Tyre
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Tyre
Summary
Tyre is a city[1]. Tyre ranks in the top 1% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,901 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Tyre is located in Tyre District[3].
- Tyre is located in Phoenicia[4].
- Tyre is in the country of Lebanon[5].
- Tyre's instance of is recorded as city[6].
- Tyre's instance of is recorded as village/town/city in Lebanon[7].
- Tyre's instance of is recorded as big city[8].
- Tyre's instance of is recorded as ancient city[9].
- Tyre's instance of is recorded as city-state[10].
- Tyre's twinned administrative body is recorded as Algiers[11].
- Tyre's twinned administrative body is recorded as Dezful[12].
- Tyre's twinned administrative body is recorded as Málaga[13].
- Tyre's twinned administrative body is recorded as Perpignan[14].
- Tyre's twinned administrative body is recorded as Tunis[15].
- Tyre's twinned administrative body is recorded as Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole[16].
- Tyre's twinned administrative body is recorded as Novorossiysk[17].
- Tyre's Commons category is recorded as Tyre, Lebanon[18].
- 2750 BC marks the founding of Tyre[19].
- Tyre's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 33.266666666667, 'longitude': 35.2}[20].
- Tyre's official website is recorded as http://www.tyremunicipality.com/[21].
- Tyre's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tyre, Lebanon[22].
- Tyre's Commons gallery is recorded as Tyre, Lebanon[23].
- Tyre has a population of {'amount': '+160000'}[24].
- Tyre's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25].
- Tyre's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26].
- Tyre's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[27].
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Geography
Tyre is in the country of Lebanon[5]. Located in include Tyre District[3], a district of Lebanon[28], in Lebanon[29] and Phoenicia[4], a historical country[30], founded in -2500[31].
Physical Characteristics
Tyre covers an area of {'amount': '+5'}[32]. Tyre sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+10'}[33]. Tyre has a population of {'amount': '+160000'}[24].
Designation and Status
Recorded instance of include city[6], village/town/city in Lebanon[7], big city[8], ancient city[9], and city-state[10].
History and Context
2750 BC marks the founding of Tyre[19].
Cultural Significance
Things named for Tyre include Tyrian purple[34], a type of chemical entity[35] and Tyrian shekel[36], a currency[37].
Why It Matters
Tyre ranks in the top 1% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,901 views/month).[2] Tyre has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] Tyre is known by 78 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]
Entities named for Tyre include Tyrian purple[34], a type of chemical entity[35] and Tyrian shekel[36], a currency[37].