Axum

Summary

Axum is a city^[1]. Axum ranks in the top 6% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (638 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Axum is located in Axum town^[3].
• Axum is in the country of Ethiopia^[4].
• Axum's image is recorded as ET Axum asv2018-01 img34 view from hill.jpg^[5].
• Axum's instance of is recorded as city^[6].
• Axum's twinned administrative body is recorded as Denver^[7].
• Axum's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 134898301^[8].
• Axum's GND ID is recorded as 4068499-4^[9].
• Axum's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82225747^[10].
• Axum's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119413989^[11].
• Axum's IdRef ID is recorded as 027353850^[12].
• Axum's Commons category is recorded as Aksum^[13].
• Axum's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1123542^[14].
• Axum's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 14.1218, 'lon': 38.7315}^[15].
• Axum's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01t2g8^[16].
• Axum's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge646917^[17].
• Axum's World Heritage Site ID is recorded as 15^[18].
• Axum's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Axum (city)^[19].
• Axum's Commons gallery is recorded as አክሱም^[20].
• Axum's page banner is recorded as ET Axum asv2018-01 BANNER.jpg^[21].
• Axum's National Library of Israel ID is recorded as 000996854^[22].
• Axum's population is recorded as {'amount': '+66800'}^[23].
• Axum's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0006337^[24].
• Axum's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[25].
• Axum's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[26].
• Axum's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[27].

Body

Geography

Axum is in the country of Ethiopia^[4]. Axum is located in Axum town^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Axum's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+17.27'}^[28]. Axum's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2131'}^[29]. Axum's population is recorded as {'amount': '+66800'}^[23].

Designation and Status

Axum's instance of is recorded as city^[6]. Axum's heritage designation is recorded as World Heritage Site^[30].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Axum include Axum Airport^[31], an airport^[32], in Ethiopia^[33].

Why It Matters

Axum ranks in the top 6% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (638 views/month).^[2] Axum has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] Axum is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]

Entities named for Axum include Axum Airport^[31], an airport^[32], in Ethiopia^[33].