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Fredericton

capital city of the province of New Brunswick, Canada
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Summary

Fredericton is a city[1]. Fredericton ranks in the top 6% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,756 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: New Brunswick[3]
  • Country: Canada[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Saint John River[5]
  • Instance of: provincial or territorial capital city in Canada[6]
  • Shares border with: Hanwell[7]
  • Founder: Acadians[8]
  • Named after: Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany[9]
  • Twinned administrative body: Gangnam District[10], Saltillo[11]
  • Commons category: Fredericton[12]
  • Located in time zone: UTC−04:00[13]
  • Inception: 1785[14]
  • Official website: https://fredericton.ca/en[15], https://fredericton.ca/fr[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Fredericton[17]
  • Commons gallery: Fredericton[18]
  • Population: 56,224[19], 58,721[20], 63,116[21]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[23]
  • Capital of: New Brunswick[24]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Fredericton, New Brunswick[25]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Fredericton[26]
  • Demonym: Frederictonian[27], Frédérictonnais[28]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Fredericton[29]
  • Elevation above sea level: 20 m[30]
  • Area: 130,680,000 m²[31]
  • Open data portal: Fredericton Open Data[32]
  • Official map URL: https://data-fredericton.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/Fredericton::neighbourhoods-quartiers/explore?location=45.945363%2C-66.666971%2C12.60[33]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Fredericton include Fredericton International Airport[34], an international airport[35], in Canada[36].

Why It Matters

Fredericton has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] Fredericton is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

Entities named for Fredericton include Fredericton International Airport[34], an international airport[35], in Canada[36].

Related Entities

Canada Canadian Rivers Institute city Gjirokastër Maritime College of Forest Technology Meritus University New Brunswick College of Craft and Design New Brunswick Teachers' College Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany Roseto degli Abruzzi Yorkville University

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . fredericton.ca. fredericton.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . vanguardia.com.mx. vanguardia.com.mx. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Canada 2011 Census. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Canada 2016 Census. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Canada 2021 Census. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Canadian Oxford Dictionary (2nd edition). 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.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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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