Minot

seat of Ward County, North Dakota, United States
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Summary

Minot is a city in the United States[1]. Minot ranks in the top 4% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,370 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Ward County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Souris River[5]
  • Head of government: Shaun Sipma[6]
  • Instance of: county seat[7]
  • Named after: Henry Minot[8]
  • Twinned administrative body: Moose Jaw[9], Skien[10]
  • Postal code: 58701[11], 58702[12], 58703[13], 58707[14]
  • Commons category: Minot, North Dakota[15]
  • Local dialing code: 701[16]
  • Inception: 1886[17]
  • Official website: https://www.minotnd.gov/[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Minot, North Dakota[19]
  • Population: 36,567[20], 34,544[21], 32,843[22], 32,290[23], 30,987[24], 22,032[25], 40,888[26], 48,377[27]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Minot, North Dakota[28]
  • Capital of: Ward County[29]
  • Official name: Minot[30]
  • Category for people born here: Q32647452[31]
  • Number of households: 21,156[32]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Minot, North Dakota[33]
  • Different from: Minot[34]
  • Elevation above sea level: 491 m[35]
  • Area: 69.715674 km²[36], 45.195655 km²[37], 70.678879 km²[38], 70.591632 km²[39], 0.087247 km²[40]
  • Geography of topic: geography of Minot, North Dakota[41]
  • Water as percent of area: 0.1269 percent[42]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Minot include Minot International Airport[43], an international airport[44], in United States[45].

Why It Matters

Minot has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] Minot is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

Entities named for Minot include Minot International Airport[43], an international airport[44], in United States[45].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . minotnd.org. Retrieved . minotnd.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . census.gov. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [45] ↑ . 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. [46] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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