Long Island
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Summary
Long Island is an island[1]. It ranks in the top 0.16% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,838 views/month, #12 of 7,296).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: New York[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Atlantic Ocean[5], Long Island Sound[6]
- Instance of: moraine[7]
- Shares border with: Connecticut[8]
- Twinned administrative body: Unterschleißheim[9]
- Part of: New York metropolitan area[10]
- Commons category: Long Island[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Long Island[12]
- Population: 7,804,968[13], 2,098,460[14], 1,452,611[15], 1,029,097[16], 743,957[17], 540,648[18], 379,788[19], 212,637[20], 110,406[21], 69,775[22], 56,978[23], 48,752[24], 42,907[25], 37,108[26]
- Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[28], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[29], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[30], The American Cyclopædia[31], The New Student's Reference Work[32], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[33], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[34]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Long Island[35]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Long Island[36]
- Native label: Paumanok[37]
- Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films set on Long Island[38]
- Category for people buried here: Category:Burials in Long Island[39]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Long Island[40]
- Different from: Long Island[41]
- Length: 190 km[42]
- Elevation above sea level: 122 m[43]
- Area: 3566 km²[44]
- Width: 32 km[45]
- Geography of topic: geography of Long Island[46]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Long Island[47]
- Economy of topic: Economy of Long Island[48]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Long Island include Long Island Rail Road[49], a transport company[50], in United States[51], founded in 1834[52], headquartered in Jamaica[53]; American Pekin[54], a duck breed[55]; Long Island Sound[56], an estuary[57], in United States[58]; and Long Island MacArthur Airport[59], an airport[60], in United States[61].
Why It Matters
Long Island has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[62] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[63]
Entities named for it include Long Island Rail Road[49], a transport company[50], in United States[51], founded in 1834[52], headquartered in Jamaica[53]; American Pekin[54], a duck breed[55]; Long Island Sound[56], an estuary[57], in United States[58]; and Long Island MacArthur Airport[59], an airport[60], in United States[61].