Sidon

Summary

Sidon is a city^[1]. Sidon ranks in the top 5% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (773 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Sidon is located in Sidon District^[3].
• Sidon is located in Phoenicia^[4].
• Sidon is in the country of Lebanon^[5].
• Sidon's image is recorded as SidonNewCity.jpg^[6].
• Sidon's instance of is recorded as city^[7].
• Sidon's instance of is recorded as big city^[8].
• Sidon's instance of is recorded as ancient city^[9].
• Sidon's twinned administrative body is recorded as Constanța^[10].
• Sidon's twinned administrative body is recorded as Sofia^[11].
• Sidon's twinned administrative body is recorded as Sochi^[12].
• Sidon's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 174159498^[13].
• Sidon's GND ID is recorded as 4054825-9^[14].
• Sidon's GND ID is recorded as 4105192-0^[15].
• Sidon's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82269664^[16].
• Sidon's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11969585v^[17].
• Sidon's IdRef ID is recorded as 027712028^[18].
• Sidon's Commons category is recorded as Sidon^[19].
• Sidon's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern European Time^[20].
• Sidon's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 33.56055555555555, 'lon': 35.37583333333333}^[21].
• Sidon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/070rd^[22].
• Sidon's significant event is recorded as Siege of Sidon^[23].
• Sidon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sidon^[24].
• Sidon's Commons gallery is recorded as Sidon^[25].
• Sidon's page banner is recorded as Sidon banner.jpg^[26].
• Sidon's National Library of Israel ID is recorded as 000997764^[27].

Body

Geography

Sidon is in the country of Lebanon^[5]. Located in include Sidon District^[3], a district of Lebanon^[28], in Lebanon^[29] and Phoenicia^[4], a historical country^[30], founded in -2500^[31].

Physical Characteristics

Sidon's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25343', 'amount': '+7000000'}^[32]. Population counts include {'amount': '+200000'}^[33] and {'amount': '+163554'}^[34].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[7], big city^[8], and ancient city^[9]. Sidon's heritage designation is recorded as Tentative World Heritage Site^[35].

Why It Matters

Sidon ranks in the top 5% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (773 views/month).^[2] Sidon has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] Sidon is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]