Waterloo

city in Ontario, Canada
City city Q639408
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Waterloo is a place in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo in Canada. It was established on May 27, 1857.

Waterloo

Summary

Waterloo is a city[1]. Waterloo ranks in the top 6% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (785 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Waterloo is located in Regional Municipality of Waterloo[3].
  • Waterloo is in the country of Canada[4].
  • Waterloo's image is recorded as Uptown Waterloo Ontario.JPG[5].
  • Waterloo's instance of is recorded as city[6].
  • Waterloo's instance of is recorded as lower-tier municipality of Ontario[7].
  • Waterloo's instance of is recorded as big city[8].
  • Waterloo's flag image is recorded as Flag of Waterloo.png[9].
  • Waterloo's shares border with is recorded as St. Jacobs[10].
  • Waterloo's shares border with is recorded as Kitchener[11].
  • Battle of Waterloo is named after Waterloo[12].
  • Waterloo's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 180144783045669474111[13].
  • Waterloo's GND ID is recorded as 4140559-6[14].
  • Waterloo's locator map image is recorded as Waterloo, Ontario.png[15].
  • Waterloo's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 121271945[16].
  • Waterloo's IdRef ID is recorded as 02970491X[17].
  • Waterloo's postal code is recorded as N2J, N2K, N2L, N2T, N2V[18].
  • Waterloo's Commons category is recorded as Waterloo, Ontario[19].
  • Waterloo's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2062154[20].
  • Waterloo's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern Time Zone[21].
  • Waterloo's local dialing code is recorded as 519[22].
  • Waterloo's local dialing code is recorded as 226[23].
  • +1857-05-27T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Waterloo[24].
  • Waterloo's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 43.466666666667, 'lon': -80.516666666667}[25].
  • Waterloo's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0jpkg[26].
  • Waterloo's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as xx0032588[27].

Body

Geography

Waterloo is in the country of Canada[4]. Waterloo is located in Regional Municipality of Waterloo[3].

Physical Characteristics

Waterloo's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+329'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+98780'}[29], {'amount': '+104986'}[30], and {'amount': '+121436'}[31].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city[6], lower-tier municipality of Ontario[7], and big city[8].

History and Context

+1857-05-27T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Waterloo[24]. Battle of Waterloo is named after Waterloo[12].

Why It Matters

Waterloo ranks in the top 6% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (785 views/month).[2] Waterloo has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Waterloo is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . geopostcodes.com. geopostcodes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] . Canada 2011 Census. Retrieved . www12.statcan.gc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [30] . Canada 2016 Census. Retrieved . www12.statcan.gc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [31] . Canada 2021 Census. www12.statcan.gc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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