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El Paso

city in and county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States
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Summary

El Paso is a city in the United States[1]. It ranks in the top 0.19% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,888 views/month, #18 of 9,394).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: El Paso County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Rio Grande[5]
  • Head of government: Renard Johnson[6]
  • Instance of: border city[7], big city[8], county seat[9]
  • Flag: flag of El Paso[10]
  • Twinned administrative body: Zacatecas[11], Torreón[12], Ciudad Juárez[13], Jerez de la Frontera[14], Chihuahua City[15]
  • Postal code: 79901[16], 79902[17], 79903[18], 79904[19], 79905[20], 79906[21], 79907[22], 79908[23], 79910[24], 79911[25], 79912[26], 79913[27], 79914[28], 79915[29]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for El Paso include El Paso County[30], a county of Texas[31], in United States[32], founded in 1871[33]; Old El Paso[34], a brand[35], founded in 1938[36]; El Paso International Airport[37], an international airport[38], in United States[39]; and it–Juárez[40], a metropolitan area[41], in Mexico[42].

Why It Matters

El Paso has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

Entities named for it include El Paso County[30], a county of Texas[31], in United States[32], founded in 1871[33]; Old El Paso[34], a brand[35], founded in 1938[36]; El Paso International Airport[37], an international airport[38], in United States[39]; and it–Juárez[40], a metropolitan area[41], in Mexico[42].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · DanGFSouza · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subreddit → elpaso, ElPaso
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Subreddit: ElPaso, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/144657592|ElPaso (#144657592)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5569|Subreddit Directory]] #mix"
  2. 9w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46713|batch #46713]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  3. 11w ago · William Avery Bot bot · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → http://www.ci.el-paso.tx.us, https://www.elpasotexas.gov/, http://rgfn.epcc.edu/rgfn/projects/city/
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ Official website: http://rgfn.epcc.edu/rgfn/projects/city/, Changing http://web.archive.org/ URLs to https (×2). See [[Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/William_Avery"
  4. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → el-paso
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: el-paso, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289928729|el paso (#289928729)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  5. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of households → {'amount': '+230905'}
    Aliases → —
    Part of → —
    Twinned administrative body → Zacatecas, Torreón, Ciudad Juárez +2
    + 40 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0413839-El-Paso-Texas, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
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