Karakorum

Summary

Karakorum is an ancient city^[1]. Karakorum ranks in the top 2% of ancient_city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (922 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Karakorum is located in Övörkhangai Province^[3].
• Karakorum is in the country of Mongolia^[4].
• Karakorum's image is recorded as Karakorum Silver Tree.jpg^[5].
• Karakorum's instance of is recorded as ancient city^[6].
• Karakorum's instance of is recorded as archaeological site^[7].
• Karakorum's official language is recorded as Mongolian^[8].
• Karakorum's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 256970625^[9].
• Karakorum's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00628375^[10].
• Karakorum's part of is recorded as Orkhon Valley^[11].
• Karakorum's Commons category is recorded as Karakorum^[12].
• Karakorum's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+07:00^[13].
• +1220-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Karakorum^[14].
• Karakorum's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.19753, 'lon': 102.82379}^[15].
• Karakorum's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09x1bt^[16].
• Karakorum's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge1126339^[17].
• Karakorum's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Karakorum^[18].
• Karakorum's page banner is recorded as Karakorum banner.jpg^[19].
• Karakorum's population is recorded as {'amount': '+9439'}^[20].
• Karakorum's time of earliest written record is recorded as +1220-00-00T00:00:00Z^[21].
• Karakorum's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0035359^[22].
• Karakorum's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[23].
• Karakorum's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[24].
• Karakorum's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[25].
• Karakorum's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[26].
• Karakorum's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[27].

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Geography

Karakorum is in the country of Mongolia^[4]. Karakorum is located in Övörkhangai Province^[3]. Karakorum's part of is recorded as Orkhon Valley^[11].

Physical Characteristics

Karakorum's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2072'}^[28]. Karakorum's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1471'}^[29]. Karakorum's population is recorded as {'amount': '+9439'}^[20].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include ancient city^[6] and archaeological site^[7].

History and Context

+1220-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Karakorum^[14].

Why It Matters

Karakorum ranks in the top 2% of ancient_city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (922 views/month).^[2] Karakorum has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] Karakorum is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]