Columbia
capital of South Carolina, United States
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Summary
Columbia is a city in the United States[1]. Columbia ranks in the top 0.88% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,010 views/month, #83 of 9,394).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Richland County[3], Lexington County[4]
- Country: United States[5]
- Located in or next to body of water: Congaree River[6]
- Head of government: Stephen K. Benjamin[7], Daniel Rickenmann[8]
- Instance of: county seat[9]
- Shares border with: Forest Acres[10]
- Named after: Christopher Columbus[11]
- Twinned administrative body: Kaiserslautern[12], Cluj-Napoca[13], Chelyabinsk[14], Plovdiv[15], Accra[16], Taichung[17]
- Postal code: 29201[18], 29202[19], 29203[20], 29204[21], 29205[22], 29206[23], 29207[24], 29208[25], 29209[26], 29210[27], 29211[28], 29212[29], 29214[30], 29215[31]
- Commons category: Columbia, South Carolina[32]
- Located in time zone: Eastern Time Zone[33]
- Local dialing code: 803[34]
- Inception: 1787[35]
- Official website: https://columbiasc.gov/[36]
- Topic's main category: Category:Columbia, South Carolina[37]
- Commons gallery: Columbia, South Carolina[38]
- Population: 129,272[39], 136,632[40]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Columbia include Columbia Metropolitan Airport[41], an airport[42], in United States[43] and USS Columbia[44], an attack submarine[45].
Why It Matters
Columbia has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] Columbia is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]
Entities named for Columbia include Columbia Metropolitan Airport[41], an airport[42], in United States[43] and USS Columbia[44], an attack submarine[45].