San Carlos

municipality in Río San Juan Department, Nicaragua
City city Q1020320
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San Carlos

Summary

San Carlos is a city[1]. It draws 12 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #739 of 5,534).[2]

Key Facts

  • San Carlos is located in Río San Juan Department[3].
  • San Carlos is in the country of Nicaragua[4].
  • San Carlos is on the body of water Lake Nicaragua[5].
  • San Carlos is on the body of water Río San Juan[6].
  • San Carlos's image is recorded as San Carlos Nicaragua-2.jpg[7].
  • San Carlos's instance of is recorded as city[8].
  • San Carlos's instance of is recorded as municipality of Nicaragua[9].
  • San Carlos's capital is recorded as San Carlos (City)[10].
  • San Carlos's flag image is recorded as Flag of San Carlos, Nicaragua.svg[11].
  • San Carlos's coat of arms image is recorded as Seal of San Carlos, Nicaragua.svg[12].
  • San Carlos's twinned administrative body is recorded as Linz[13].
  • San Carlos's twinned administrative body is recorded as Nuremberg[14].
  • San Carlos's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 126725749[15].
  • San Carlos's GND ID is recorded as 4395137-5[16].
  • San Carlos's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n84239789[17].
  • San Carlos's postal code is recorded as 91000[18].
  • San Carlos's Commons category is recorded as San Carlos, Nicaragua[19].
  • San Carlos's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 5758820[20].
  • San Carlos's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−06:00[21].
  • +1526-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of San Carlos[22].
  • San Carlos's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 11.123038888888889, 'lon': -84.77834444444444}[23].
  • San Carlos's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06xgxh[24].
  • San Carlos's page banner is recorded as San Carlos Nicaragua Banner.jpg[25].
  • San Carlos's National Library of Israel ID is recorded as 001006701[26].
  • San Carlos's population is recorded as {'amount': '+37461'}[27].

Body

Geography

San Carlos is in the country of Nicaragua[4]. It is located in Río San Juan Department[3]. Adjacent water bodies include Lake Nicaragua[5], a lake[28], in Nicaragua[29] and Río San Juan[6], a river[30], in Nicaragua[31].

Physical Characteristics

San Carlos's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1445'}[32]. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+51'}[33]. Its population is recorded as {'amount': '+37461'}[27].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city[8] and municipality of Nicaragua[9].

History and Context

+1526-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of San Carlos[22].

Why It Matters

San Carlos draws 12 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #739 of 5,534).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . linz.at. linz.at. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . nuernberg.de. nuernberg.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [5] . wikidata.org.
  12. [6] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . GeoNames. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . 2005 Nicaraguan census. wikidata.org.
  26. [33] . wikidata.org.
  27. [32] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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