Birkenhead
town in Merseyside, England
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Summary
Birkenhead is a big city[1]. Birkenhead draws 3,270 Wikipedia views per month (big city category, ranking #62 of 300).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Wirral[3]
- Country: United Kingdom[4]
- Instance of: unparished area[5]
- Twinned administrative body: Latina[6]
- Postal code: CH41[7]
- Commons category: Birkenhead[8]
- Local dialing code: 0151[9]
- OS grid reference: SJ324890[10]
- Coordinate location: 53.383333333333, -3.0166666666667[11]
- Official website: http://www.birkenhead.gov.uk/[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Birkenhead[13]
- Commons gallery: Birkenhead[14]
- Population: 142,968[15], 109,848[16]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[17], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[19], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[20], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[21], The New Student's Reference Work[22]
- Category for people born here: Category:People born in Birkenhead[23]
- Category for people who died here: Q42122355[24]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Birkenhead[25]
- Different from: Birkenhead[26]
- Area: 25.18[27]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Birkenhead[28]
- Historic county: Cheshire[29]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Birkenhead include HMS Birkenhead[30], a steamboat[31], in South Africa[32] and Birkenhead Central railway station[33], a railway station[34], in United Kingdom[35].
Why It Matters
Birkenhead has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Birkenhead is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]
Entities named for Birkenhead include HMS Birkenhead[30], a steamboat[31], in South Africa[32] and Birkenhead Central railway station[33], a railway station[34], in United Kingdom[35].