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County Durham

ceremonial county in North East England, United Kingdom
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Summary

County Durham is a ceremonial county of England[1]. It draws 6,273 Wikipedia views per month (ceremonial county of england category, ranking #24 of 36).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Hewett Watson[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: North East England[4]
  • Country: United Kingdom[5]
  • Capital: Durham[6]
  • Shares border with: Northumberland[7], Cumbria[8], Tyne and Wear[9], North Yorkshire[10]
  • Named after: County Durham[11]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: County Durham[12], Darlington[13], Hartlepool[14], Stockton-on-Tees[15]
  • Commons category: County Durham[16]
  • Said to be the same as: County Durham[17]
  • Catalog code: 66[18]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Great Britain[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:County Durham[20]
  • Population: 855,900[21], 883,269[22], 871,531[23]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24]
  • Official name: Durham[25]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in County Durham[26]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in County Durham[27]
  • Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in County Durham[28]
  • Category for people buried here: Category:Burials in County Durham[29]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from County Durham[30]
  • Different from: County Durham[31], Durham County[32]
  • Area: 2675.9026 km²[33]
  • History of topic: history of County Durham[34]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of County Durham[35]
  • Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of County Durham[36]

Why It Matters

County Durham has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . ordnancesurvey.co.uk. ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . ordnancesurvey.co.uk. ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . ordnancesurvey.co.uk. ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . ordnancesurvey.co.uk. ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . citypopulation.de. citypopulation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . ons.maps.arcgis.com. ons.maps.arcgis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · Jèrriais janne · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category of associated people → Category:People from County Durham
    Instance of → —
    Different from → County Durham, County Durham, Durham County
    Named after → —
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Located in the administrative territorial entity: England"
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