Truro

Summary

Truro is a city^[1]. Truro ranks in the top 5% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (845 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Truro is located in Cornwall^[3].
• Truro is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Truro is on the body of water River Truro^[5].
• Truro is on the body of water River Allen^[6].
• Truro's image is recorded as TruroCathedral.jpg^[7].
• Truro's instance of is recorded as city^[8].
• Truro's instance of is recorded as county town^[9].
• Truro's instance of is recorded as civil parish^[10].
• Truro's twinned administrative body is recorded as Boppard^[11].
• Truro's twinned administrative body is recorded as Morlaix^[12].
• Truro's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 130807428^[13].
• Truro's GND ID is recorded as 4370103-6^[14].
• Truro's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80139693^[15].
• Truro's postal code is recorded as TR1^[16].
• Truro's postal code is recorded as TR2^[17].
• Truro's postal code is recorded as TR3^[18].
• Truro's postal code is recorded as TR4^[19].
• Truro's Commons category is recorded as Truro^[20].
• Truro's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 5821558^[21].
• Truro's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[22].
• Truro's local dialing code is recorded as 01872^[23].
• Truro's OS grid reference is recorded as SW825448^[24].
• Truro's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.26, 'lon': -5.051}^[25].
• Truro's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07lly^[26].
• Truro's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge1258473^[27].

Body

Geography

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

Physical Characteristics

Truro's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+6.21'}^[32]. Population counts include {'amount': '+18766'}^[33], {'amount': '+21555'}^[34], {'amount': '+21046'}^[35], and {'amount': '+17431'}^[36].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[8], county town^[9], and civil parish^[10].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Truro include Truro City F.C.^[37], an association football club^[38], in United Kingdom^[39], founded in 1889^[40], headquartered in Truro^[41]; Truro^[42], a town in Nova Scotia^[43], in Canada^[44], founded in 1759^[45]; GWR 3700 Class 3717 “City of Truro”^[46], a tender locomotive^[47], in United Kingdom^[48]; and Truro railway station^[49], a railway station^[50], in United Kingdom^[51], founded in 1859^[52].

Why It Matters

Truro ranks in the top 5% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (845 views/month).^[2] Truro has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[53] Truro is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[54]

Entities named for Truro include Truro City F.C.^[37], an association football club^[38], in United Kingdom^[39], founded in 1889^[40], headquartered in Truro^[41]; Truro^[42], a town in Nova Scotia^[43], in Canada^[44], founded in 1759^[45]; GWR 3700 Class 3717 “City of Truro”^[46], a tender locomotive^[47], in United Kingdom^[48]; and Truro railway station^[49], a railway station^[50], in United Kingdom^[51], founded in 1859^[52].