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New Brunswick

city in and county seat of Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States
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New Brunswick was founded in 1730.

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Middlesex County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Raritan River[5]
  • Head of government: Jim Cahill[6]
  • Instance of: county seat[7]
  • Shares border with: Franklin Township[8], Highland Park[9], North Brunswick[10], Edison[11], Piscataway[12], East Brunswick[13]
  • Twinned administrative body: Debrecen[14], Fukui[15], Tsuruoka[16], Limerick[17]
  • Postal code: 08901[18], 08903[19], 08906[20], 08933[21], 08989[22]
  • Commons category: New Brunswick, New Jersey[23]
  • Located in time zone: Eastern Time Zone[24]
  • Inception: 1730[25]
  • Official website: https://www.newbrunswick.com/[26]
  • Topic's main category: Category:New Brunswick, New Jersey[27]
  • Described at URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/07/realestate/new-brunswick-new-jersey.html[28]
  • Population: 55,181[29], 55,266[30]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of New Brunswick, New Jersey[31]
  • Described by source: New Encyclopedic Dictionary[32], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[33], New International Encyclopedia[34]
  • Capital of: Middlesex County[35]
  • Official name: New Brunswick[36]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Birth in New Brunswick, New Jersey[37]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in New Brunswick, New Jersey[38]
  • Number of households: 15,546[39]
  • Native label: New Brunswick[40]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from New Brunswick, New Jersey[41]
  • Different from: New Brunswick[42]

Why It Matters

New Brunswick has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . cityofnewbrunswick.org. Retrieved . cityofnewbrunswick.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Gazetteer. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . Gazetteer. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . newbrunswicksistercities.org. newbrunswicksistercities.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . newbrunswicksistercities.org. newbrunswicksistercities.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . newbrunswicksistercities.org. newbrunswicksistercities.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . newbrunswicksistercities.org. newbrunswicksistercities.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Gazetteer. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Water as percent of area → {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+9.7114'}
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