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West Des Moines

city in Polk, Dallas, Warren, and Madison counties, Iowa, United States
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West Des Moines

Summary

West Des Moines is a city in the United States[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (157 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • West Des Moines is located in Polk County[3].
  • West Des Moines is in the country of United States[4].
  • West Des Moines's head of government is recorded as Russ Trimble[5].
  • West Des Moines's image is recorded as HistoricValleyJunction.jpg[6].
  • West Des Moines's instance of is recorded as city in the United States[7].
  • West Des Moines's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 148944276[8].
  • West Des Moines's GND ID is recorded as 16097896-8[9].
  • West Des Moines's locator map image is recorded as IAMap-doton-WestDesMoines.PNG[10].
  • West Des Moines's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82062714[11].
  • West Des Moines's postal code is recorded as 50265[12].
  • West Des Moines's postal code is recorded as 50266[13].
  • West Des Moines's Commons category is recorded as West Des Moines, Iowa[14].
  • West Des Moines's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 128342[15].
  • West Des Moines's located in time zone is recorded as Central Time Zone[16].
  • West Des Moines's local dialing code is recorded as 515[17].
  • +1893-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of West Des Moines[18].
  • West Des Moines's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 462839[19].
  • West Des Moines's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 2397266[20].
  • West Des Moines's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 41.575, 'lon': -93.7092}[21].
  • West Des Moines's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0styc[22].
  • West Des Moines's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 19-83910[23].
  • West Des Moines's official website is recorded as http://www.wdm-ia.com/[24].
  • West Des Moines's topic's main category is recorded as Category:West Des Moines, Iowa[25].
  • West Des Moines's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 06fcb400-a86b-46e0-8235-cbbed9f5d40b[26].
  • West Des Moines's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/North_America/United_States/Iowa/Localities/W/West_Des_Moines/[27].

Body

Founding

+1893-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of West Des Moines[18].

Identity

West Des Moines's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[28].

Why It Matters

West Des Moines ranks in the top 7% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (157 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

Des Moines University United States

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wdm.iowa.gov. Retrieved . wdm.iowa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Q14005. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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