Meerut

Summary

Meerut is a city^[1]. Meerut ranks in the top 4% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (860 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Meerut is located in Meerut district^[3].
• Meerut is in the country of India^[4].
• Meerut's image is recorded as Meerut Ghantaghar.jpg^[5].
• Meerut's instance of is recorded as city^[6].
• Meerut's instance of is recorded as big city^[7].
• Meerut's instance of is recorded as human settlement^[8].
• Meerut's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 145423763^[9].
• Meerut's GND ID is recorded as 4287574-2^[10].
• Meerut's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81038836^[11].
• Meerut's postal code is recorded as 250001^[12].
• Meerut's postal code is recorded as 250002^[13].
• Meerut's postal code is recorded as 250003^[14].
• Meerut's Commons category is recorded as Meerut^[15].
• Meerut's licence plate code is recorded as UP-15^[16].
• Meerut's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+05:30^[17].
• Meerut's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q1571 (mar)-JayashreeVI-मेरठ.wav^[18].
• Meerut's local dialing code is recorded as 121^[19].
• Meerut's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 28.98, 'lon': 77.706388888889}^[20].
• Meerut's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/025fj7^[21].
• Meerut's authority is recorded as Meerut Municipal Corporation^[22].
• Meerut's official website is recorded as http://meerut.nic.in^[23].
• Meerut's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Meerut^[24].
• Meerut's page banner is recorded as Meerut banner.jpg^[25].
• Meerut's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as d173aaab-eb19-406e-aace-3304cebdf6c8^[26].
• Meerut's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/Asia/India/Uttar_Pradesh/Localities/Meerut/^[27].

Body

Geography

Meerut is in the country of India^[4]. Meerut is located in Meerut district^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Meerut's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+141.94'}^[28]. Meerut's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+218'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+1305429'}^[30] and {'amount': '+1571434'}^[31].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[6], big city^[7], and human settlement^[8].

Cultural Significance

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

Why It Matters

Meerut ranks in the top 4% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (860 views/month).^[2] Meerut has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] Meerut is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

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