Ithaca
city in Tompkins County, New York, USA, enclosed by the town of the same name
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Summary
Ithaca is a city in the state of New York[1]. Ithaca draws 31,192 Wikipedia views per month (city in the state of new york category, ranking #6 of 33).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Tompkins County[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Cayuga Lake[5]
- Head of government: Svante Myrick[6], Laura Lewis[7], Robert Cantelmo[8]
- Instance of: college town[9]
- Shares border with: Ithaca[10]
- Named after: Ithaca[11]
- Postal code: 14850[12], 14851[13], 14852[14], 14853[15]
- Commons category: Ithaca, New York[16]
- Local dialing code: 607[17]
- Inception: 1888[18]
- Official website: https://cityofithaca.org[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:Ithaca, New York[20]
- Commons gallery: Ithaca, New York[21]
- Population: 30,014[22], 32,108[23]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Ithaca, New York[24]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[26], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[27], The New Student's Reference Work[28]
- Capital of: Tompkins County[29]
- Official name: City of Ithaca[30], Ithaca[31]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Ithaca, New York[32]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Ithaca, New York[33]
- Number of households: 11,732[34]
- Native label: Ithaca[35]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Ithaca, New York[36]
- Owner of: Van Nattas Dam[37]
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Physical Characteristics
Areas include 15.727155 km²[38] and 15.727154 km²[39]. Ithaca sits at an elevation of 136 m[40].
Cultural Significance
Things named for Ithaca include Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport[41], an airport[42], in United States[43].
Why It Matters
Ithaca has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] Ithaca is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]
Entities named for Ithaca include Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport[41], an airport[42], in United States[43].