Shimla

Summary

Shimla is a city^[1]. Shimla ranks in the top 3% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,643 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Shimla is located in Shimla District^[3].
• Shimla is in the country of India^[4].
• Shimla's image is recorded as Shimla skyline.jpg^[5].
• Shimla's instance of is recorded as city^[6].
• Shimla's instance of is recorded as big city^[7].
• Shimla's official language is recorded as Hindi^[8].
• Shimla's twinned administrative body is recorded as Carbondale^[9].
• Shimla's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 137216108^[10].
• Shimla's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 408154381055730291809^[11].
• Shimla's GND ID is recorded as 4118663-1^[12].
• Shimla's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81063326^[13].
• Shimla's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 16532114x^[14].
• Shimla's IdRef ID is recorded as 139712739^[15].
• Shimla's postal code is recorded as 171001^[16].
• Shimla's part of is recorded as Shimla District^[17].
• Shimla's Commons category is recorded as Shimla^[18].
• Shimla's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 9982306^[19].
• Shimla's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+05:30^[20].
• Shimla's pronunciation audio is recorded as Shimla.ogg^[21].
• Shimla's local dialing code is recorded as 177^[22].
• Shimla's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 31.103333333333, 'lon': 77.172222222222}^[23].
• Shimla's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02p3my^[24].
• Shimla's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge1280943^[25].
• Shimla's official website is recorded as https://hpshimla.nic.in/^[26].
• Shimla's IPA transcription is recorded as ˈʃɪmlaː^[27].

Body

Geography

Shimla is in the country of India^[4]. Shimla is located in Shimla District^[3]. Shimla's part of is recorded as Shimla District^[17].

Physical Characteristics

Shimla's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+25'}^[28]. Shimla's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2205'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+206575'}^[30] and {'amount': '+55300'}^[31].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[6] and big city^[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Shimla include bell pepper^[32], a Group^[33] and Shimla Airport^[34], an airport^[35], in India^[36].

Why It Matters

Shimla ranks in the top 3% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,643 views/month).^[2] Shimla has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] Shimla is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]

Entities named for Shimla include bell pepper^[32], a Group^[33] and Shimla Airport^[34], an airport^[35], in India^[36].