Greenwich
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Summary
Greenwich is a district[1]. Greenwich ranks in the top 0.68% of district entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,044 views/month, #2 of 292).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Royal Borough of Greenwich[3]
- Country: United Kingdom[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: River Thames[5]
- Instance of: town[6], area of London[7]
- Shares border with: Deptford[8], Blackheath[9], St Johns[10], Westcombe Park[11], New Cross[12], Lewisham[13], Kidbrooke[14], Charlton[15], Peckham[16], Thamesmead[17], Plumstead[18], Woolwich[19]
- Postal code: SE10[20]
- Commons category: Greenwich (district of London)[21]
- Local dialing code: 020[22]
- OS grid reference: TQ395775[23]
- Coordinate location: 51.48, 0[24]
- Topic's main category: Category:Greenwich (district of London)[25]
- Population: 30,578[26]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[28], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[29], The New Student's Reference Work[30], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[31]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Greenwich[32]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in the Royal Borough of Greenwich[33]
- Native label: Greenwich[34]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Greenwich[35]
- Different from: Royal Borough of Greenwich[36]
- Area: 5044.18[37]
- Historic county: Kent[38]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Greenwich include Greenwich[39], a New England town[40], in United States[41], founded in 1640[42] and Greenwich Township[43], a township of New Jersey[44], in United States[45], founded in 1695[46].
Why It Matters
Greenwich has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] Greenwich is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]
Entities named for Greenwich include Greenwich[39], a New England town[40], in United States[41], founded in 1640[42] and Greenwich Township[43], a township of New Jersey[44], in United States[45], founded in 1695[46].