Wollongong
city in New South Wales, Australia
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Summary
Wollongong is a city[1]. Wollongong ranks in the top 5% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,872 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: City of Wollongong[3]
- Country: Australia[4]
- Shares border with: North Wollongong[5], Port Kembla[6], Coniston[7], Gwynneville[8], Mangerton[9], West Wollongong[10]
- Twinned administrative body: Kawasaki[11], Palm Desert[12], Ohrid[13]
- Postal code: 2500[14]
- Commons category: Wollongong[15]
- Located in time zone: UTC+10:00[16]
- Inception: 1834[17]
- Official website: http://www.wollongong.nsw.gov.au[18]
- Topic's main category: Category:Wollongong[19]
- Population: 289,236[20], 245,942[21], 261,896[22], 280,153[23]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24]
- Capital of: City of Wollongong[25]
- Official name: Wollongong[26]
- Category for people born here: Q17277948[27]
- Category for people who died here: Q32672660[28]
- Native label: Wollongong[29], Woolyungah[30]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Wollongong[31]
- Elevation above sea level: 5 m[32]
- Area: 684 km²[33]
- Geography of topic: geography of Wollongong[34]
- Maximum temperature record: 44.1 °C[35]
- Minimum temperature record: 0.8 °C[36]
- Associated electoral district: Wollongong[37], Cunningham[38]
- Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of Wollongong[39]
Why It Matters
Wollongong has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] Wollongong is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]