Markham

Summary

Markham is a city^[1]. Markham ranks in the top 5% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (862 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Markham is located in Regional Municipality of York^[3].
• Markham is in the country of Canada^[4].
• Markham's image is recorded as MarkhamCivicCenter27.jpg^[5].
• Markham's continent is recorded as North America^[6].
• Markham's instance of is recorded as city^[7].
• Markham's instance of is recorded as lower-tier municipality of Ontario^[8].
• Markham's instance of is recorded as big city^[9].
• Markham's shares border with is recorded as Whitchurch–Stouffville^[10].
• Markham's shares border with is recorded as Vaughan^[11].
• Markham's shares border with is recorded as Richmond Hill^[12].
• Markham's shares border with is recorded as Pickering^[13].
• Markham's shares border with is recorded as Toronto^[14].
• John Markham is named after Markham^[15].
• Markham's twinned administrative body is recorded as Nördlingen^[16].
• Markham's twinned administrative body is recorded as Cary^[17].
• Markham's legislative body is recorded as Markham City Council^[18].
• Markham's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 135963572^[19].
• Markham's locator map image is recorded as Markham within York Region.svg^[20].
• Markham's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n98068444^[21].
• Markham's Commons category is recorded as Markham^[22].
• Markham's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 324213^[23].
• Markham's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern Time Zone^[24].
• +1794-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Markham^[25].
• Markham's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 43.8833, 'lon': -79.25}^[26].
• Markham's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/018gmr^[27].

Body

Geography

Markham is in the country of Canada^[4]. Markham is located in Regional Municipality of York^[3]. Markham's continent is recorded as North America^[6].

Physical Characteristics

Markham's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+212.58'}^[28]. Markham's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+200'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+301709'}^[30], {'amount': '+328966'}^[31], and {'amount': '+338503'}^[32].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[7], lower-tier municipality of Ontario^[8], and big city^[9].

History and Context

+1794-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Markham^[25]. John Markham is named after Markham^[15].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Markham include Markham GO Station^[33], a railway station^[34], in Canada^[35], founded in 1871^[36].

Why It Matters

Markham ranks in the top 5% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (862 views/month).^[2] Markham has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] Markham is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]

Entities named for Markham include Markham GO Station^[33], a railway station^[34], in Canada^[35], founded in 1871^[36].