Sheffield

Summary

Sheffield is a city^[1]. Sheffield ranks in the top 0.76% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,185 views/month, #42 of 5,534).^[2]

Key Facts

• Sheffield is located in Sheffield^[3].
• Sheffield is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Sheffield's image is recorded as Sheffield City.jpg^[5].
• Sheffield's instance of is recorded as city^[6].
• Sheffield's instance of is recorded as big city^[7].
• Sheffield's instance of is recorded as unparished area^[8].
• Sheffield's official language is recorded as English^[9].
• Sheffield's shares border with is recorded as Barnsley^[10].
• Sheffield's coat of arms image is recorded as Coat of arms of Sheffield City Council.svg^[11].
• Sheffield's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kawasaki^[12].
• Sheffield's twinned administrative body is recorded as Pittsburgh^[13].
• Sheffield's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bochum^[14].
• Sheffield's twinned administrative body is recorded as Macerata^[15].
• Sheffield's twinned administrative body is recorded as Donetsk^[16].
• Sheffield's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kitwe^[17].
• Sheffield's twinned administrative body is recorded as Chengdu^[18].
• Sheffield's twinned administrative body is recorded as Anshan^[19].
• Sheffield's twinned administrative body is recorded as Estelí^[20].
• Sheffield's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kotli^[21].
• Sheffield's ISNI is recorded as 0000000088728493^[22].
• Sheffield's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 124322655^[23].
• Sheffield's GND ID is recorded as 4118617-5^[24].
• Sheffield's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79072766^[25].
• Sheffield's IdRef ID is recorded as 027649113^[26].
• Sheffield's postal code is recorded as S0114^[27].

Body

Geography

Sheffield is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Sheffield is located in Sheffield^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Sheffield's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q232291', 'amount': '+142.06'}^[28]. Sheffield's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+75'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+518090'}^[30] and {'amount': '+577800'}^[31].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[6], big city^[7], and unparished area^[8].

History and Context

+0701-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Sheffield^[32].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Sheffield include Sheffield United F.C.^[33], an association football club^[34], in United Kingdom^[35], founded in 1889^[36], headquartered in Sheffield^[37]; Doncaster Sheffield Airport^[38], an airport^[39], in United Kingdom^[40]; and Sheffield^[41], a city in the United States^[42], in United States^[43], founded in 1885^[44].

Why It Matters

Sheffield ranks in the top 0.76% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,185 views/month, #42 of 5,534).^[2] Sheffield has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[45] Sheffield is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[46]

Entities named for Sheffield include Sheffield United F.C.^[33], an association football club^[34], in United Kingdom^[35], founded in 1889^[36], headquartered in Sheffield^[37]; Doncaster Sheffield Airport^[38], an airport^[39], in United Kingdom^[40]; and Sheffield^[41], a city in the United States^[42], in United States^[43], founded in 1885^[44].