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Borås

urban area in Borås Municipality, Sweden
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Borås

Summary

Borås is an urban area in Sweden[1]. Borås ranks in the top 2% of urban_area_in_sweden entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (810 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Borås is located in Västra Götaland County[3].
  • Borås is located in Borås Municipality[4].
  • Borås is in the country of Sweden[5].
  • Borås is on the body of water Viskan[6].
  • Borås's instance of is recorded as urban area in Sweden[7].
  • Borås's instance of is recorded as city[8].
  • Borås's postal code is recorded as 50110–50899[9].
  • Borås's Commons category is recorded as Borås[10].
  • Borås's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[11].
  • Borås's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[12].
  • Borås's local dialing code is recorded as 033[13].
  • 1621 marks the founding of Borås[14].
  • Borås's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 57.717103580965, 'lon': 12.945725992941}[15].
  • Borås's official website is recorded as https://www.boras.se/[16].
  • Borås's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Borås[17].
  • Borås's Commons gallery is recorded as Borås[18].
  • Borås has a population of {'amount': '+66273'}[19].
  • Borås has a population of {'amount': '+64334'}[20].
  • Borås has a population of {'amount': '+69913'}[21].
  • Borås has a population of {'amount': '+73344'}[22].
  • Borås has a population of {'amount': '+67537'}[23].
  • Borås has a population of {'amount': '+63271'}[24].
  • Borås has a population of {'amount': '+59709'}[25].
  • Borås has a population of {'amount': '+60790'}[26].
  • Borås has a population of {'amount': '+61935'}[27].

Body

Geography

Borås is in the country of Sweden[5]. Located in include Västra Götaland County[3], a county of Sweden[28], in Sweden[29], founded in 1998[30] and Borås Municipality[4], a municipality of Sweden[31], in Sweden[32], founded in 1971[33]. Borås is on the body of water Viskan[6].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+3140'}[34], {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+3081'}[35], {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+2893'}[36], {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+2946'}[37], and {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+3211'}[38]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+143'}[39]. Population counts include {'amount': '+66273'}[19], {'amount': '+64334'}[20], {'amount': '+69913'}[21], {'amount': '+73344'}[22], {'amount': '+67537'}[23], and {'amount': '+63271'}[24].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include urban area in Sweden[7] and city[8].

History and Context

1621 marks the founding of Borås[14].

Why It Matters

Borås ranks in the top 2% of urban_area_in_sweden entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (810 views/month).[2] Borås has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] Borås is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Related Entities

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References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Tätorter 2015; befolkning 2010–2018, landareal, andel som överlappas av fritidshusområden. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Tätorter 2015; befolkning 2010–2018, landareal, andel som överlappas av fritidshusområden. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Statistical database, Land area by localities, population and population density per sq. km. Every fifth year 1960 - 2015. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Statistical database, Land area by localities, population and population density per sq. km. Every fifth year 1960 - 2015. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Statistical database, Land area by localities, population and population density per sq. km. Every fifth year 1960 - 2015. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Statistical database, Land area by localities, population and population density per sq. km. Every fifth year 1960 - 2015. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Statistical database, Land area by localities, population and population density per sq. km. Every fifth year 1960 - 2015. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Statistical database, Land area by localities, population and population density per sq. km. Every fifth year 1960 - 2015. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Statistical database, Land area by localities, population and population density per sq. km. Every fifth year 1960 - 2015. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Statistical database, Land area by localities, population and population density per sq. km. Every fifth year 1960 - 2015. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Statistical database, Land area by localities, population and population density per sq. km. Every fifth year 1960 - 2015. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [34] ↑ . Statistical database, Land area by localities, population and population density per sq. km. Every fifth year 1960 - 2015. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [35] ↑ . Statistical database, Land area by localities, population and population density per sq. km. Every fifth year 1960 - 2015. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [36] ↑ . Statistiska tätorter 2018 – befolkning, landareal, befolkningstäthet. wikidata.org.
  30. [37] ↑ . Statistical localities 2020. wikidata.org.
  31. [38] ↑ . Q131585031. wikidata.org.

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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