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Pottawattamie County

county in Iowa, United States of America
AdministrativeArea county_of_iowa Q487677
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Pottawattamie County

Summary

Pottawattamie County is a county of Iowa[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of county_of_iowa entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (81 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pottawattamie County is located in Iowa[3].
  • Pottawattamie County is in the country of United States[4].
  • Pottawattamie County's image is recorded as Pottawattamie County IA Courthouse.jpg[5].
  • Pottawattamie County's instance of is recorded as county of Iowa[6].
  • Pottawattamie County's capital is recorded as Council Bluffs[7].
  • Pottawattamie County's shares border with is recorded as Harrison County[8].
  • Pottawattamie County's shares border with is recorded as Mills County[9].
  • Pottawattamie County's shares border with is recorded as Shelby County[10].
  • Pottawattamie County's shares border with is recorded as Cass County[11].
  • Pottawattamie County's shares border with is recorded as Montgomery County[12].
  • Pottawattamie County's shares border with is recorded as Sarpy County[13].
  • Pottawattamie County's shares border with is recorded as Douglas County[14].
  • Pottawattamie County's shares border with is recorded as Washington County[15].
  • Potawatomi is named after Pottawattamie County[16].
  • Pottawattamie County's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Council Bluffs[17].
  • Pottawattamie County's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Macedonia[18].
  • Pottawattamie County's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Minden[19].
  • Pottawattamie County's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 158298709[20].
  • Pottawattamie County's locator map image is recorded as Map of Iowa highlighting Pottawattamie County.svg[21].
  • Pottawattamie County's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82088522[22].
  • Pottawattamie County's Commons category is recorded as Pottawattamie County, Iowa[23].
  • Pottawattamie County's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1425420[24].
  • +1848-09-21T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Pottawattamie County[25].
  • Pottawattamie County's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 465266[26].
  • Pottawattamie County's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 41.333333333333, 'lon': -95.533333333333}[27].

Body

Geography

Pottawattamie County is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in Iowa[3].

Physical Characteristics

Pottawattamie County's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2486'}[28]. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+359'}[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+93158'}[30], {'amount': '+93398'}[31], {'amount': '+93474'}[32], {'amount': '+92817'}[33], {'amount': '+92728'}[34], and {'amount': '+93671'}[35].

Designation and Status

Pottawattamie County's instance of is recorded as county of Iowa[6].

History and Context

+1848-09-21T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Pottawattamie County[25]. Potawatomi is named after it[16].

Why It Matters

Pottawattamie County ranks in the top 9% of county_of_iowa entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (81 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Related Entities

Iowa United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  18. [20] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . geonames.usgs.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [31] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [32] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [33] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [34] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [35] ↑ . Population Estimates Program. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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