Giza

Summary

Giza is a city^[1]. Giza ranks in the top 4% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (918 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Giza was a member of League of Historical Cities^[3].
• Giza is located in Giza Governorate^[4].
• Giza is in the country of Egypt^[5].
• Giza's image is recorded as Giza Corniche.jpg^[6].
• Giza's instance of is recorded as city^[7].
• Giza's instance of is recorded as tourist destination^[8].
• Giza's official language is recorded as Arabic^[9].
• Giza's flag image is recorded as Flag of Giza Governorate.png^[10].
• Giza's coat of arms image is recorded as Coat of arms of Giza Governorate.png^[11].
• Giza's twinned administrative body is recorded as Los Angeles^[12].
• Giza's twinned administrative body is recorded as Istanbul^[13].
• Giza's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 3146029517935821906^[14].
• Giza's GND ID is recorded as 4021093-5^[15].
• Giza's locator map image is recorded as Gizeh.PNG^[16].
• Giza's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80146419^[17].
• Giza's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 169430332^[18].
• Giza's IdRef ID is recorded as 244949360^[19].
• Giza's postal code is recorded as 3759914^[20].
• Giza's Commons category is recorded as Giza^[21].
• Giza's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[22].
• Giza's local dialing code is recorded as 2^[23].
• +0642-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Giza^[24].
• Giza's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 29.987, 'lon': 31.2118}^[25].
• Giza's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/012b0q^[26].
• Giza's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge129191^[27].

Body

Geography

Giza is in the country of Egypt^[5]. Giza is located in Giza Governorate^[4].

Physical Characteristics

Giza's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+187'}^[28]. Giza's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+30'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+3021542'}^[30], {'amount': '+2521197'}^[31], {'amount': '+1883189'}^[32], {'amount': '+4458135'}^[33], {'amount': '+4367343'}^[34], and {'amount': '+4212750'}^[35].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[7] and tourist destination^[8].

History and Context

+0642-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Giza^[24].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Giza include 5249 Giza^[36], an asteroid^[37] and Giza Peak^[38], a mountain^[39].

Why It Matters

Giza ranks in the top 4% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (918 views/month).^[2] Giza has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[40] Giza is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[41]

Entities named for Giza include 5249 Giza^[36], an asteroid^[37] and Giza Peak^[38], a mountain^[39].