Durham

county seat of Durham County, North Carolina, United States
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Summary

Durham is a city in the United States[1]. Durham ranks in the top 1% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,159 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Durham County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Head of government: Steve Schewel[5], Leonardo Williams[6]
  • Instance of: big city[7], county seat[8], city in North Carolina[9]
  • Named after: Bartlett S. Durham[10]
  • Flag: flag of Durham[11]
  • Twinned administrative body: Arusha[12], Toyama[13]
  • Postal code: 27701[14], 27702[15], 27703[16], 27704[17], 27705[18], 27706[19], 27707[20], 27708[21], 27709[22], 27710[23], 27711[24], 27712[25], 27713[26], 27715[27]
  • Part of: Research Triangle[28]
  • Commons category: Durham, North Carolina[29]
  • Located in time zone: UTC−05:00[30], UTC−04:00[31], Eastern Time Zone[32]
  • Local dialing code: 919[33]
  • Inception: 1869[34]
  • Official website: https://www.durhamnc.gov/[35]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Durham, North Carolina[36]
  • Population: 18,241[37], 5485[38], 6679[39], 228,330[40], 283,506[41]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Durham, North Carolina[42]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[43]
  • Capital of: Durham County[44]
  • Official name: Durham[45]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Durham, North Carolina[46]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Durham, North Carolina[47]
  • Number of households: 114,420[48]
  • Native label: Durham[49]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Durham, North Carolina[50]

Why It Matters

Durham has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] Durham is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . durhamnc.gov. Retrieved . durhamnc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . Gazetteer. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . nctreasurer.com. nctreasurer.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . Gazetteer. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [52] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Named after → Bartlett S. Durham
    History of topic → timeline of Durham, North Carolina
    Named after → —
    Capital of → Durham County
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