Leeds
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Summary
Leeds is a city[1]. Leeds ranks in the top 0.81% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,143 views/month, #45 of 5,534).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Leeds[3]
- Country: United Kingdom[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: River Aire[5], Leeds and Liverpool Canal[6], Meanwood Beck[7]
- Instance of: unparished area[8], big city[9], college town[10]
- Official language: English[11]
- Twinned administrative body: Brașov[12], Siegen[13], Lille[14], Dortmund[15], Brno[16], Colombo[17], Louisville[18]
- Commons category: Leeds[19]
- Local dialing code: 0113[20]
- OS grid reference: SE297338[21]
- Coordinate location: 53.7975, -1.5436111111111113[22]
- Significant event: Siege of Leeds[23]
- Official website: https://www.leeds.gov.uk/[24]
- Topic's main category: Category:Leeds[25]
- Commons gallery: Leeds[26]
- Population: 536,280[27], 822,483[28]
- Time of earliest written record: 1086[29]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[30], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[31], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[32], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[33], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[34], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[35], Otto's encyclopedia[36]
- Capital of: Leeds[37], Yorkshire and the Humber[38]
- Official name: Leeds[39]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Leeds[40]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Leeds[41]
- Native label: Leeds[42]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Leeds[43]
- Different from: Leeds[44]
- Elevation above sea level: 51[45]
Body
Physical Characteristics
Leeds covers an area of 551.7[46].
Cultural Significance
Things named for Leeds include Leeds Bradford Airport[47], an international airport[48], in United Kingdom[49], founded in 1931[50]; Leeds railway station[51], a railway station[52], in United Kingdom[53]; Leeds East Airport[54], an airport[55], in United Kingdom[56]; and Leeds[57], a town in the United States[58], in United States[59], founded in 1867[60].
Why It Matters
Leeds has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] Leeds is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]
Entities named for Leeds include Leeds Bradford Airport[47], an international airport[48], in United Kingdom[49], founded in 1931[50]; Leeds railway station[51], a railway station[52], in United Kingdom[53]; Leeds East Airport[54], an airport[55], in United Kingdom[56]; and Leeds[57], a town in the United States[58], in United States[59], founded in 1867[60].