Swansea

Summary

Swansea is a big city^[1]. Swansea draws 2,105 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 image is recorded as P.3. Swansea City Centre 2012.jpg^[7].
• Swansea's instance of is recorded as big city^[8].
• Swansea's instance of is recorded as city^[9].
• Swansea's coat of arms image is recorded as Coat of arms of Swansea.svg^[10].
• Swansea's twinned administrative body is recorded as Mannheim^[11].
• Swansea's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ferrara^[12].
• Swansea's twinned administrative body is recorded as Cork^[13].
• Swansea's twinned administrative body is recorded as Nantong^[14].
• Swansea's twinned administrative body is recorded as Pau^[15].
• Swansea's twinned administrative body is recorded as Wuhan^[16].
• Swansea's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bydgoszcz^[17].
• Swansea's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 152462144^[18].
• Swansea's GND ID is recorded as 4201241-7^[19].
• Swansea's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82028251^[20].
• Swansea's postal code is recorded as SA1-SA7^[21].
• Swansea's Commons category is recorded as Swansea^[22].
• Swansea's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[23].
• Swansea's local dialing code is recorded as 1792^[24].
• +1158-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Swansea^[25].
• Swansea's OS grid reference is recorded as SS6593^[26].
• Swansea's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.616666666667, 'lon': -3.95}^[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's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25343', 'amount': '+390000000'}^[32]. Swansea's population is recorded as {'amount': '+246700'}^[33].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include big city^[8] and city^[9].

History and Context

+1158-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Swansea^[25].

Cultural Significance

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

Why It Matters

Swansea draws 2,105 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^[34], a town in the United States^[35], in United States^[36], founded in 1662^[37] and Swansea railway station^[38], a railway station^[39], in United Kingdom^[40].