Columbia
city in and county seat of Boone County, Missouri, United States
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Summary
Columbia is a city in the United States[1]. Columbia ranks in the top 3% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,955 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Boone County[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Head of government: Brian Treece[5], Barbara Buffaloe[6]
- Instance of: big city[7], county seat[8]
- Named after: Columbia[9]
- Twinned administrative body: Sibiu[10], Kutaisi[11], Suncheon[12]
- Postal code: 65201[13], 65202[14], 65203[15], 65205[16], 65211[17], 65212[18], 65215[19], 65216[20], 65217[21], 65218[22], 65299[23]
- Commons category: Columbia, Missouri[24]
- Located in time zone: UTC−06:00[25], UTC−05:00[26], Central Time Zone[27]
- Local dialing code: 573[28]
- Inception: 1821[29]
- Official website: https://www.como.gov/[30]
- Topic's main category: Category:Columbia, Missouri[31]
- Commons gallery: Columbia, Missouri[32]
- Population: 130[33], 108,500[34], 123,195[35], 126,254[36]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Columbia, Missouri[37]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[38], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[39], New International Encyclopedia[40]
- Capital of: Boone County[41]
- Topic has template: Template:Columbia, Missouri[42]
- Official name: Columbia[43]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Columbia, Missouri[44]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Columbia, Missouri[45]
- Number of households: 49,371[46]
- Native label: Columbia[47]
- Category for people buried here: Category:Burials in Columbia, Missouri, by place[48]
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Physical Characteristics
Areas include 164.202538 km²[49] and 169.010024 km²[50]. Columbia sits at an elevation of 231 m[51].
Cultural Significance
Things named for Columbia include USS Columbia[52], an attack submarine[53] and Columbia Regional Airport[54], an airport[55], in United States[56].
Why It Matters
Columbia has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] Columbia is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]
Entities named for Columbia include USS Columbia[52], an attack submarine[53] and Columbia Regional Airport[54], an airport[55], in United States[56].