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Portsmouth

independent city in Virginia, United States
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Summary

Portsmouth is an independent city in the United States[1]. Portsmouth draws 1,987 Wikipedia views per month (independent city in the united states category, ranking #20 of 40).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Coast Guard City[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Virginia[4]
  • Country: United States[5]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Chesapeake Bay[6]
  • Head of government: Shannon E. Glover[7]
  • Instance of: independent city in Virginia[8]
  • Shares border with: Chesapeake[9], Newport News[10], Norfolk, Virginia[11], Suffolk[12], Hampton[13]
  • Basic form of government: council–manager government[14]
  • Named after: Portsmouth[15]
  • Twinned administrative body: Portsmouth[16], Dunedin[17], Gorée[18], Orizaba[19], Eldoret[20]
  • Postal code: 23701[21], 23702[22], 23703[23], 23704[24], 23705[25], 23707[26], 23708[27], 23709[28]
  • Part of: Hampton Roads[29]
  • Commons category: Portsmouth, Virginia[30]
  • Local dialing code: 757[31]
  • Inception: 1752[32]
  • Coordinate location: 36.83543, -76.29827[33]
  • Official website: https://www.portsmouthva.gov/[34]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Portsmouth, Virginia[35]
  • Population: 95,495[36], 95,857[37], 96,564[38], 96,205[39], 96,201[40], 95,535[41], 97,915[42]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Portsmouth, Virginia[43]
  • Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[44], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[45], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[46], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[47], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[48], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[49]
  • Official name: Portsmouth[50]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Portsmouth, Virginia[51]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Portsmouth, Virginia[52]
  • Number of households: 36,650[53]

Why It Matters

Portsmouth has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] Portsmouth is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]

FAQs

What awards did Portsmouth receive?

Honors received include Coast Guard City[3].

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [54] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [55] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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  1. 6w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Portsmouth, Virgini
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Portsmouth, Virginia.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presidential "
  2. 7w ago · JuxtaposedJacob · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → independent city in the United States, independent city in Virginia
    Basic form of government → council–manager government
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Instance of: independent city in Virginia, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1787553646073"
  3. 8w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → portsmouth-va
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: portsmouth-va, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289948942|portsmouth va (#289948942)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  4. 19w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Umls cui → C3828512
    Taxonomicon id → 1808183
    "/* wbsetqualifier-update:1| */ Subject has role: second-level administrative division, разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect second-level administrative division → second-level administrativ"
  5. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for people who died here → Category:Deaths in Portsmouth, Virginia
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Virginia
    Different from → Portsmouth
    Head of government → Shannon E. Glover
    + 40 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Nci thesaurus id: C110631, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
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