Launceston

Summary

Launceston is a city^[1]. Launceston ranks in the top 5% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (968 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Launceston is located in City of Launceston^[3].
• Launceston is in the country of Australia^[4].
• Launceston's head of government is recorded as Albert Van Zetten^[5].
• Launceston's head of government is recorded as Matthew Garwood^[6].
• Launceston's image is recorded as Launie (cropped).JPG^[7].
• Launceston's instance of is recorded as city^[8].
• Launceston's official language is recorded as English^[9].
• Launceston's flag image is recorded as Tasmania Launceston City Flag.svg^[10].
• Launceston is named after Launceston^[11].
• Launceston's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ikeda^[12].
• Launceston's twinned administrative body is recorded as Napa^[13].
• Launceston's twinned administrative body is recorded as Taiyuan^[14].
• Launceston's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 131365815^[15].
• Launceston's GND ID is recorded as 4362990-8^[16].
• Launceston's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82010612^[17].
• Launceston's postal code is recorded as 7250^[18].
• Launceston's Commons category is recorded as Launceston, Tasmania^[19].
• Launceston's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 10632701^[20].
• Launceston's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+10:00^[21].
• Launceston's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+11:00^[22].
• Launceston's local dialing code is recorded as 63^[23].
• Launceston's local dialing code is recorded as 67^[24].
• Launceston's local dialing code is recorded as 68^[25].
• +1806-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Launceston^[26].
• Launceston's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -41.444444444444, 'lon': 147.13777777778}^[27].

Body

Geography

Launceston is in the country of Australia^[4]. Launceston is located in City of Launceston^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Launceston's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+95.1'}^[28]. Launceston's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+0'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+106153'}^[30] and {'amount': '+80943'}^[31].

Designation and Status

Launceston's instance of is recorded as city^[8].

History and Context

+1806-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Launceston^[26]. Launceston is named after Launceston^[11].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Launceston include Launceston Airport^[32], an airport^[33], in Australia^[34].

Why It Matters

Launceston ranks in the top 5% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (968 views/month).^[2] Launceston has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] Launceston is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

Entities named for Launceston include Launceston Airport^[32], an airport^[33], in Australia^[34].