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Sterling

city in Whiteside County, Illinois, United States
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Sterling

Summary

Sterling is a city in the United States[1]. Sterling ranks in the top 8% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (99 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sterling is located in Whiteside County[3].
  • Sterling is in the country of United States[4].
  • Sterling's image is recorded as Sterling Il Brick road2.jpg[5].
  • Sterling's instance of is recorded as city in the United States[6].
  • Sterling's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 145433207[7].
  • Sterling's locator map image is recorded as Whiteside County Illinois Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Sterling Highlighted.svg[8].
  • Sterling's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82013696[9].
  • Sterling's postal code is recorded as 61081[10].
  • Sterling's Commons category is recorded as Sterling, Illinois[11].
  • Sterling's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 125734[12].
  • Sterling's local dialing code is recorded as 815[13].
  • +1838-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Sterling[14].
  • Sterling's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 419104[15].
  • Sterling's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 2395965[16].
  • Sterling's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 41.7996137, 'lon': -89.6954816}[17].
  • Sterling's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0sj6_[18].
  • Sterling's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 17-72546[19].
  • Sterling's official website is recorded as http://ci.sterling.il.us/[20].
  • Sterling's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sterling, Illinois[21].
  • Sterling's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 49d7ed5a-a3a5-4f96-a55b-7a4078ae2069[22].
  • Sterling's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/North_America/United_States/Illinois/Localities/S/Sterling/[23].
  • Sterling's population is recorded as {'amount': '+15370'}[24].
  • Sterling's population is recorded as {'amount': '+14764'}[25].
  • Sterling's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10040945[26].
  • Sterling's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0434067[27].

Body

Founding

+1838-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Sterling[14].

Identity

Sterling's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sterling'}[28].

Why It Matters

Sterling ranks in the top 8% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (99 views/month).[2] Sterling has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Sterling is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

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References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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