Kitchener
city in Ontario, Canada
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Summary
Kitchener is a city[1]. Kitchener ranks in the top 3% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,233 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Regional Municipality of Waterloo[3]
- Country: Canada[4]
- Head of government: Berry Vrbanovic[5]
- Instance of: lower-tier municipality of Ontario[6], big city[7]
- Official language: English[8]
- Shares border with: Cambridge[9], Waterloo[10]
- Named after: Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener[11]
- Twinned administrative body: Kumasi[12]
- Legislative body: Kitchener City Council[13]
- Postal code: N2A, N2B, N2C, N2E, N2G, N2H, N2K, N2M, N2N, N2P, N2R[14]
- Commons category: Kitchener, Ontario[15]
- Located in time zone: Eastern Time Zone[16]
- Local dialing code: 519[17], 226[18]
- Inception: November 30, 1833[19]
- Significant event: Berlin to Kitchener name change[20]
- Official website: http://www.kitchener.ca[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Kitchener, Ontario[22]
- Population: 233,222[23], 256,885[24]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[26], The New Student's Reference Work[27]
- Official name: Kitchener[28]
- Category for people born here: Category:Born in Berlin[29], Category:Born in Kitchener[30]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Kitchener[31]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Kitchener, Ontario[32]
- Short name: Китченер[33]
- Owner of: Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex[34]
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Physical Characteristics
Kitchener covers an area of 136,890,000 m²[35]. Kitchener sits at an elevation of 336 m[36].
Why It Matters
Kitchener has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] Kitchener is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]