Salford

Summary

Salford is a district with city status^[1]. Salford draws 221 Wikipedia views per month (district_with_city_status category, ranking #3 of 9).^[2]

Key Facts

• Salford is located in Greater Manchester^[3].
• Salford is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Salford's head of government is recorded as Paul Dennett^[5].
• Salford's image is recorded as Mariners Canal from Waterfront Quay, Salford Quays.jpg^[6].
• Salford's instance of is recorded as district with city status^[7].
• Salford's instance of is recorded as metropolitan borough^[8].
• Salford's instance of is recorded as unparished area^[9].
• Salford's capital is recorded as Swinton^[10].
• Salford's shares border with is recorded as Bolton^[11].
• Salford's shares border with is recorded as Bury^[12].
• Salford's shares border with is recorded as Manchester^[13].
• Salford's shares border with is recorded as Trafford^[14].
• Salford's shares border with is recorded as Wigan^[15].
• Salford's shares border with is recorded as Warrington^[16].
• Salford's coat of arms image is recorded as Coat of Arms of Salford City Council.svg^[17].
• Salford's legislative body is recorded as council of Salford City Council^[18].
• Salford's executive body is recorded as cabinet of Salford City Council^[19].
• Salford's locator map image is recorded as Salford UK locator map.svg^[20].
• Salford's ISO 3166-2 code is recorded as GB-SLF^[21].
• Salford's Commons category is recorded as City of Salford^[22].
• Salford's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 146657^[23].
• Salford's located in time zone is recorded as Greenwich Mean Time^[24].
• +1974-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Salford^[25].
• Salford's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.509722222222, 'lon': -2.3344444444444}^[26].
• Salford's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02z2sj^[27].

Body

Geography

Salford is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Salford is located in Greater Manchester^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Salford's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+97.1974'}^[28]. Salford's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+68'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+245600'}^[30], {'amount': '+254408'}^[31], {'amount': '+262697'}^[32], {'amount': '+237100'}^[33], and {'amount': '+278064'}^[34].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include district with city status^[7], metropolitan borough^[8], and unparished area^[9].

History and Context

+1974-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Salford^[25].

Why It Matters

Salford draws 221 Wikipedia views per month (district_with_city_status category, ranking #3 of 9).^[2] Salford has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] Salford is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]