Santander

Summary

Santander is a municipality of Spain^[1]. Santander ranks in the top 0.37% of municipality_of_spain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,390 views/month, #21 of 5,605).^[2]

Key Facts

• Santander is located in Cantabria^[3].
• Santander is in the country of Spain^[4].
• Santander is on the body of water Cantabrian Sea^[5].
• Santander's head of government is recorded as Gema Igual Ortiz^[6].
• Santander's instance of is recorded as municipality of Spain^[7].
• Santander's capital is recorded as Santander City^[8].
• Santander's shares border with is recorded as Santa Cruz de Bezana^[9].
• Santander's shares border with is recorded as Real Valle de Camargo^[10].
• Santander's twinned administrative body is recorded as San Luis Potosí^[11].
• Santander's twinned administrative body is recorded as Oviedo^[12].
• Santander's coat of arms is recorded as coat of arms of Santander^[13].
• Santander's postal code is recorded as 39001–39012^[14].
• Santander's Commons category is recorded as Santander^[15].
• Santander's licence plate code is recorded as S^[16].
• Santander's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[17].
• Santander's local dialing code is recorded as 942^[18].
• January 9, 1755 marks the founding of Santander^[19].
• Santander's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 43.466666666667, 'lon': -3.8}^[20].
• Santander's significant event is recorded as Cabo Machichaco^[21].
• Santander's significant event is recorded as 1941 Santander fire^[22].
• Santander's official website is recorded as https://www.santander.es/^[23].
• Santander's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Santander, Spain^[24].
• Santander's Commons gallery is recorded as Santander^[25].
• Santander has a population of {'amount': '+177123'}^[26].
• Santander has a population of {'amount': '+178465'}^[27].

Body

Founding

January 9, 1755 marks the founding of Santander^[19].

Identity

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

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Santander include Santander Airport^[29], an airport^[30], in Spain^[31], founded in 1953^[32].

Why It Matters

Santander ranks in the top 0.37% of municipality_of_spain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,390 views/month, #21 of 5,605).^[2] Santander has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Santander is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Entities named for Santander include Santander Airport^[29], an airport^[30], in Spain^[31], founded in 1953^[32].