Charleston
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Summary
Charleston is a city in the United States[1]. Charleston ranks in the top 0.34% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24,948 views/month, #32 of 9,394).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Charleston County[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Cooper River[5], Ashley River[6]
- Head of government: John Tecklenburg[7], William S. Cogswell Jr.[8]
- Instance of: big city[9], county seat[10]
- Named after: Charles II of England[11]
- Twinned administrative body: Spoleto[12]
- Postal code: 29401[13], 29402[14], 29403[15], 29406[16], 29407[17], 29409[18], 29412[19], 29413[20], 29414[21], 29416[22], 29417[23], 29422[24], 29423[25], 29424[26]
- Commons category: Charleston, South Carolina[27]
- Local dialing code: 843[28]
- Inception: 1670[29]
- Significant event: Siege of Charleston[30]
- Official website: https://www.charleston-sc.gov/[31]
- Topic's main category: Category:Charleston, South Carolina[32]
- Commons gallery: Charleston, South Carolina[33]
- Population: 120,083[34], 150,227[35]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Charleston, South Carolina[36]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[37], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[38], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[39], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[40], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[41], The Catholic Encyclopedia[42], The American Cyclopædia[43], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[44], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[45], New International Encyclopedia[46], The New Student's Reference Work[47], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[48], Meyer’s Universum, Achtzehnter Band[49]
- Capital of: Charleston County[50]
- Heritage designation: National Treasure[51]
- Official name: Charleston[52]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Charleston, South Carolina[53]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Charleston, South Carolina[54]
- Number of households: 57,226[55]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Charleston include charleston[56], a type of dance[57]; Charleston International Airport[58], an international airport[59], in United States[60]; and Charleston Executive Airport[61], an airport[62], in United States[63].
Why It Matters
Charleston has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[64] Charleston is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[65]
Entities named for Charleston include charleston[56], a type of dance[57]; Charleston International Airport[58], an international airport[59], in United States[60]; and Charleston Executive Airport[61], an airport[62], in United States[63].