Leicester

Summary

Leicester is a city^[1]. Leicester ranks in the top 2% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,587 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Leicester is located in City of Leicester^[3].
• Leicester is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Leicester is on the body of water River Soar^[5].
• Leicester's head of government is recorded as Peter Soulsby^[6].
• Leicester's image is recorded as Leicester landmarks montage.jpg^[7].
• Leicester's instance of is recorded as city^[8].
• Leicester's instance of is recorded as county town^[9].
• Leicester's instance of is recorded as big city^[10].
• Leicester's official language is recorded as English^[11].
• Leicester's coat of arms image is recorded as Coat of Arms of Leicester City Council.svg^[12].
• Leicester's twinned administrative body is recorded as Chongqing^[13].
• Leicester's twinned administrative body is recorded as Haskovo^[14].
• Leicester's twinned administrative body is recorded as Krefeld^[15].
• Leicester's twinned administrative body is recorded as Strasbourg^[16].
• Leicester's twinned administrative body is recorded as Rajkot^[17].
• Leicester's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 127852195^[18].
• Leicester's GND ID is recorded as 4111242-8^[19].
• Leicester's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81076872^[20].
• Leicester's postal code is recorded as LE1-LE67^[21].
• Leicester's Commons category is recorded as Leicester^[22].
• Leicester's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[23].
• Leicester's pronunciation audio is recorded as En-leicester.ogg^[24].
• Leicester's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-leicester.wav^[25].
• Leicester's local dialing code is recorded as 0116^[26].
• Leicester's NUTS code is recorded as UKF21^[27].

Body

Geography

Leicester is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Leicester is located in City of Leicester^[3]. Leicester is on the body of water River Soar^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+73.32'}^[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+92.0'}^[29]. Leicester's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+67'}^[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+329839'}^[31], {'amount': '+337653'}^[32], and {'amount': '+368600'}^[33].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[8], county town^[9], and big city^[10].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Leicester include Leicester City F.C.^[34], an association football club^[35], in United Kingdom^[36], founded in 1884^[37], headquartered in Leicester^[38]; Leicestershire^[39], a ceremonial county of England^[40], in United Kingdom^[41]; Red Leicester^[42]; and Leicester railway station^[43], a railway station^[44], in United Kingdom^[45].

Why It Matters

Leicester ranks in the top 2% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,587 views/month).^[2] Leicester has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[46] Leicester is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[47]

Entities named for Leicester include Leicester City F.C.^[34], an association football club^[35], in United Kingdom^[36], founded in 1884^[37], headquartered in Leicester^[38]; Leicestershire^[39], a ceremonial county of England^[40], in United Kingdom^[41]; Red Leicester^[42]; and Leicester railway station^[43], a railway station^[44], in United Kingdom^[45].