Ballarat
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Summary
Ballarat is a city[1]. Ballarat ranks in the top 5% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,803 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Creative Cities Network[3], League of Historical Cities[4]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: City of Ballarat[5], Victoria[6]
- Country: Australia[7]
- Official language: Australian English[8]
- Twinned administrative body: Ainaro[9]
- Postal code: 3350[10]
- Commons category: Ballarat[11]
- Located in time zone: UTC+10:00[12], UTC+11:00[13]
- Local dialing code: 03[14]
- Inception: 1838[15]
- Official website: https://www.ballarat.vic.gov.au/[16]
- Topic's main category: Category:Ballarat[17]
- Commons gallery: Ballarat[18]
- Population: 103,815[19], 116,201[20], 105,348[21]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[22], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[23], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[24], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[27], The New Student's Reference Work[28]
- Official name: Ballarat[29]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Ballarat[30]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Ballarat[31]
- Native label: Ballarat[32]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Ballarat[33]
- Elevation above sea level: 435 m[34]
- Area: 113.7 km²[35]
- Associated electoral district: Eureka[36], Ripon[37], Wendouree[38], Ballarat[39]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Ballarat include HMAS Ballarat[40], a frigate[41]; Ballarat[42], a division of the Australian House of Representatives[43], in Australia[44], founded in 1901[45]; and Ballarat Airfield[46], an airport[47], in Australia[48].
Why It Matters
Ballarat has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] Ballarat is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]
Entities named for Ballarat include HMAS Ballarat[40], a frigate[41]; Ballarat[42], a division of the Australian House of Representatives[43], in Australia[44], founded in 1901[45]; and Ballarat Airfield[46], an airport[47], in Australia[48].