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Natchitoches

small city and the parish seat of Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States
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Summary

Natchitoches is a city in the United States[1]. Natchitoches ranks in the top 4% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,679 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Natchitoches Parish[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Head of government: Ronnie Williams. Jr[5]
  • Instance of: county seat[6], satellite city[7]
  • Currency: United States dollar[8]
  • Shares border with: Grand Ecore[9], Hagewood[10], Oak Grove[11]
  • Named after: Natchitoches people[12]
  • Twinned administrative body: Nacogdoches[13]
  • Postal code: 71457[14], 71458[15], 71497[16]
  • Commons category: Natchitoches, Louisiana[17]
  • Located in time zone: Central Time Zone[18]
  • Local dialing code: 318[19]
  • Inception: 1714[20]
  • Official website: http://www.natchitoches.com[21], https://www.natchitochesla.gov/[22]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Natchitoches, Louisiana[23]
  • Population: 18,323[24], 18,039[25]
  • Described by source: New International Encyclopedia[26]
  • Official name: Natchitoches[27]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Natchitoches, Louisiana[28]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Natchitoches, Louisiana[29]
  • Number of households: 5782[30]
  • Native label: City of Natchitoches[31], Les Natchitoches[32]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Natchitoches, Louisiana[33]
  • Different from: Nacogdoches[34]
  • Elevation above sea level: 36 m[35]

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Physical Characteristics

Natchitoches covers an area of 68.170072 km²[36].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Natchitoches include Natchitoches Regional Airport[37], an airport[38], in United States[39].

Why It Matters

Natchitoches has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] Natchitoches is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Entities named for Natchitoches include Natchitoches Regional Airport[37], an airport[38], in United States[39].

Related Entities

Jim Croce Louisiana Scholars' College Northwestern State University Southern Studies Institute United States United States dollar

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . natchitochesla.gov. Retrieved . natchitochesla.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [39] ↑ . 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. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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