Sunderland

city in Tyne and Wear, North East England
City city Q188304
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Sunderland

Summary

Sunderland is a city[1]. Sunderland has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Sunderland is located in Sunderland[3].
  • Sunderland is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Sunderland is on the body of water River Wear[5].
  • Sunderland is on the body of water North Sea[6].
  • Sunderland's instance of is recorded as city[7].
  • Sunderland's instance of is recorded as big city[8].
  • Sunderland's instance of is recorded as unparished area[9].
  • Sunderland's twinned administrative body is recorded as Essen[10].
  • Sunderland's twinned administrative body is recorded as Washington, D.C.[11].
  • Sunderland's postal code is recorded as SR1[12].
  • Sunderland's postal code is recorded as SR2[13].
  • Sunderland's postal code is recorded as SR3[14].
  • Sunderland's postal code is recorded as SR4[15].
  • Sunderland's postal code is recorded as SR5[16].
  • Sunderland's postal code is recorded as SR6[17].
  • Sunderland's postal code is recorded as SR9[18].
  • Sunderland's Commons category is recorded as Sunderland[19].
  • Sunderland's local dialing code is recorded as 0191[20].
  • Sunderland's OS grid reference is recorded as NZ395575[21].
  • Sunderland's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 54.9, 'lon': -1.3802777777778}[22].
  • Sunderland's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sunderland[23].
  • Sunderland's Commons gallery is recorded as Sunderland[24].
  • Sunderland has a population of {'amount': '+174286'}[25].
  • Sunderland has a population of {'amount': '+277417'}[26].
  • Sunderland has a population of {'amount': '+195000'}[27].

Body

Geography

Sunderland is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Sunderland is located in Sunderland[3]. Adjacent water bodies include River Wear[5], a river[28], in United Kingdom[29] and North Sea[6], a sea[30], in Norway[31].

Physical Characteristics

Sunderland covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+111.84'}[32]. Sunderland sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+60'}[33]. Population counts include {'amount': '+174286'}[25], {'amount': '+277417'}[26], {'amount': '+195000'}[27], {'amount': '+294000'}[34], {'amount': '+216900'}[35], and {'amount': '+277000'}[36].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city[7], big city[8], and unparished area[9].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Sunderland include Sunderland station[37], an underground railway station[38], in United Kingdom[39].

Why It Matters

Sunderland has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Sunderland is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Entities named for Sunderland include Sunderland station[37], an underground railway station[38], in United Kingdom[39].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . United Kingdom Census 2011. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [34] . Great dictionary of geographical names. wikidata.org.
  27. [35] . Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978). wikidata.org.
  28. [36] . Great Russian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . old.bigenc.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [33] . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [37] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [40] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Coordinate location {'lat': 54.9, 'lon': -1.3802777777778}
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P625]]: 54°54'16"N, 1°22'52"W"
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