London Borough of Southwark

borough in the London Region in England
AdministrativeArea london_borough Q730706
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The London Borough of Southwark is an administrative area located in Greater London within the United Kingdom[1]. Its head of government is Kieron Williams[2].

In 2022, the borough had a population of 312k[3]. It covers an area of 28.9[4].

London Borough of Southwark

Summary

London Borough of Southwark is a London borough[1]. It draws 431 Wikipedia views per month (london_borough category, ranking #14 of 32).[2]

Key Facts

  • London Borough of Southwark is located in Greater London[3].
  • London Borough of Southwark is located in Inner London[4].
  • London Borough of Southwark is located in Metropolitan Police District[5].
  • London Borough of Southwark is in the country of United Kingdom[6].
  • London Borough of Southwark's head of government is recorded as Kieron Williams[7].
  • London Borough of Southwark's image is recorded as London (10491185405).jpg[8].
  • London Borough of Southwark's instance of is recorded as London borough[9].
  • London Borough of Southwark's instance of is recorded as unparished area[10].
  • London Borough of Southwark's capital is recorded as Southwark[11].
  • London Borough of Southwark's coat of arms image is recorded as Coat of arms of the London Borough of Southwark.svg[12].
  • London Borough of Southwark's twinned administrative body is recorded as Langenhagen[13].
  • London Borough of Southwark's twinned administrative body is recorded as Clichy[14].
  • London Borough of Southwark's legislative body is recorded as council of Southwark London Borough Council[15].
  • London Borough of Southwark's executive body is recorded as cabinet of Southwark Council[16].
  • London Borough of Southwark's ISNI is recorded as 0000000404279395[17].
  • London Borough of Southwark's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 128940439[18].
  • London Borough of Southwark's GND ID is recorded as 4111377-9[19].
  • London Borough of Southwark's locator map image is recorded as Southwark in Greater London.svg[20].
  • London Borough of Southwark's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n50056114[21].
  • London Borough of Southwark's postal code is recorded as SE[22].
  • London Borough of Southwark's postal code is recorded as SE1P 5LX[23].
  • London Borough of Southwark's ISO 3166-2 code is recorded as GB-SWK[24].
  • London Borough of Southwark's part of is recorded as London[25].
  • London Borough of Southwark's Commons category is recorded as London Borough of Southwark[26].
  • London Borough of Southwark's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 8450265[27].

Body

Geography

London Borough of Southwark is in the country of United Kingdom[6]. Located in include Greater London[3], a ceremonial county of England[28], in United Kingdom[29], founded in 1965[30]; Inner London[4], a NUTS 2 statistical territorial entity of the United Kingdom[31], in United Kingdom[32]; and Metropolitan Police District[5], a police area[33], in United Kingdom[34], founded in 1829[35]. Its part of is recorded as London[25].

Physical Characteristics

London Borough of Southwark's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+28.8621'}[36]. Population counts include {'amount': '+308900'}[37], {'amount': '+317256'}[38], {'amount': '+293500'}[39], and {'amount': '+311913'}[40].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include London borough[9] and unparished area[10].

History and Context

+1965-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of London Borough of Southwark[41].

Why It Matters

London Borough of Southwark draws 431 Wikipedia views per month (london_borough category, ranking #14 of 32).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . london-se1.co.uk. london-se1.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . GRID Release 2017-05-22. wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] . Aligned ISNI and Ringgold identifiers for institutions. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . Aligned ISNI and Ringgold identifiers for institutions. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
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  27. [37] . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [38] . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [39] . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [40] . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [36] . ons.maps.arcgis.com. ons.maps.arcgis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . 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. [42] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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