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Lanham

community and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States
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Lanham

Summary

Lanham is a census-designated place in the United States[1]. Lanham ranks in the top 2% of census_designated_place_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (549 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lanham is located in Prince George's County[3].
  • Lanham is in the country of United States[4].
  • Lanham's instance of is recorded as census-designated place in the United States[5].
  • Lanham's instance of is recorded as unincorporated community[6].
  • Lanham's shares border with is recorded as Greenbelt[7].
  • Lanham's postal code is recorded as 20703[8].
  • Lanham's postal code is recorded as 20706[9].
  • Lanham's Commons category is recorded as Lanham, Maryland[10].
  • Lanham's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern Time Zone[11].
  • Lanham's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−05:00[12].
  • Lanham's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−04:00[13].
  • Lanham's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 38.9669, 'lon': -76.8619}[14].
  • Lanham's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lanham, Maryland[15].
  • Lanham has a population of {'amount': '+10157'}[16].
  • Lanham has a population of {'amount': '+11120'}[17].
  • Lanham has a population of {'amount': '+11282'}[18].
  • Lanham's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Lanham'}[19].
  • Lanham's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in Lanham[20].
  • Lanham's number of households is recorded as {'amount': '+2937'}[21].
  • Lanham sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+43'}[22].
  • Lanham covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+9.186712'}[23].
  • Lanham covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+9.186228'}[24].
  • Lanham's exact match is recorded as https://www.dla-marbach.de/find/opac/id/TH00061736/[25].
  • Lanham's water as percent of area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+0.5362'}[26].
  • Lanham's per capita income is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+31536'}[27].

Body

Geography

Lanham is in the country of United States[4]. Lanham is located in Prince George's County[3].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+9.186712'}[23] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+9.186228'}[24]. Lanham sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+43'}[22]. Population counts include {'amount': '+10157'}[16], {'amount': '+11120'}[17], and {'amount': '+11282'}[18].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include census-designated place in the United States[5] and unincorporated community[6].

Why It Matters

Lanham ranks in the top 2% of census_designated_place_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (549 views/month).[2] Lanham has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Lanham is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

United States

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . GeoNames. Retrieved . service.unece.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . GeoNames. Retrieved . visitmaryland.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Q12013. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . data.census.gov. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . GeoNames. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 17d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Prince George's County
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 38.9669, 'lon': -76.8619}
    Population → {'amount': '+10157'}, {'amount': '+11120'}, {'amount': '+11282'}
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+9.186712'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+9.186228'}
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47156|batch #47156]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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