Surat

Summary

Surat is a city^[1]. Surat ranks in the top 4% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,005 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Surat is located in Gujarat^[3].
• Surat is in the country of India^[4].
• Surat is in the country of India^[5].
• Surat's image is recorded as Surat at night.JPG^[6].
• Surat's instance of is recorded as city^[7].
• Surat's instance of is recorded as big city^[8].
• Surat's official language is recorded as Hindi^[9].
• Surat's official language is recorded as Gujarati^[10].
• Surat's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 127844338^[11].
• Surat's GND ID is recorded as 4058659-5^[12].
• Surat's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80138245^[13].
• Surat's IdRef ID is recorded as 027764516^[14].
• Surat's postal code is recorded as 394 XXX , 395 XXX^[15].
• Surat's Commons category is recorded as Surat^[16].
• Surat's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+05:30^[17].
• Surat's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q1571 (mar)-Neelima64-सुरत.wav^[18].
• Surat's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q33810 (ori)-Psubhashish-ସୁରତ.wav^[19].
• Surat's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q1571 (mar)-Vj18081991-सुरत.wav^[20].
• Surat's local dialing code is recorded as 261^[21].
• Surat's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 21.205, 'lon': 72.84}^[22].
• Surat's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01h1hn^[23].
• Surat's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge1027290^[24].
• Surat's authority is recorded as Surat Municipal Corporation^[25].
• Surat's official website is recorded as http://www.suratmunicipal.org^[26].
• Surat's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Surat^[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include India^[4], a country^[28], in India^[29], founded in 1947^[30]. Surat is located in Gujarat^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Surat's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+327'}^[31]. Surat's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+13'}^[32]. Population counts include {'amount': '+4467797'}^[33], {'amount': '+2811614'}^[34], and {'amount': '+5935000'}^[35].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[7] and big city^[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Surat include Surat^[36], a town^[37], in Australia^[38].

Why It Matters

Surat ranks in the top 4% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,005 views/month).^[2] Surat has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[39] Surat is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[40]

Entities named for Surat include Surat^[36], a town^[37], in Australia^[38].