Leicester

Summary

Leicester is a city^[1]. Leicester has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[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 instance of is recorded as city^[7].
• Leicester's instance of is recorded as county town^[8].
• Leicester's instance of is recorded as big city^[9].
• Leicester's official language is recorded as English^[10].
• Leicester's twinned administrative body is recorded as Chongqing^[11].
• Leicester's twinned administrative body is recorded as Haskovo^[12].
• Leicester's twinned administrative body is recorded as Krefeld^[13].
• Leicester's twinned administrative body is recorded as Strasbourg^[14].
• Leicester's twinned administrative body is recorded as Rajkot^[15].
• Leicester's postal code is recorded as LE1-LE67^[16].
• Leicester's Commons category is recorded as Leicester^[17].
• Leicester's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[18].
• Leicester's local dialing code is recorded as 0116^[19].
• Leicester's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 52.63611111111111, 'lon': -1.1330555555555555}^[20].
• Leicester's official website is recorded as https://leicester.gov.uk^[21].
• Leicester's IPA transcription is recorded as /ˈlɛstər/^[22].
• Leicester's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Leicester^[23].
• Leicester's Commons gallery is recorded as Leicester^[24].
• Leicester has a population of {'amount': '+329839'}^[25].
• Leicester has a population of {'amount': '+337653'}^[26].
• Leicester has a population of {'amount': '+368600'}^[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 sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+67'}^[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+329839'}^[25], {'amount': '+337653'}^[26], and {'amount': '+368600'}^[27].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[7], county town^[8], and big city^[9].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Leicester include Red Leicester^[31]; Leicester City F.C.^[32], an association football club^[33], in United Kingdom^[34], founded in 1884^[35]; Leicestershire^[36], a ceremonial county of England^[37], in United Kingdom^[38]; and Leicester railway station^[39], a railway station^[40], in United Kingdom^[41].

Why It Matters

Leicester has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] Leicester is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[42]

Entities named for Leicester include Red Leicester^[31]; Leicester City F.C.^[32], an association football club^[33], in United Kingdom^[34], founded in 1884^[35]; Leicestershire^[36], a ceremonial county of England^[37], in United Kingdom^[38]; and Leicester railway station^[39], a railway station^[40], in United Kingdom^[41].