Townsville

Summary

Townsville is a city^[1]. Townsville ranks in the top 4% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (787 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Townsville is located in City of Townsville^[3].
• Townsville is in the country of Australia^[4].
• Townsville is on the body of water Cleveland Bay^[5].
• Townsville is on the body of water Ross River^[6].
• Townsville's head of government is recorded as Jenny Hill^[7].
• Townsville's image is recorded as Aerial view of Townsville.jpg^[8].
• Townsville's instance of is recorded as city^[9].
• Townsville's instance of is recorded as big city^[10].
• Robert Towns is named after Townsville^[11].
• Townsville's twinned administrative body is recorded as Port Moresby^[12].
• Townsville's twinned administrative body is recorded as Shūnan-shi^[13].
• Townsville's twinned administrative body is recorded as Iwaki^[14].
• Townsville's twinned administrative body is recorded as Changshu^[15].
• Townsville's twinned administrative body is recorded as Suwon^[16].
• Townsville's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 130175576^[17].
• Townsville's GND ID is recorded as 1029320-6^[18].
• Townsville's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79105698^[19].
• Townsville's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 13184794g^[20].
• Townsville's IdRef ID is recorded as 227659090^[21].
• Townsville's postal code is recorded as QLD 4810^[22].
• Townsville's part of is recorded as Central Queensland^[23].
• Townsville's Commons category is recorded as Townsville, Queensland^[24].
• Townsville's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+10:00^[25].
• Townsville's local dialing code is recorded as 07^[26].
• +1865-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Townsville^[27].

Body

Geography

Townsville is in the country of Australia^[4]. Townsville is located in City of Townsville^[3]. Adjacent water bodies include Cleveland Bay^[5], a bay^[28], in Australia^[29] and Ross River^[6], a river^[30], in Australia^[31]. Townsville's part of is recorded as Central Queensland^[23].

Physical Characteristics

Townsville's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+140.2'}^[32]. Townsville's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+6'}^[33]. Population counts include {'amount': '+178649'}^[34] and {'amount': '+173724'}^[35].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[9] and big city^[10].

History and Context

+1865-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Townsville^[27]. Robert Towns is named after Townsville^[11].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Townsville include Townsville Airport^[36], an airport^[37], in Australia^[38].

Why It Matters

Townsville ranks in the top 4% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (787 views/month).^[2] Townsville has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[39] Townsville is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[40]

Entities named for Townsville include Townsville Airport^[36], an airport^[37], in Australia^[38].