Portsmouth
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Summary
Portsmouth is a city in the United States[1]. Portsmouth ranks in the top 4% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,742 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Rockingham County[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Head of government: Deaglan McEachern[5]
- Instance of: human settlement[6]
- Named after: Portsmouth[7]
- Twinned administrative body: Carrickfergus[8], Nichinan[9], Pärnu City[10], Severodvinsk[11]
- Postal code: 03801[12], 03802[13], 03803[14], 03804[15]
- Commons category: Portsmouth, New Hampshire[16]
- Local dialing code: 603[17]
- Inception: 1630[18]
- Official website: http://www.cityofportsmouth.com/[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:Portsmouth, New Hampshire[20]
- Population: 21,233[21], 20,779[22], 21,956[23]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Portsmouth, New Hampshire[24]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[26], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[28], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[29], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[30], The New Student's Reference Work[31], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[32]
- Capital of: Province of New Hampshire[33]
- Official name: Portsmouth[34]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Portsmouth, New Hampshire[35]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Portsmouth (New Hampshire)[36]
- Number of households: 10,097[37]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Portsmouth, New Hampshire[38]
- Elevation above sea level: 6 m[39]
- Area: 43.574054 km²[40], 43.637661 km²[41]
- Water as percent of area: 7.205 percent[42]
- Territory overlaps: Portsmouth urban area[43]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Portsmouth include Portsmouth Naval Shipyard[44], a shipyard[45], in United States[46], founded in 1800[47]; Portsmouth International Airport at Pease[48], an international airport[49], in United States[50]; and USS Portsmouth[51], an attack submarine[52].
Why It Matters
Portsmouth has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] Portsmouth is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]
Entities named for Portsmouth include Portsmouth Naval Shipyard[44], a shipyard[45], in United States[46], founded in 1800[47]; Portsmouth International Airport at Pease[48], an international airport[49], in United States[50]; and USS Portsmouth[51], an attack submarine[52].