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Wilmington

seat of New Castle County, and largest city in Delaware, United States
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Wilmington

Summary

Wilmington is a city in the United States[1]. Wilmington ranks in the top 1% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,440 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wilmington is located in New Castle County[3].
  • Wilmington is located in Delaware[4].
  • Wilmington is in the country of United States[5].
  • Wilmington's head of government is recorded as Mike Purzycki[6].
  • Wilmington's head of government is recorded as John Carney[7].
  • Wilmington's instance of is recorded as city in the United States[8].
  • Wilmington's instance of is recorded as county seat[9].
  • Wilmington's shares border with is recorded as Greenville[10].
  • Wilmington's twinned administrative body is recorded as Fulda[11].
  • Wilmington's twinned administrative body is recorded as Watford[12].
  • Wilmington's twinned administrative body is recorded as Olevano sul Tusciano[13].
  • Wilmington's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kalmar Municipality[14].
  • Wilmington's postal code is recorded as 19801[15].
  • Wilmington's postal code is recorded as 19802[16].
  • Wilmington's postal code is recorded as 19803[17].
  • Wilmington's postal code is recorded as 19804[18].
  • Wilmington's postal code is recorded as 19805[19].
  • Wilmington's postal code is recorded as 19806[20].
  • Wilmington's postal code is recorded as 19807[21].
  • Wilmington's postal code is recorded as 19808[22].
  • Wilmington's postal code is recorded as 19809[23].
  • Wilmington's postal code is recorded as 19810[24].
  • Wilmington's postal code is recorded as 19850[25].
  • Wilmington's postal code is recorded as 19880[26].
  • Wilmington's postal code is recorded as 19884[27].

Body

Founding

1638 marks the founding of Wilmington[28].

Identity

Wilmington's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Wilmington'}[29].

Why It Matters

Wilmington ranks in the top 1% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,440 views/month).[2] Wilmington has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Wilmington is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wilmingtonde.gov. Retrieved . wilmingtonde.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . scowde.org. scowde.org. Provenance: 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia +4
    Head of government → Mike Purzycki, Dennis P. Williams, James M. Baker +1
    Instance of → city in the United States, county seat
    Instance of → —
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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