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Newark

city in Essex County, and largest city in New Jersey, United States
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Summary

Newark is a city in New Jersey[1]. Newark ranks in the top 2% of city in new jersey entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,496 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Essex County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Passaic River[5]
  • Head of government: Ras Baraka[6]
  • Instance of: largest city[7], big city[8]
  • Shares border with: Belleville[9], Bloomfield[10], Elizabeth[11], Irvington[12], East Orange[13], Kearny[14], Harrison[15], Hillside[16], East Newark[17], South Orange[18], Maplewood[19], Bayonne[20], Jersey City[21]
  • Named after: Newark-on-Trent[22]
  • Twinned administrative body: Rio de Janeiro[23], Kumasi[24], Aveiro[25], Ribeira[26], Buenos Aires[27], Banjul[28], Ganja[29], Xuzhou[30], Belo Horizonte[31], Douala[32], Freeport[33], Governador Valadares[34], Monrovia[35], Porto Alegre[36]
  • Postal code: 07101[37], 07102[38], 07103[39], 07104[40], 07105[41], 07106[42], 07107[43], 07108[44], 07112[45], 07114[46], 07175[47], 07184[48], 07188[49], 07189[50]
  • Commons category: Newark, New Jersey[51]
  • Located in time zone: Eastern Time Zone[52]
  • Local dialing code: 973[53], 862[54]
  • Inception: 1666[55]
  • Official website: https://www.newarknj.gov/[56]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Newark, New Jersey[57]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Newark include Newark Liberty International Airport[58], an international airport[59], in United States[60].

Why It Matters

Newark has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] Newark is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]

Entities named for Newark include Newark Liberty International Airport[58], an international airport[59], in United States[60].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . newarknj.gov. Retrieved . newarknj.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  53. [55] ↑ . Great dictionary of geographical names. Retrieved . old.bigenc.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  54. [56] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [58] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [59] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [60] ↑ . 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. [61] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [62] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 11504
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 11504, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167482778|NEWARK (#167482778)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #"
  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2cD1qG
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → newark
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: newark, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289952441|newark (#289952441)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
  4. 21w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → New Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, The American Cyclopædia +4
    Head of government → Ras Baraka
    Instance of → city in New Jersey, largest city, big city
    Instance of → —
    + 36 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetreference-set:2| */ Population: 314,000, разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect Q120475222 → Q113582703 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/KrBotResolvingRedirect/Q120475222_Q11"
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