Wakefield

Summary

Wakefield is a metropolitan borough^[1]. Wakefield draws 96 Wikipedia views per month (metropolitan_borough category, ranking #11 of 28).^[2]

Key Facts

• Wakefield is located in West Yorkshire^[3].
• Wakefield is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Wakefield's head of government is recorded as Peter Box^[5].
• Wakefield's image is recorded as Wakefield-1.jpg^[6].
• Wakefield's instance of is recorded as metropolitan borough^[7].
• Wakefield's instance of is recorded as district with city status^[8].
• Wakefield's capital is recorded as Wakefield^[9].
• Wakefield's coat of arms image is recorded as Coat of arms of Wakefield City Council.png^[10].
• Wakefield's twinned administrative body is recorded as Alfeld (Leine)^[11].
• Wakefield's twinned administrative body is recorded as Belgorod^[12].
• Wakefield's twinned administrative body is recorded as Castres^[13].
• Wakefield's twinned administrative body is recorded as Castrop-Rauxel^[14].
• Wakefield's twinned administrative body is recorded as Girona^[15].
• Wakefield's twinned administrative body is recorded as Hénin-Beaumont^[16].
• Wakefield's twinned administrative body is recorded as Herne^[17].
• Wakefield's twinned administrative body is recorded as Konin^[18].
• Wakefield's legislative body is recorded as council of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council^[19].
• Wakefield's executive body is recorded as cabinet of Wakefield Council^[20].
• Wakefield's locator map image is recorded as Wakefield UK locator map.svg^[21].
• Wakefield's ISO 3166-2 code is recorded as GB-WKF^[22].
• Wakefield's Commons category is recorded as City of Wakefield^[23].
• Wakefield's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 109960^[24].
• +1974-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Wakefield^[25].
• Wakefield's NUTS code is recorded as UKE45^[26].
• Wakefield's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.683055555555555, 'lon': -1.498888888888889}^[27].

Body

Geography

Wakefield is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Wakefield is located in West Yorkshire^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Wakefield's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+338.6198'}^[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+333800'}^[29], {'amount': '+345038'}^[30], {'amount': '+327600'}^[31], and {'amount': '+357729'}^[32].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include metropolitan borough^[7] and district with city status^[8].

History and Context

+1974-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Wakefield^[25].

Why It Matters

Wakefield draws 96 Wikipedia views per month (metropolitan_borough category, ranking #11 of 28).^[2] Wakefield has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33]