Quebec City
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Summary
Quebec City is a city or town of Quebec[1]. It ranks in the top 0.89% of city or town of quebec entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24,857 views/month, #2 of 225).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Creative Cities Network[3], League of Historical Cities[4], Organization of World Heritage Cities[5]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Quebec[6]
- Country: Canada[7]
- Located in or next to body of water: Rivière Saint-Charles[8], St. Lawrence River[9], Rivière du Berger[10]
- Head of government: Bruno Marchand[11]
- Instance of: big city[12], territory outside RCM in Quebec[13], former national capital[14]
- Shares border with: Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures[15], Lévis[16], Boischatel[17], L'Ancienne-Lorette[18], Wendake[19], Notre-Dame-des-Anges[20], Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier[21], Shannon[22], Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier[23], Lac-Delage[24], Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury[25], Lac-Beauport[26], Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval[27], L'Ange-Gardien[28]
- Founder: Samuel de Champlain[29]
- Named after: Quebec City–Lévis narrows[30]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: La Cité-Limoilou[31], Les Rivières[32], Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge[33], Charlesbourg[34], Beauport[35], La Haute-Saint-Charles[36]
- Flag: flag of Quebec City[37]
- Twinned administrative body: Albany[38], Iași[39], Sousse[40], Calgary[41], Bordeaux[42], Namur[43], Xi'an[44], Saint Petersburg[45], Ouagadougou[46], Dinan[47], Beirut[48], Guanajuato[49], Liège[50]
- Legislative body: Quebec City Council[51]
- Coat of arms: coat of arms of Quebec City[52]
- Commons category: Quebec City[53]
- Local dialing code: 418[54], 581[55], 367[56]
- Inception: July 3, 1608[57]
- Coordinate location: 46.816111, -71.224167[58]
- Located on street: Quebec Autoroute 73[59], Quebec Route 175[60]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Quebec City include Quebec[61], a province of Canada[62], in Canada[63], founded in 1867[64]; Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport[65], an international airport[66], in Canada[67], founded in 1939[68]; and Quebec Agreement[69], a secret treaty[70].
Why It Matters
Quebec City has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[71] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[72]
Entities named for it include Quebec[61], a province of Canada[62], in Canada[63], founded in 1867[64]; Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport[65], an international airport[66], in Canada[67], founded in 1939[68]; and Quebec Agreement[69], a secret treaty[70].