Charlottesville
independent city in Virginia, United States
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Summary
Charlottesville is an independent city in the United States[1]. Charlottesville ranks in the top 10% of independent city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,207 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Virginia[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Head of government: Nikuyah Walker[5], Lloyd Snook[6], Juandiego Wade[7]
- Instance of: county seat[8], independent city in Virginia[9]
- Shares border with: Albemarle County[10]
- Basic form of government: council–manager government[11]
- Named after: Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz[12]
- Twinned administrative body: Poggio a Caiano[13], Besançon[14], Pleven[15], Winneba[16], Huehuetenango[17]
- Postal code: 22901[18], 22902[19], 22903[20], 22904[21], 22905[22], 22906[23], 22907[24], 22908[25], 22909[26], 22910[27], 22911[28]
- Commons category: Charlottesville, Virginia[29]
- Local dialing code: 434[30]
- Inception: 1762[31]
- Coordinate location: 38.0299, -78.479[32]
- Official website: http://www.charlottesville.org/[33]
- Topic's main category: Category:Charlottesville, Virginia[34]
- Population: 43,556[35], 43,392[36], 43,966[37], 44,349[38], 46,597[39], 43,475[40], 46,553[41]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Charlottesville, Virginia[42]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[43], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[44], The New Student's Reference Work[45]
- Capital of: Albemarle County[46]
- Official name: Charlottesville[47]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Charlottesville, Virginia[48]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Charlottesville[49]
- Number of households: 18,814[50]
- Native label: Charlottesville[51]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C110607[52]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Charlottesville include Charlottesville Albemarle Airport[53], an airport[54], in United States[55].
Why It Matters
Charlottesville has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] Charlottesville is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]
Entities named for Charlottesville include Charlottesville Albemarle Airport[53], an airport[54], in United States[55].