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Motala

urban area in Motala Municipality, Sweden
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Motala

Summary

Motala is an urban area in Sweden[1]. Motala ranks in the top 4% of urban_area_in_sweden entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (83 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Motala is located in Motala Municipality[3].
  • Motala is located in Östergötland[4].
  • Motala is in the country of Sweden[5].
  • Motala's image is recorded as Motala Sweden 001.JPG[6].
  • Motala's instance of is recorded as urban area in Sweden[7].
  • Motala's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 148332739[8].
  • Motala's GND ID is recorded as 4314917-0[9].
  • Motala's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n83000935[10].
  • Motala's Commons category is recorded as Motala[11].
  • Motala's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[12].
  • Motala's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[13].
  • +1288-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Motala[14].
  • Motala's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 58.544165323505, 'lon': 15.036873338646}[15].
  • Motala's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02p3h4s[16].
  • Motala's Swedish urban area code is recorded as T1188[17].
  • Motala's official website is recorded as https://start.motala.se/[18].
  • Motala's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Motala[19].
  • Motala's page banner is recorded as Motala bro banner.jpg[20].
  • Motala's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 67ad7cea-2eec-4b5f-bd84-0a1f5a1b19a9[21].
  • Motala's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/Europe/Sweden/Östergötland_County/Localities/Motala/[22].
  • Motala's population is recorded as {'amount': '+25786'}[23].
  • Motala's population is recorded as {'amount': '+26598'}[24].
  • Motala's population is recorded as {'amount': '+28942'}[25].
  • Motala's population is recorded as {'amount': '+31224'}[26].
  • Motala's population is recorded as {'amount': '+31323'}[27].

Body

Geography

Motala is in the country of Sweden[5]. Located in include Motala Municipality[3], a municipality of Sweden[28], in Sweden[29], founded in 1971[30] and Östergötland[4], a province of Sweden[31], in Sweden[32].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+1854'}[33], {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+1896'}[34], {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+1914'}[35], {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+1910'}[36], {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+1929'}[37], and {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+2024'}[38]. Motala's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+89'}[39]. Population counts include {'amount': '+25786'}[23], {'amount': '+26598'}[24], {'amount': '+28942'}[25], {'amount': '+31224'}[26], {'amount': '+31323'}[27], and {'amount': '+31385'}[40].

Designation and Status

Motala's instance of is recorded as urban area in Sweden[7].

History and Context

+1288-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Motala[14].

Why It Matters

Motala ranks in the top 4% of urban_area_in_sweden entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (83 views/month).[2] Motala has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Tätorter 2015; befolkning 2010–2018, landareal, andel som överlappas av fritidshusområden. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . Localities 2010. wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Tätorter 2015; befolkning 2010–2018, landareal, andel som överlappas av fritidshusområden. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . scb.se. Retrieved . scb.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Census 1960. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Population and housing census in 1965. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Population and Housing Census 1970, Part 2. Population in localities. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Tätorter 2015; befolkning 2010–2018, landareal, andel som överlappas av fritidshusområden. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Tätorter 2015; befolkning 2010–2018, landareal, andel som överlappas av fritidshusområden. wikidata.org.
  26. [40] ↑ . Tätorter 2015; befolkning 2010–2018, landareal, andel som överlappas av fritidshusområden. wikidata.org.
  27. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [33] ↑ . Statistical database, Land area by localities, population and population density per sq. km. Every fifth year 1960 - 2015. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [34] ↑ . Statistical database, Land area by localities, population and population density per sq. km. Every fifth year 1960 - 2015. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [35] ↑ . Statistical database, Land area by localities, population and population density per sq. km. Every fifth year 1960 - 2015. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [36] ↑ . Statistical database, Land area by localities, population and population density per sq. km. Every fifth year 1960 - 2015. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [37] ↑ . Statistical database, Land area by localities, population and population density per sq. km. Every fifth year 1960 - 2015. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [38] ↑ . Tätorter 2015; befolkning 2010–2018, landareal, andel som överlappas av fritidshusområden. 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
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . 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. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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