Cork

Summary

Cork is a city^[1]. Cork ranks in the top 1% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,896 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Cork is located in County Cork^[3].
• Cork is in the country of Ireland^[4].
• Cork's image is recorded as Centre, Cork, Ireland - panoramio (5).jpg^[5].
• Cork's instance of is recorded as city^[6].
• Cork's instance of is recorded as administrative city in the Republic of Ireland^[7].
• Cork's instance of is recorded as big city^[8].
• Cork's flag image is recorded as Colours of Cork.svg^[9].
• Cork's coat of arms image is recorded as Cork (Ireland) coat of arms.svg^[10].
• Cork's twinned administrative body is recorded as San Francisco^[11].
• Cork's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kaliningrad^[12].
• Cork's twinned administrative body is recorded as Coventry^[13].
• Cork's twinned administrative body is recorded as Rennes^[14].
• Cork's twinned administrative body is recorded as Swansea^[15].
• Cork's twinned administrative body is recorded as Shanghai^[16].
• Cork's twinned administrative body is recorded as Cologne^[17].
• Cork's legislative body is recorded as legislative body of Cork City Council^[18].
• Cork's executive body is recorded as office of the Lord Mayor of Cork^[19].
• Cork's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 155369724^[20].
• Cork's GND ID is recorded as 4090557-3^[21].
• Cork's locator map image is recorded as Corkcity.png^[22].
• Cork's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79027115^[23].
• Cork's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12357491x^[24].
• Cork's IdRef ID is recorded as 032570198^[25].
• Cork's postal code is recorded as T12, T21 and T23^[26].
• Cork's Commons category is recorded as Cork (city)^[27].

Body

Geography

Cork is in the country of Ireland^[4]. Cork is located in County Cork^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Cork's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+0'}^[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+198582'}^[29], {'amount': '+208669'}^[30], {'amount': '+222333'}^[31], {'amount': '+186239'}^[32], {'amount': '+190384'}^[33], and {'amount': '+78704'}^[34].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[6], administrative city in the Republic of Ireland^[7], and big city^[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Cork include Cork Airport^[35], an international airport^[36], in Ireland^[37], founded in 1961^[38] and Cork Street^[39], a street^[40], in United Kingdom^[41].

Why It Matters

Cork ranks in the top 1% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,896 views/month).^[2] Cork has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[42] Cork is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[43]

Entities named for Cork include Cork Airport^[35], an international airport^[36], in Ireland^[37], founded in 1961^[38] and Cork Street^[39], a street^[40], in United Kingdom^[41].