Sharjah

Summary

Sharjah is a city^[1]. Sharjah ranks in the top 1% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,229 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Sharjah was a member of Creative Cities Network^[3].
• Sharjah is located in Emirate of Sharjah^[4].
• Sharjah is in the country of United Arab Emirates^[5].
• Sharjah's head of government is recorded as Sultan bin Mohamed Al-Qasimi^[6].
• Sharjah's image is recorded as Sharjah city skyline in 2015.jpg^[7].
• Sharjah's instance of is recorded as city^[8].
• Sharjah's instance of is recorded as big city^[9].
• Sharjah's flag image is recorded as Flag of Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah.svg^[10].
• Sharjah's coat of arms image is recorded as Coat of arms of Sharjah.svg^[11].
• Sharjah's twinned administrative body is recorded as Granada^[12].
• Sharjah's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 255510393^[13].
• Sharjah's GND ID is recorded as 4497280-5^[14].
• Sharjah's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no91003289^[15].
• Sharjah's IdRef ID is recorded as 050433148^[16].
• Sharjah's part of is recorded as Emirate of Sharjah^[17].
• Sharjah's Commons category is recorded as Sharjah^[18].
• Sharjah's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+04:00^[19].
• +1793-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Sharjah^[20].
• Sharjah's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 25.3375, 'lon': 55.411944444444}^[21].
• Sharjah's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03w9gtf^[22].
• Sharjah's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge1014440^[23].
• Sharjah's official website is recorded as https://www.sharjah.ae/^[24].
• Sharjah's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sharjah (city)^[25].
• Sharjah's page banner is recorded as Sharjah Banner.jpg^[26].
• Sharjah's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1247749'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Sharjah is in the country of United Arab Emirates^[5]. Sharjah is located in Emirate of Sharjah^[4]. Sharjah's part of is recorded as Emirate of Sharjah^[17].

Physical Characteristics

Sharjah's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+235.5'}^[28]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+14'}^[29] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+6'}^[30]. Sharjah's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1247749'}^[27].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[8] and big city^[9]. Sharjah's heritage designation is recorded as Tentative World Heritage Site^[31].

History and Context

+1793-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Sharjah^[20].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Sharjah include Sharjah International Airport^[32], an international airport^[33], in United Arab Emirates^[34].

Why It Matters

Sharjah ranks in the top 1% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,229 views/month).^[2] Sharjah has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] Sharjah is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

Entities named for Sharjah include Sharjah International Airport^[32], an international airport^[33], in United Arab Emirates^[34].