Olympia
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Summary
Olympia is a city in the United States[1]. Olympia ranks in the top 2% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,817 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Olympic Region Clean Air Agency[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Thurston County[4]
- Country: United States[5]
- Head of government: Dontae Payne[6]
- Instance of: state or insular area capital of the United States[7], county seat[8]
- Shares border with: Tumwater[9]
- Named after: Olympic Mountains[10]
- Twinned administrative body: Katō-shi[11]
- Postal code: 98501[12], 98502[13], 98504[14], 98505[15], 98506[16], 98507[17], 98508[18], 98512[19], 98513[20], 98516[21], 98599[22]
- Commons category: Olympia, Washington[23]
- Local dialing code: 360[24]
- Inception: January 28, 1859[25]
- Coordinate location: 47.0425, -122.89305555556[26]
- Official website: https://olympiawa.gov[27]
- Topic's main category: Category:Olympia, Washington[28]
- Commons gallery: Olympia, Washington[29]
- Population: 46,478[30], 55,605[31]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[32], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[33], The American Cyclopædia[34], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[35], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[36], The New Student's Reference Work[37]
- Capital of: Washington[38], Thurston County[39]
- Official name: Olympia[40]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Olympia, Washington[41]
- Category for people who died here: Q17126394[42]
- Number of households: 23,031[43]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Olympia, Washington[44]
- Elevation above sea level: 29[45]
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Physical Characteristics
Areas include 51.977836[46] and 50.973496[47].
Cultural Significance
Things named for Olympia include USS Olympia[48], an attack submarine[49]; Ostrea lurida[50], a taxon[51]; and Olympia Regional Airport[52], an airport[53], in United States[54].
Why It Matters
Olympia has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] Olympia is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]
Entities named for Olympia include USS Olympia[48], an attack submarine[49]; Ostrea lurida[50], a taxon[51]; and Olympia Regional Airport[52], an airport[53], in United States[54].