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Surprise

city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States
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Surprise

Summary

Surprise is a city in the United States[1]. Surprise ranks in the top 6% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (271 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Surprise is located in Maricopa County[3].
  • Surprise is in the country of United States[4].
  • Surprise's head of government is recorded as Skip Hall[5].
  • Surprise's image is recorded as City Hall - Surprise, AZ, USA 2250094.jpg[6].
  • Surprise's instance of is recorded as city in the United States[7].
  • Surprise's instance of is recorded as big city[8].
  • Surprise's shares border with is recorded as Peoria[9].
  • Surprise's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 130529304[10].
  • Surprise's locator map image is recorded as Maricopa County Incorporated and Planning areas Surprise highlighted.svg[11].
  • Surprise's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2003020806[12].
  • Surprise's IdRef ID is recorded as 203103890[13].
  • Surprise's postal code is recorded as 85374[14].
  • Surprise's postal code is recorded as 85378[15].
  • Surprise's postal code is recorded as 85379[16].
  • Surprise's postal code is recorded as 85387[17].
  • Surprise's postal code is recorded as 85388[18].
  • Surprise's Commons category is recorded as Surprise, Arizona[19].
  • Surprise's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 110832[20].
  • Surprise's located in time zone is recorded as Mountain Time Zone[21].
  • Surprise's local dialing code is recorded as 623[22].
  • +1937-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Surprise[23].
  • Surprise's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 2412016[24].
  • Surprise's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 12009[25].
  • Surprise's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 33.629194444444, 'lon': -112.36779722222}[26].
  • Surprise's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01z8362[27].

Body

Founding

+1937-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Surprise[23].

Identity

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

Why It Matters

Surprise ranks in the top 6% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (271 views/month).[2] Surprise has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Surprise is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

Maria Bethânia United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . mayor.surpriseaz.gov. Retrieved . mayor.surpriseaz.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. 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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