Madison

capital city of Wisconsin, United States
Organization city_in_the_united_states Q43788
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Madison is a city in the United States.[1][2]

It was founded in 1836.[3][2]

Madison

Summary

Madison is a city in the United States[1]. Madison ranks in the top 0.77% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,638 views/month, #72 of 9,394).[2]

Key Facts

  • Madison is located in Dane County[3].
  • Madison is in the country of United States[4].
  • Madison is on the body of water Lake Monona[5].
  • Madison is on the body of water Lake Mendota[6].
  • Madison is on the body of water Lake Wingra[7].
  • Madison's head of government is recorded as Satya Rhodes-Conway[8].
  • Madison's image is recorded as Aerial View of Campus, with Helen C. White Hall in foreground (14070186173).jpg[9].
  • Madison's instance of is recorded as city in the United States[10].
  • Madison's instance of is recorded as second-class city[11].
  • Madison's instance of is recorded as state or insular area capital of the United States[12].
  • Madison's instance of is recorded as county seat[13].
  • Madison's instance of is recorded as big city[14].
  • Madison's flag image is recorded as Flag of Madison, Wisconsin (2018–present).svg[15].
  • Madison's flag image is recorded as Flag of Madison, Wisconsin (1962–2018).svg[16].
  • Madison's shares border with is recorded as Monona[17].
  • James Madison is named after Madison[18].
  • Madison's flag is recorded as flag of Madison, Wisconsin[19].
  • Madison's twinned administrative body is recorded as Vilnius[20].
  • Madison's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ainaro[21].
  • Madison's twinned administrative body is recorded as Arcatao[22].
  • Madison's twinned administrative body is recorded as Camagüey[23].
  • Madison's twinned administrative body is recorded as Freiburg im Breisgau[24].
  • Madison's twinned administrative body is recorded as Managua[25].
  • Madison's twinned administrative body is recorded as Mantua[26].
  • Madison's twinned administrative body is recorded as Obihiro[27].

Body

Founding

+1836-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Madison[28].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Madison include Madison metropolitan area[29], a metropolitan statistical area[30], in United States[31] and Madison[32], a city in the United States[33], in United States[34], founded in 1880[35].

Why It Matters

Madison ranks in the top 0.77% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,638 views/month, #72 of 9,394).[2] Madison has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Madison is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Entities named for Madison include Madison metropolitan area[29], a metropolitan statistical area[30], in United States[31] and Madison[32], a city in the United States[33], in United States[34], founded in 1880[35].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] . cityofmadison.com. Retrieved . cityofmadison.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] . wikidata.org.
  10. [16] . wikidata.org.
  11. [17] . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [18] . wikidata.org.
  14. [19] . wikidata.org.
  15. [20] . ivilnius.lt. ivilnius.lt. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [21] . wikidata.org.
  17. [22] . wikidata.org.
  18. [23] . wikidata.org.
  19. [24] . wikidata.org.
  20. [25] . wikidata.org.
  21. [26] . wikidata.org.
  22. [27] . wikidata.org.
  23. [5] . Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [6] . Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [7] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. Retrieved . wisconsinhistory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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