Lancaster
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Summary
Lancaster is a city[1]. Lancaster ranks in the top 5% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,911 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Lancaster[3]
- Country: United Kingdom[4]
- Instance of: unparished area[5]
- Official language: English[6]
- Shares border with: Quernmore[7]
- Twinned administrative body: Perpignan[8], Lublin[9], Viana do Castelo[10], Almere[11], Aalborg[12], Rendsburg[13], Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole[14], Aalborg Municipality[15], Växjö Municipality[16]
- Postal code: LA1[17]
- Commons category: Lancaster, Lancashire[18]
- Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[19]
- Local dialing code: 01524[20]
- OS grid reference: SD475615[21]
- Official website: https://www.visitlancashire.com/explore/lancaster[22]
- Topic's main category: Category:Lancaster, Lancashire[23]
- Commons gallery: Lancaster[24]
- Population: 52,234[25], 52,660[26]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[27], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[28], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[29], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[30], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[31]
- Capital of: Lancaster[32], Lancashire[33]
- Official name: Lancaster[34]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Lancaster, Lancashire[35]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Lancaster[36]
- Demonym: Lancastrian[37]
- Native label: Lancaster[38]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Lancaster, Lancashire[39]
- Different from: Lancaster[40]
- Elevation above sea level: 9 m[41]
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Physical Characteristics
Lancaster covers an area of 10.85 km²[42].
Cultural Significance
Things named for Lancaster include Avro Lancaster[43], an aircraft family[44]; Lancaster County[45], a county of Pennsylvania[46], in United States[47], founded in 1729[48]; Lancaster[49], a town in the United States[50], in United States[51], founded in 1643[52]; and Lancaster railway station[53], a railway station[54], in United Kingdom[55].
Why It Matters
Lancaster has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] Lancaster is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]
Entities named for Lancaster include Avro Lancaster[43], an aircraft family[44]; Lancaster County[45], a county of Pennsylvania[46], in United States[47], founded in 1729[48]; Lancaster[49], a town in the United States[50], in United States[51], founded in 1643[52]; and Lancaster railway station[53], a railway station[54], in United Kingdom[55].