Selma

census designated place in Alleghany County, Virginia, United States
Place census_designated_place_in_the_united_states Q1374729
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Selma

Summary

Selma is a census-designated place in the United States[1]. Selma ranks in the top 3% of census_designated_place_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Selma is located in Alleghany County[3].
  • Selma is in the country of United States[4].
  • Selma's instance of is recorded as census-designated place in the United States[5].
  • Selma's instance of is recorded as unincorporated community[6].
  • Selma's locator map image is recorded as VAMap-doton-Selma.PNG[7].
  • Selma's postal code is recorded as 24474[8].
  • Selma's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 206764[9].
  • Selma's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern Time Zone[10].
  • Selma's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1493534[11].
  • Selma's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 2390272[12].
  • Selma's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.8044, 'lon': -79.8486}[13].
  • Selma's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/010l8t[14].
  • Selma's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 51-71072[15].
  • Selma's population is recorded as {'amount': '+529'}[16].
  • Selma's population is recorded as {'amount': '+357'}[17].
  • Selma's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Selma'}[18].
  • Selma's number of households is recorded as {'amount': '+190'}[19].
  • Selma's GeoNames ID is recorded as 4784856[20].
  • Selma's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+350'}[21].
  • Selma's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1.008021'}[22].
  • Selma's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1.008024'}[23].
  • Selma's water as percent of area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+0'}[24].
  • Selma's archINFORM location ID is recorded as 37951[25].
  • Selma's Who's on First ID is recorded as 101729719[26].
  • Selma's per capita income is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+16884'}[27].

Body

Geography

Selma is in the country of United States[4]. Selma is located in Alleghany County[3].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1.008021'}[22] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1.008024'}[23]. Selma's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+350'}[21]. Population counts include {'amount': '+529'}[16] and {'amount': '+357'}[17].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include census-designated place in the United States[5] and unincorporated community[6].

Why It Matters

Selma ranks in the top 3% of census_designated_place_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).[2] Selma has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Selma is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . geonames.usgs.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . archINFORM. Retrieved . archinform.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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