Newcastle

Summary

Newcastle is a city^[1]. Newcastle ranks in the top 3% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,638 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Newcastle is located in City of Newcastle^[3].
• Newcastle is in the country of Australia^[4].
• Newcastle is on the body of water Hunter River^[5].
• Newcastle's image is recorded as Newcastle - aerial images (3) (7445134654).jpg^[6].
• Newcastle's instance of is recorded as city^[7].
• Newcastle's instance of is recorded as big city^[8].
• Newcastle's shares border with is recorded as Wickham^[9].
• Newcastle's shares border with is recorded as Cooks Hill^[10].
• Newcastle's shares border with is recorded as Newcastle East^[11].
• Newcastle's shares border with is recorded as Newcastle West^[12].
• Newcastle's shares border with is recorded as The Hill^[13].
• Newcastle's twinned administrative body is recorded as Newcastle upon Tyne^[14].
• Newcastle's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ube^[15].
• Newcastle's twinned administrative body is recorded as Arcadia^[16].
• Newcastle's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 138363611^[17].
• Newcastle's GND ID is recorded as 4245512-1^[18].
• Newcastle's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79086830^[19].
• Newcastle's IdRef ID is recorded as 165844477^[20].
• Newcastle's postal code is recorded as 2300^[21].
• Newcastle's part of is recorded as Newcastle - Maitland^[22].
• Newcastle's Commons category is recorded as Newcastle, New South Wales^[23].
• Newcastle's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 5989933^[24].
• Newcastle's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+10:00^[25].
• Newcastle's local dialing code is recorded as 0240^[26].
• Newcastle's local dialing code is recorded as 0241^[27].

Body

Geography

Newcastle is in the country of Australia^[4]. Newcastle is located in City of Newcastle^[3]. Newcastle is on the body of water Hunter River^[5]. Newcastle's part of is recorded as Newcastle - Maitland^[22].

Physical Characteristics

Newcastle's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+261.80'}^[28]. Newcastle's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+9'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+152984'}^[30], {'amount': '+3852'}^[31], and {'amount': '+348539'}^[32].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[7] and big city^[8].

History and Context

+1804-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Newcastle^[33].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Newcastle include HMAS Newcastle^[34], a frigate^[35] and Newcastle^[36], a division of the Australian House of Representatives^[37], in Australia^[38], founded in 1901^[39].

Why It Matters

Newcastle ranks in the top 3% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,638 views/month).^[2] Newcastle has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[40] Newcastle is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[41]

Entities named for Newcastle include HMAS Newcastle^[34], a frigate^[35] and Newcastle^[36], a division of the Australian House of Representatives^[37], in Australia^[38], founded in 1901^[39].