef ID is recorded as 027718603^[14].
• Herat's part of is recorded as list of World Heritage Sites in Northern and Central Asia^[15].
• Herat's Commons category is recorded as Herat^[16].
• Herat's local dialing code is recorded as 40^[17].
• Herat's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 34.341944, 'lon': 62.203056}^[18].
• Herat's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ntv^[19].
• Herat's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge329251^[20].
• Herat's significant event is recorded as First Herat War^[21].
• Herat's significant event is recorded as Siege of Herat^[22].
• Herat's significant event is recorded as Siege of Herat^[23].
• Herat's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Herat^[24].
• Herat's Commons gallery is recorded as Herat^[25].
• Herat's page banner is recorded as Page-Banner-Herat.jpg^[26].
• Herat's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 91bb6872-7b31-401e-a2f5-7d44f9419377^[27].

Body

Geography

Herat is in the country of Afghanistan^[4]. Herat is located in Herat District^[3]. Herat's part of is recorded as list of World Heritage Sites in Northern and Central Asia^[15].

Physical Characteristics

Herat's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+143'}^[28]. Herat's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+920'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+556205'}^[30] and {'amount': '+140323'}^[31].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[6] and big city^[7]. Herat's heritage designation is recorded as Tentative World Heritage Site^[32].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Herat include Herat International Airport^[33], an international airport^[34], in Afghanistan^[35] and Herat school^[36], an art movement^[37].

Why It Matters

Herat ranks in the top 4% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (930 views/month).^[2] Herat has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] Herat is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]

Entities named for Herat include Herat International Airport^[33], an international airport^[34], in Afghanistan^[35] and Herat school^[36], an art movement^[37].