Reading

Summary

Reading is a county town^[1]. Reading draws 2,012 Wikipedia views per month (county_town category, ranking #4 of 22).^[2]

Key Facts

• Reading is located in Reading^[3].
• Reading is located in West Berkshire^[4].
• Reading is located in Wokingham^[5].
• Reading is in the country of United Kingdom^[6].
• Reading is on the body of water River Thames^[7].
• Reading's image is recorded as Broad Street, Reading - geograph.org.uk - 2864164.jpg^[8].
• Reading's instance of is recorded as county town^[9].
• Reading's instance of is recorded as town^[10].
• Reading's official language is recorded as English^[11].
• Reading's twinned administrative body is recorded as Clonmel^[12].
• Reading's twinned administrative body is recorded as Düsseldorf^[13].
• Reading's twinned administrative body is recorded as San Francisco Libre^[14].
• Reading's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 131953984^[15].
• Reading's GND ID is recorded as 4116922-0^[16].
• Reading's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79072763^[17].
• Reading's postal code is recorded as RG^[18].
• Reading's Commons category is recorded as Reading, Berkshire^[19].
• Reading's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 115074^[20].
• Reading's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[21].
• Reading's local dialing code is recorded as 0118^[22].
• +0871-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Reading^[23].
• Reading's OS grid reference is recorded as SU714732^[24].
• Reading's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.454166666667, 'lon': -0.97305555555556}^[25].
• Reading's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b_yz^[26].
• Reading's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge134449^[27].

Body

Founding

+0871-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Reading^[23].

Identity

Reading's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Reading'}^[28].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Reading include Reading^[29], a city of Pennsylvania^[30], in United States^[31], founded in 1748^[32] and Reading railway station^[33], a railway station^[34], in United Kingdom^[35].

Why It Matters

Reading draws 2,012 Wikipedia views per month (county_town category, ranking #4 of 22).^[2] Reading has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] Reading is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]

Entities named for Reading include Reading^[29], a city of Pennsylvania^[30], in United States^[31], founded in 1748^[32] and Reading railway station^[33], a railway station^[34], in United Kingdom^[35].