Kuressaare

town on Saaremaa island in Estonia
Place city Q188179
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Kuressaare

Summary

Kuressaare is a city[1]. Kuressaare draws 187 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #590 of 5,534).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kuressaare is located in Saaremaa Rural Municipality[3].
  • Kuressaare is in the country of Estonia[4].
  • Kuressaare's image is recorded as Kuressaare linn ja sadam 2015.jpg[5].
  • Kuressaare's instance of is recorded as city[6].
  • Kuressaare's official language is recorded as Estonian[7].
  • Kuressaare's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 167509778[8].
  • Kuressaare's GND ID is recorded as 4097908-8[9].
  • Kuressaare's locator map image is recorded as Kuressaare-Position.PNG[10].
  • Kuressaare's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n84223574[11].
  • Kuressaare's postal code is recorded as 93813[12].
  • Kuressaare's Commons category is recorded as Kuressaare[13].
  • Kuressaare's licence plate code is recorded as K[14].
  • Kuressaare's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 350695[15].
  • Kuressaare's patron saint is recorded as John the Evangelist[16].
  • Kuressaare's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[17].
  • Kuressaare's local dialing code is recorded as 45[18].
  • +1154-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Kuressaare[19].
  • Kuressaare's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 58.253333333333, 'lon': 22.486111111111}[20].
  • Kuressaare's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/021ctc[21].
  • Kuressaare's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as xx0053512[22].
  • Kuressaare's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kuressaare[23].
  • Kuressaare's Commons gallery is recorded as Kuressaare[24].
  • Kuressaare's page banner is recorded as GOSPA meri ryytli.jpg[25].
  • Kuressaare's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 0ebd027a-a481-4f70-b450-95e51290954a[26].
  • Kuressaare's population is recorded as {'amount': '+14925'}[27].

Body

Geography

Kuressaare is in the country of Estonia[4]. Kuressaare is located in Saaremaa Rural Municipality[3].

Physical Characteristics

Kuressaare's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+15.53'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+14925'}[27], {'amount': '+13166'}[29], {'amount': '+13152'}[30], {'amount': '+13009'}[31], {'amount': '+13449'}[32], and {'amount': '+13382'}[33].

Designation and Status

Kuressaare's instance of is recorded as city[6].

History and Context

+1154-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Kuressaare[19].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Kuressaare include Kuressaare Airport[34], an airport[35], in Estonia[36].

Why It Matters

Kuressaare draws 187 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #590 of 5,534).[2] Kuressaare has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] Kuressaare is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

Entities named for Kuressaare include Kuressaare Airport[34], an airport[35], in Estonia[36].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . riigiteataja.ee. Retrieved . riigiteataja.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . 2000 Population and Housing Census. Retrieved . andmed.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [29] . 2011 Population and Housing Census. Retrieved . pub.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [30] . Statistical Database of Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . pub.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [31] . Statistical Database of Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . pub.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [32] . Statistical Database of Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . pub.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [33] . Statistical Database of Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . pub.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [28] . geoportaal.maaamet.ee. Retrieved . geoportaal.maaamet.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [34] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [36] . 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. [37] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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