Kanpur

city in Uttar Pradesh, India
City city Q66568
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Kanpur

Summary

Kanpur is a city[1]. Kanpur ranks in the top 3% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (900 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kanpur is located in Kanpur Nagar district[3].
  • Kanpur is in the country of India[4].
  • Kanpur is on the body of water Ganges[5].
  • Kanpur's image is recorded as JK Temple(Juggilal Kamlapati temple) is a temple in the Indian city of Kanpur.It is considered to be a unique blend of ancient and modern architecture.jpg[6].
  • Kanpur's instance of is recorded as city[7].
  • Kanpur's instance of is recorded as big city[8].
  • Kanpur's shares border with is recorded as Shuklaganj[9].
  • Kanpur's audio is recorded as Kanpur.ogg[10].
  • Kanpur's twinned administrative body is recorded as Alexandria[11].
  • Kanpur's twinned administrative body is recorded as Okayama[12].
  • Kanpur's twinned administrative body is recorded as Manchester[13].
  • Kanpur's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 153615067[14].
  • Kanpur's GND ID is recorded as 4029504-7[15].
  • Kanpur's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81066200[16].
  • Kanpur's postal code is recorded as 208001[17].
  • Kanpur's Commons category is recorded as Kanpur[18].
  • Kanpur's licence plate code is recorded as UP-78[19].
  • Kanpur's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+05:30[20].
  • Kanpur's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q1571 (mar)-JayashreeVI-कानपूर.wav[21].
  • Kanpur's local dialing code is recorded as 512[22].
  • Kanpur's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 26.4725, 'lon': 80.331111111111}[23].
  • Kanpur's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01_q7h[24].
  • Kanpur's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge543061[25].
  • Kanpur's significant event is recorded as Siege of Cawnpore[26].
  • Kanpur's authority is recorded as Kanpur Municipal Corporation[27].

Body

Geography

Kanpur is in the country of India[4]. Kanpur is located in Kanpur Nagar district[3]. Kanpur is on the body of water Ganges[5].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q25343', 'amount': '+3029000000'}[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+3155'}[29]. Kanpur's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+126'}[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+2701324'}[31], {'amount': '+1300000'}[32], {'amount': '+3067700'}[33], {'amount': '+243800'}[34], {'amount': '+2356000'}[35], and {'amount': '+1600000'}[36].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city[7] and big city[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Kanpur include Kanpur Airport[37], an airport[38], in India[39].

Why It Matters

Kanpur ranks in the top 3% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (900 views/month).[2] Kanpur has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] Kanpur is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Entities named for Kanpur include Kanpur Airport[37], an airport[38], in India[39].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [5] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . lingualibre.org. lingualibre.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [31] . wikidata.org.
  27. [32] . Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978). wikidata.org.
  28. [33] . Great Russian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . old.bigenc.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [34] . Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947). wikidata.org.
  30. [35] . Great dictionary of geographical names. wikidata.org.
  31. [36] . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . wikidata.org.
  33. [28] . wikidata.org.
  34. [29] . kanpurnagar.nic.in. kanpurnagar.nic.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [37] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [39] . 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. [40] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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