Sunderland

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

Summary

Sunderland is a city[1]. Sunderland ranks in the top 3% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,296 views/month).[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 image is recorded as Wearmouth bridge.jpg[7].
  • Sunderland's instance of is recorded as city[8].
  • Sunderland's instance of is recorded as big city[9].
  • Sunderland's instance of is recorded as unparished area[10].
  • Sunderland's twinned administrative body is recorded as Essen[11].
  • Sunderland's twinned administrative body is recorded as Washington, D.C.[12].
  • Sunderland's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 153616567[13].
  • Sunderland's GND ID is recorded as 4058619-4[14].
  • Sunderland's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81089966[15].
  • Sunderland's postal code is recorded as SR1[16].
  • Sunderland's postal code is recorded as SR2[17].
  • Sunderland's postal code is recorded as SR3[18].
  • Sunderland's postal code is recorded as SR4[19].
  • Sunderland's postal code is recorded as SR5[20].
  • Sunderland's postal code is recorded as SR6[21].
  • Sunderland's postal code is recorded as SR9[22].
  • Sunderland's Commons category is recorded as Sunderland[23].
  • Sunderland's pronunciation audio is recorded as Sunderland en gb.ogg[24].
  • Sunderland's local dialing code is recorded as 0191[25].
  • Sunderland's OS grid reference is recorded as NZ395575[26].
  • Sunderland's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 54.9, 'lon': -1.3802777777778}[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's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+111.84'}[32]. Sunderland's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+60'}[33]. Population counts include {'amount': '+174286'}[34], {'amount': '+277417'}[35], {'amount': '+195000'}[36], {'amount': '+294000'}[37], {'amount': '+216900'}[38], and {'amount': '+277000'}[39].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city[8], big city[9], and unparished area[10].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Sunderland include Sunderland station[40], an underground railway station[41], in United Kingdom[42].

Why It Matters

Sunderland ranks in the top 3% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,296 views/month).[2] Sunderland has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] Sunderland is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

Entities named for Sunderland include Sunderland station[40], an underground railway station[41], in United Kingdom[42].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [34] . United Kingdom Census 2011. wikidata.org.
  27. [35] . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [36] . wikidata.org.
  29. [37] . Great dictionary of geographical names. wikidata.org.
  30. [38] . Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978). wikidata.org.
  31. [39] . Great Russian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . old.bigenc.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [33] . wikidata.org.
  33. [32] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [40] . 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. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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