Peterborough

Summary

Peterborough is a city^[1]. Peterborough ranks in the top 3% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,076 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Peterborough is located in City of Peterborough^[3].
• Peterborough is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Peterborough is on the body of water River Nene^[5].
• Peterborough's image is recorded as Peterborough Cathedral March 2010.jpg^[6].
• Peterborough's instance of is recorded as city^[7].
• Peterborough's instance of is recorded as big city^[8].
• Peterborough's instance of is recorded as unparished area^[9].
• Peterborough's instance of is recorded as new town (UK)^[10].
• Peterborough's twinned administrative body is recorded as Vinnytsia^[11].
• Peterborough's twinned administrative body is recorded as Forlì^[12].
• Peterborough's twinned administrative body is recorded as Viersen^[13].
• Peterborough's twinned administrative body is recorded as Foggia^[14].
• Peterborough's twinned administrative body is recorded as Alcalá de Henares^[15].
• Peterborough's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ann Arbor^[16].
• Peterborough's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bourges^[17].
• Peterborough's legislative body is recorded as Peterborough City Council^[18].
• Peterborough's ISNI is recorded as 0000000090980102^[19].
• Peterborough's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 150156131^[20].
• Peterborough's GND ID is recorded as 4115916-0^[21].
• Peterborough's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n85046803^[22].
• Peterborough's postal code is recorded as PE^[23].
• Peterborough's Commons category is recorded as Peterborough^[24].
• Peterborough's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[25].
• Peterborough's pronunciation audio is recorded as Peterborough en gb.ogg^[26].
• Peterborough's local dialing code is recorded as 01733^[27].

Body

Geography

Peterborough is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Peterborough is located in City of Peterborough^[3]. Peterborough is on the body of water River Nene^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Peterborough's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+343'}^[28]. Peterborough's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+12'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+136292'}^[30] and {'amount': '+194000'}^[31].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[7], big city^[8], unparished area^[9], and new town (UK)^[10].

History and Context

+0655-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Peterborough^[32].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Peterborough include Peterborough Sports F.C.^[33], an association football club^[34], in United Kingdom^[35], founded in 1919^[36]; Peterborough railway station^[37], a railway station^[38], in United Kingdom^[39]; and Peterborough/Sibson Airport^[40], an airport^[41], in United Kingdom^[42].

Why It Matters

Peterborough ranks in the top 3% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,076 views/month).^[2] Peterborough has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[43] Peterborough is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[44]

Entities named for Peterborough include Peterborough Sports F.C.^[33], an association football club^[34], in United Kingdom^[35], founded in 1919^[36]; Peterborough railway station^[37], a railway station^[38], in United Kingdom^[39]; and Peterborough/Sibson Airport^[40], an airport^[41], in United Kingdom^[42].