Wilmington
seat of New Castle County, and largest city in Delaware, United States
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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 (7,864 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: New Castle County[3], Delaware[4]
- Country: United States[5]
- Head of government: Mike Purzycki[6], John Carney[7]
- Instance of: county seat[8]
- Shares border with: Greenville[9]
- Twinned administrative body: Fulda[10], Watford[11], Olevano sul Tusciano[12], Kalmar Municipality[13]
- Postal code: 19801[14], 19802[15], 19803[16], 19804[17], 19805[18], 19806[19], 19807[20], 19808[21], 19809[22], 19810[23], 19850[24], 19880[25], 19884[26], 19885[27]
- Commons category: Wilmington, Delaware[28]
- Local dialing code: 302[29]
- Inception: 1638[30]
- Official website: http://www.ci.wilmington.de.us/[31], https://www.wilmingtonde.gov/[32]
- Topic's main category: Category:Wilmington, Delaware[33]
- Population: 70,851[34], 70,898[35], 70,000[36], 75,000[37]
- Depicted by: Wilmington, Delaware[38]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Wilmington, Delaware[39]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[40], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[41], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[42], The American Cyclopædia[43], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[44], The New Student's Reference Work[45], New International Encyclopedia[46]
- Capital of: New Castle County[47]
- Official name: Wilmington[48]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Wilmington, Delaware[49]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Wilmington, Delaware[50]
Why It Matters
Wilmington has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] Wilmington is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]