Cary
town in North Carolina, United States
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Cary is a town in the United States[1]. Cary ranks in the top 0.32% of town in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,310 views/month, #18 of 5,573).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: GovAI Coalition[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Wake County[4], Chatham County[5]
- Country: United States[6]
- Head of government: Harold Weinbrecht[7]
- Instance of: city in North Carolina[8]
- Shares border with: Morrisville[9], Apex[10]
- Named after: Samuel Fenton Cary[11]
- Twinned administrative body: Markham[12], Le Touquet-Paris-Plage[13], Hsinchu City[14]
- Legislative body: Cary Town Council[15]
- Postal code: 27511[16], 27512[17], 27513[18], 27518[19], 27519[20]
- Commons category: Cary, North Carolina[21]
- Local dialing code: 919[22], 984[23]
- Inception: 1750[24]
- Coordinate location: 35.778888888889, -78.800277777778[25]
- Official website: http://townofcary.org[26], https://www.carync.gov/[27]
- Topic's main category: Category:Cary, North Carolina[28]
- Population: 135,234[29], 174,721[30]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Cary, North Carolina[31]
- Official name: Cary[32]
- Category for people who died here: Q120668965[33]
- Number of households: 63,519[34]
- Native label: Cary[35]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Cary, North Carolina[36]
- Owner of: Herbert Young Community Center[37]
- Elevation above sea level: 146[38], 152[39]
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Physical Characteristics
Areas include 149.138807[40] and 143.582671[41].
Why It Matters
Cary has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] Cary is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]