Howrah district

district in West Bengal, India
AdministrativeArea district_of_india Q1478937
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Howrah district

Summary

Howrah district is a district of India[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of district_of_india entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,034 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Howrah district is located in Presidency division[3].
  • Howrah district is in the country of India[4].
  • Howrah district's instance of is recorded as district of India[5].
  • Howrah district's capital is recorded as Howrah[6].
  • Howrah district's shares border with is recorded as South 24 Parganas district[7].
  • Howrah district's shares border with is recorded as Purba Medinipur district[8].
  • Howrah district's shares border with is recorded as Paschim Medinipur district[9].
  • Howrah district's shares border with is recorded as Hooghly district[10].
  • Howrah district's shares border with is recorded as Kolkata district[11].
  • Howrah district's shares border with is recorded as North 24 Parganas district[12].
  • Howrah district's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Howrah Sadar subdivision[13].
  • Howrah district's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Uluberia subdivision[14].
  • Howrah district's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 131367369[15].
  • Howrah district's GND ID is recorded as 4522185-6[16].
  • Howrah district's locator map image is recorded as Howrah in West Bengal (India).svg[17].
  • Howrah district's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82028978[18].
  • Howrah district's Commons category is recorded as Howrah district[19].
  • Howrah district's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 9381362[20].
  • Howrah district's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+05:30[21].
  • Howrah district's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q9610 (ben)-Titodutta-হাওড়া জেলা.wav[22].
  • Howrah district's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 22.5736296, 'lon': 88.3251045}[23].
  • Howrah district's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07lpg3[24].
  • Howrah district's official website is recorded as http://www.howrah.gov.in[25].
  • Howrah district's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Howrah district[26].
  • Howrah district's page banner is recorded as Howrah Bridge, Kolkata.jpg[27].

Body

Geography

Howrah district is in the country of India[4]. It is located in Presidency division[3].

Physical Characteristics

Howrah district's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1467'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+4850029'}[29] and {'amount': '+4273099'}[30].

Designation and Status

Howrah district's instance of is recorded as district of India[5].

Why It Matters

Howrah district ranks in the top 1% of district_of_india entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,034 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . lingualibre.org. lingualibre.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] . 2011 census of India. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [30] . censusindia.gov.in. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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