London metropolitan area

metropolitan area in the United Kingdom
Place metropolitan_area Q2422792
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London metropolitan area

Summary

London metropolitan area is a metropolitan area[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of metropolitan_area entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (527 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • London metropolitan area is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • London metropolitan area's instance of is recorded as metropolitan area[4].
  • London metropolitan area's instance of is recorded as functional urban area[5].
  • London is named after London metropolitan area[6].
  • London metropolitan area's has part is recorded as Greater London Urban Area[7].
  • London metropolitan area's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.5073, 'lon': -0.1277}[8].
  • London metropolitan area's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0203wp[9].
  • London metropolitan area's population is recorded as {'amount': '+12434823'}[10].
  • London metropolitan area's population is recorded as {'amount': '+13709000'}[11].
  • London metropolitan area's population is recorded as {'amount': '+12451423'}[12].
  • London metropolitan area's population is recorded as {'amount': '+12396541'}[13].
  • London metropolitan area's different from is recorded as Greater London[14].
  • London metropolitan area's different from is recorded as Greater London Urban Area[15].
  • London metropolitan area's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+8382'}[16].
  • London metropolitan area's WordLift URL is recorded as http://data.wordlift.io/wl01714/entity/london-metropolitan-area[17].
  • London metropolitan area's historic county is recorded as Middlesex[18].
  • London metropolitan area's Yale LUX ID is recorded as place/1cdec7c2-72ec-49f2-bbaf-833903d5c5d3[19].

Body

Geography

London metropolitan area is in the country of United Kingdom[3].

Physical Characteristics

London metropolitan area's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+8382'}[16]. Population counts include {'amount': '+12434823'}[10], {'amount': '+13709000'}[11], {'amount': '+12451423'}[12], and {'amount': '+12396541'}[13].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include metropolitan area[4] and functional urban area[5].

History and Context

London is named after London metropolitan area[6].

Why It Matters

London metropolitan area ranks in the top 6% of metropolitan_area entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (527 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Population on 1 January by age groups and sex - functional urban areas. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Final report of ESPON project 1.4.3.. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Population by age and sex - Cities and FUAs. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Population by age and sex - Cities and FUAs. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . fr.dentist. fr.dentist. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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