Sterling

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Sterling

Summary

Sterling is a city[1]. Sterling draws 275 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #583 of 5,534).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sterling is located in Loudoun County[3].
  • Sterling is in the country of United States[4].
  • Sterling's image is recorded as Houses in Sterling Park.jpg[5].
  • Sterling's instance of is recorded as city[6].
  • Sterling's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 128984516[7].
  • Sterling's locator map image is recorded as VAMap-doton-Sterling.PNG[8].
  • Sterling's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n78045691[9].
  • Sterling's postal code is recorded as 20163[10].
  • Sterling's postal code is recorded as 20164[11].
  • Sterling's postal code is recorded as 20165[12].
  • Sterling's postal code is recorded as 20166[13].
  • Sterling's postal code is recorded as 20167[14].
  • Sterling's Commons category is recorded as Sterling, Virginia[15].
  • Sterling's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2669756[16].
  • Sterling's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern Time Zone[17].
  • Sterling's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 2584925[18].
  • Sterling's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1500160[19].
  • Sterling's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 39.0052378, 'lon': -77.4050427}[20].
  • Sterling's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03swgt[21].
  • Sterling's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 51-75376[22].
  • Sterling's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sterling, Virginia[23].
  • Sterling's page banner is recorded as Wv Sterling banner.jpg[24].
  • Sterling's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 7d80f2fa-235a-4590-9b6e-5d9f371066eb[25].
  • Sterling's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/North_America/United_States/Virginia/Localities/S/Sterling/[26].
  • Sterling's population is recorded as {'amount': '+27822'}[27].

Body

Geography

Sterling is in the country of United States[4]. Sterling is located in Loudoun County[3].

Physical Characteristics

Sterling's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+14.266575'}[28]. Sterling's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+102'}[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+27822'}[27] and {'amount': '+30337'}[30].

Designation and Status

Sterling's instance of is recorded as city[6].

Why It Matters

Sterling draws 275 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #583 of 5,534).[2] Sterling has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Sterling is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . geonames.org. geonames.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [30] . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20d ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Locator map image
    Archinform location id 38972
    Curlie id Regional/North_America/United_States/Virginia/Localities/S/S
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    + 69 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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