Carlisle
city in Cumberland, Cumbria, England
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Summary
Carlisle is a city[1]. Carlisle ranks in the top 3% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,523 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Cumberland[3]
- Country: United Kingdom[4]
- Instance of: county town[5], unparished area[6], civil parish[7], city of United Kingdom[8]
- Shares border with: Lockerbie[9]
- Follows: Luguvalium[10]
- Twinned administrative body: Flensburg[11], Słupsk[12]
- Commons category: Carlisle[13]
- Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[14]
- Local dialing code: 01228[15]
- OS grid reference: NY395555[16]
- Significant event: Siege of Carlisle[17]
- Authority: Charter Trustees[18]
- Official website: http://www.carlisle.gov.uk/carlislecc/[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:Carlisle, Cumbria[20]
- Commons gallery: Carlisle[21]
- Population: 75,399[22]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[24], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[25], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[26], Pauly–Wissowa[27]
- Capital of: Cumbria[28], Carlisle[29], Cumberland[30]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Carlisle[31]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Carlisle[32]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Carlisle, Cumbria[33]
- Different from: Carlisle[34]
- Elevation above sea level: 28 m[35]
- Area: 18.9 km²[36]
- Historic county: Cumberland[37]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Carlisle include New Carlisle[38], a municipality[39], in Canada[40], founded in 1877[41].
Why It Matters
Carlisle has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] Carlisle is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]
Entities named for Carlisle include New Carlisle[38], a municipality[39], in Canada[40], founded in 1877[41].