Charleston

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 (4,664 views/month, #32 of 9,394).^[2]

Key Facts

• Charleston is located in Charleston County^[3].
• Charleston is in the country of United States^[4].
• Charleston is on the body of water Cooper River^[5].
• Charleston is on the body of water Ashley River^[6].
• Charleston's head of government is recorded as John Tecklenburg^[7].
• Charleston's head of government is recorded as William S. Cogswell Jr.^[8].
• Charleston's image is recorded as BroadStreetCharleston.jpg^[9].
• Charleston's instance of is recorded as city in the United States^[10].
• Charleston's instance of is recorded as big city^[11].
• Charleston's instance of is recorded as county seat^[12].
• Charleston's flag image is recorded as Flag of Charleston, South Carolina.svg^[13].
• Charles II of England is named after Charleston^[14].
• Charleston's twinned administrative body is recorded as Spoleto^[15].
• Charleston's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 162991201^[16].
• Charleston's GND ID is recorded as 4217693-1^[17].
• Charleston's locator map image is recorded as SCMap-doton-Charleston.PNG^[18].
• Charleston's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79022924^[19].
• Charleston's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119967781^[20].
• Charleston's IdRef ID is recorded as 02805637X^[21].
• Charleston's postal code is recorded as 29401^[22].
• Charleston's postal code is recorded as 29402^[23].
• Charleston's postal code is recorded as 29403^[24].
• Charleston's postal code is recorded as 29406^[25].
• Charleston's postal code is recorded as 29407^[26].
• Charleston's postal code is recorded as 29409^[27].

Body

Founding

+1670-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Charleston^[28].

Identity

Charleston's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Charleston'}^[29].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Charleston include Charleston International Airport^[30], an international airport^[31], in United States^[32]; charleston^[33], a type of dance^[34]; and Charleston Executive Airport^[35], an airport^[36], in United States^[37].

Why It Matters

Charleston ranks in the top 0.34% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,664 views/month, #32 of 9,394).^[2] Charleston has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] Charleston is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]

Entities named for Charleston include Charleston International Airport^[30], an international airport^[31], in United States^[32]; charleston^[33], a type of dance^[34]; and Charleston Executive Airport^[35], an airport^[36], in United States^[37].