Swansea

Summary

Swansea is a big city^[1]. Swansea draws 7,159 Wikipedia views per month (big_city category, ranking #49 of 300).^[2]

Key Facts

• Swansea is located in Swansea^[3].
• Swansea is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Swansea is on the body of water Swansea Bay^[5].
• Swansea is on the body of water River Tawe^[6].
• Swansea's instance of is recorded as big city^[7].
• Swansea's instance of is recorded as city^[8].
• Swansea's twinned administrative body is recorded as Mannheim^[9].
• Swansea's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ferrara^[10].
• Swansea's twinned administrative body is recorded as Cork^[11].
• Swansea's twinned administrative body is recorded as Nantong^[12].
• Swansea's twinned administrative body is recorded as Pau^[13].
• Swansea's twinned administrative body is recorded as Wuhan^[14].
• Swansea's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bydgoszcz^[15].
• Swansea's postal code is recorded as SA1-SA7^[16].
• Swansea's Commons category is recorded as Swansea^[17].
• Swansea's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[18].
• Swansea's local dialing code is recorded as 1792^[19].
• 1158 marks the founding of Swansea^[20].
• Swansea's OS grid reference is recorded as SS6593^[21].
• Swansea's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.616666666667, 'lon': -3.95}^[22].
• Swansea's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Gower Peninsula^[23].
• Swansea's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Swansea Bay^[24].
• Swansea's official website is recorded as https://www.abertawe.gov.uk/^[25].
• Swansea's official website is recorded as https://www.swansea.gov.uk/^[26].
• Swansea's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Swansea^[27].

Body

Geography

Swansea is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Swansea is located in Swansea^[3]. Adjacent water bodies include Swansea Bay^[5], a bay^[28], in United Kingdom^[29] and River Tawe^[6], a river^[30], in United Kingdom^[31].

Physical Characteristics

Swansea covers an area of {'unit': 'Q25343', 'amount': '+390000000'}^[32]. Swansea has a population of {'amount': '+246700'}^[33].

Designation and Status

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

History and Context

1158 marks the founding of Swansea^[20].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Swansea include Swansea railway station^[34], a railway station^[35], in United Kingdom^[36] and Swansea^[37], a town in the United States^[38], in United States^[39], founded in 1662^[40].

Why It Matters

Swansea draws 7,159 Wikipedia views per month (big_city category, ranking #49 of 300).^[2] Swansea has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[41] Swansea is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[42]

Entities named for Swansea include Swansea railway station^[34], a railway station^[35], in United Kingdom^[36] and Swansea^[37], a town in the United States^[38], in United States^[39], founded in 1662^[40].