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West Palm Beach

county seat of Palm Beach County, Florida, United States
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Summary

West Palm Beach is a city in the United States[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,317 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Palm Beach County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Head of government: Keith A. James[5]
  • Instance of: county seat[6], electoral unit[7]
  • Twinned administrative body: Mersin[8], Tzahar[9], Budva[10]
  • Postal code: 33401[11], 33402[12], 33403[13], 33404[14], 33405[15], 33406[16], 33407[17], 33409[18], 33411[19], 33412[20], 33413[21], 33415[22], 33416[23], 33417[24]
  • Commons category: West Palm Beach, Florida[25]
  • Located in time zone: Eastern Time Zone[26]
  • Inception: 1884[27]
  • Official website: https://www.wpb.org/[28]
  • Topic's main category: Category:West Palm Beach, Florida[29]
  • Population: 99,919[30], 117,415[31]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of West Palm Beach, Florida[32]
  • Capital of: Palm Beach County[33]
  • Official name: West Palm Beach[34]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in West Palm Beach, Florida[35]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in West Palm Beach, Florida[36]
  • Number of households: 43,849[37]
  • Native label: West Рalm Beach[38]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from West Palm Beach, Florida[39]
  • Elevation above sea level: 6 m[40]
  • Area: 149.427017 km²[41], 150.321394 km²[42]
  • Water as percent of area: 4.7319 percent[43]

Why It Matters

West Palm Beach has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wpb.org. Retrieved . wpb.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → Eastern Time Zone
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46713|batch #46713]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 16w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gaycities id → westpalmbeach
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Gaycities id: westpalmbeach, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/226428988|West Palm Beach (#226428988)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7294|GayCities"
  3. 21w ago · CommonsDelinker bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → West Palm Beach Aerial November 2014 photo D Ramey Logan.jpg
    Geonames id → 4177887
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Image: West Palm Beach Aerial November 2014 photo D Ramey Logan.jpg"
  4. 23w ago · Peter James · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 26.709722222222, 'lon': -80.064166666667}
    Instance of → city in the United States, county seat, electoral unit
    Per capita income → {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+34131'}
    Topic's main category → Category:West Palm Beach, Florida
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Geonames id: 4177887"
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