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Huntsville

county seat of Madison County, Alabama, United States
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Summary

Huntsville is a city in the United States[1]. Huntsville ranks in the top 0.51% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,854 views/month, #48 of 9,394).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Madison County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Head of government: Tommy Battle[5]
  • Instance of: big city[6], county seat[7]
  • Shares border with: Madison[8], Athens[9], Decatur[10]
  • Founder: LeRoy Pope[11]
  • Named after: John Hunt[12]
  • Twinned administrative body: Tainan[13]
  • Postal code: 35801[14], 35802[15], 35803[16], 35804[17], 35805[18], 35806[19], 35807[20], 35808[21], 35809[22], 35810[23], 35811[24], 35812[25], 35813[26], 35814[27]
  • Part of: Mountains (Alabama)[28]
  • Commons category: Huntsville, Alabama[29]
  • Located in time zone: Central Time Zone[30]
  • Local dialing code: 256[31]
  • Inception: 1805[32]
  • Official website: https://www.huntsvilleal.gov/[33]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Huntsville, Alabama[34]
  • Population: 180,105[35], 215,006[36]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Huntsville, Alabama[37]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[38]
  • Capital of: Madison County[39]
  • Official name: Huntsville[40]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Huntsville, Alabama[41]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Huntsville, Alabama[42]
  • Number of households: 86,961[43]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Huntsville, Alabama[44]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Huntsville include Huntsville International Airport[45], an international airport[46], in United States[47].

Why It Matters

Huntsville has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] Huntsville is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

Entities named for Huntsville include Huntsville International Airport[45], an international airport[46], in United States[47].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . huntsvilleal.gov. Retrieved . huntsvilleal.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . tainan.gov.tw. Retrieved . tainan.gov.tw. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . data.census.gov. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Q114502058. wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [46] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [47] ↑ . 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. [48] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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