Rakvere
town in northern Estonia
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Summary
Rakvere is a city[1]. Rakvere draws 929 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #676 of 5,534).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Union of the Baltic Cities[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Rakvere City[4]
- Country: Estonia[5]
- Twinned administrative body: Lappeenranta[6], Lapua[7], Sigtuna Municipality[8], Panevėžys[9], Cēsis[10], Lütjenburg[11], Szolnok[12], Senaki[13], Panevėžys City Municipality[14], Vyshhorod[15]
- Postal code: 44306[16]
- Commons category: Rakvere[17]
- Local dialing code: 032[18]
- Coordinate location: 59.350555555556, 26.361111111111[19]
- Significant event: Siege of Wesenberg[20]
- Official website: http://rakvere.kovtp.ee[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Rakvere[22]
- Commons gallery: Rakvere[23]
- Population: 15,264[24], 15,400[25], 15,303[26], 15,747[27], 15,526[28], 15,413[29], 15,189[30], 15,085[31], 14,984[32], 15,614[33], 15,695[34]
- Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[35], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[36], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[37], Topographia Electoratus Brandenburgici et Ducatus Pomeraniae[38]
- Capital of: Lääne-Viru County[39]
- Official name: Rakvere[40]
- Motto text: Väge täis[41]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Rakvere[42]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Rakvere[43]
- Native label: Rakvere[44]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Rakvere[45]
- Elevation above sea level: 82[46]
- Area: 10.75[47]
- Coextensive with: Rakvere City[48]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Eesti 1000[49]
Why It Matters
Rakvere has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] Rakvere is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]