Bellingham
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Summary
Bellingham is a city in the United States[1]. Bellingham ranks in the top 2% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,235 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Whatcom County[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Lake Whatcom[5], Bellingham Bay[6]
- Head of government: Kim Lund[7]
- Instance of: county seat[8]
- Shares border with: Laurel[9]
- Named after: Sir William Bellingham, 1st Baronet[10]
- Flag: flag of Bellingham[11]
- Twinned administrative body: Punta Arenas[12], Cheongju[13], Nakhodka[14], Port Stephens Council[15], Tateyama[16], Vaasa[17]
- Postal code: 98225[18], 98226[19], 98227[20], 98228[21], 98229[22]
- Part of: North Cascades[23]
- Commons category: Bellingham, Washington[24]
- Located in time zone: Pacific Time Zone[25], UTC−08:00[26], UTC−07:00[27]
- Local dialing code: 360[28], 564[29]
- Inception: 1852[30]
- Official website: https://cob.org/[31]
- Topic's main category: Category:Bellingham, Washington[32]
- Commons gallery: Bellingham, Washington[33]
- Population: 80,885[34], 91,482[35]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[36]
- Capital of: Whatcom County[37]
- Official name: Bellingham[38]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Bellingham, Washington[39]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Bellingham, Washington[40]
- Number of households: 38,680[41]
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Physical Characteristics
Areas include 78.565195 km²[42], 74.86055 km²[43], 79.024493 km²[44], 72.884726 km²[45], and 6.139767 km²[46]. Bellingham sits at an elevation of 22 m[47].
Cultural Significance
Things named for Bellingham include Bellingham International Airport[48], an international airport[49], in United States[50], founded in 1940[51].
Why It Matters
Bellingham has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] Bellingham is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]
Entities named for Bellingham include Bellingham International Airport[48], an international airport[49], in United States[50], founded in 1940[51].