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DeKalb

city in De Kalb County, Illinois, United States
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DeKalb

Summary

DeKalb is a city in the United States[1]. DeKalb ranks in the top 5% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (330 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • DeKalb is located in DeKalb County[3].
  • DeKalb is in the country of United States[4].
  • DeKalb's image is recorded as Egyptian Theatre.jpg[5].
  • DeKalb's instance of is recorded as city in the United States[6].
  • DeKalb's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 266140840[7].
  • DeKalb's GND ID is recorded as 4247192-8[8].
  • DeKalb's locator map image is recorded as DeKalb County Illinois Incorporated and Unincorporated areas DeKalb Highlighted.svg[9].
  • DeKalb's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79100847[10].
  • DeKalb's postal code is recorded as 60115[11].
  • DeKalb's Commons category is recorded as DeKalb, Illinois[12].
  • DeKalb's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 13498248[13].
  • DeKalb's located in time zone is recorded as Central Time Zone[14].
  • DeKalb's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−06:00[15].
  • DeKalb's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−05:00[16].
  • DeKalb's local dialing code is recorded as 309[17].
  • +1837-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of DeKalb[18].
  • DeKalb's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 421762[19].
  • DeKalb's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 2394494[20].
  • DeKalb's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 41.931388888889, 'lon': -88.750277777778}[21].
  • DeKalb's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0s61l[22].
  • DeKalb's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 17-19161[23].
  • DeKalb's official website is recorded as http://www.cityofdekalb.com/[24].
  • DeKalb's topic's main category is recorded as Category:DeKalb, Illinois[25].
  • DeKalb's page banner is recorded as DeKalb Illinois banner.jpg[26].
  • DeKalb's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as f3742196-47f6-4e1f-ac28-dcdb83437a24[27].

Body

Founding

+1837-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of DeKalb[18].

Identity

DeKalb's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'DeKalb'}[28].

Why It Matters

DeKalb ranks in the top 5% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (330 views/month).[2] DeKalb has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] DeKalb is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

Analytical & Enumerative Bibliography Barbara Hale Cindy Crawford Northern Illinois University Richard Jenkins United States Wilson Eugene Singletary

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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