Birmingham

city in and county seat of Jefferson County, Alabama, United States
Place city_in_the_united_states Q79867
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Birmingham

Summary

Birmingham is a city in the United States[1]. Birmingham ranks in the top 2% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (34,021 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Birmingham is located in Jefferson County[3].
  • Birmingham is located in Shelby County[4].
  • Birmingham is in the country of United States[5].
  • Birmingham's head of government is recorded as Randall Woodfin[6].
  • Birmingham's instance of is recorded as city in the United States[7].
  • Birmingham's instance of is recorded as big city[8].
  • Birmingham's shares border with is recorded as Bessemer[9].
  • Birmingham is named after Birmingham[10].
  • Birmingham's flag is recorded as flag of Birmingham, Alabama[11].
  • Birmingham's twinned administrative body is recorded as Rosh HaAyin[12].
  • Birmingham's twinned administrative body is recorded as Anshan[13].
  • Birmingham's twinned administrative body is recorded as Cobán[14].
  • Birmingham's twinned administrative body is recorded as Maebashi[15].
  • Birmingham's twinned administrative body is recorded as Plzeň[16].
  • Birmingham's twinned administrative body is recorded as Pomigliano d'Arco[17].
  • Birmingham's twinned administrative body is recorded as Székesfehérvár[18].
  • Birmingham's twinned administrative body is recorded as Vinnytsia[19].
  • Birmingham's twinned administrative body is recorded as Gweru[20].
  • Birmingham's postal code is recorded as 35201[21].
  • Birmingham's postal code is recorded as 35202[22].
  • Birmingham's postal code is recorded as 35203[23].
  • Birmingham's postal code is recorded as 35204[24].
  • Birmingham's postal code is recorded as 35205[25].
  • Birmingham's postal code is recorded as 35206[26].
  • Birmingham's postal code is recorded as 35207[27].

Body

Geography

Birmingham is in the country of United States[5]. Located in include Jefferson County[3], a county of Alabama[28], in United States[29], founded in 1819[30] and Shelby County[4], a county of Alabama[31], in United States[32], founded in 1818[33].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city in the United States[7] and big city[8].

History and Context

Birmingham is named after Birmingham[10].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Birmingham include Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport[34], a Wikimedia duplicated page[35], in United States[36] and USS Birmingham[37], an attack submarine[38].

Why It Matters

Birmingham ranks in the top 2% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (34,021 views/month).[2] Birmingham has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] Birmingham is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Entities named for Birmingham include Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport[34], a Wikimedia duplicated page[35], in United States[36] and USS Birmingham[37], an attack submarine[38].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18d ago · Tymewalk · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14901 → birmingham
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55023|batch #55023]]: Encyclopedia of Alabama update - add values for P14901 based on existing values of P6010"
  2. 24d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of Birmingham, Alabama
    Population → {'amount': '+212237'}, {'amount': '+200733'}
    Territory overlaps → Birmingham urban area
    Harper's tag → birmingham-ala
    + 41 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: birmingham-ala, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289910382|birmingham ala (#289910382)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's "
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