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Richmond

independent city in and capital of the U.S. state of Virginia
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Summary

Richmond is an independent city in the United States[1]. Richmond ranks in the top 5% of independent city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,722 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Virginia[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Head of government: Danny Avula[5]
  • Instance of: city in the United States[6], big city[7], independent city in Virginia[8]
  • Shares border with: Henrico County[9], Chesterfield County[10]
  • Basic form of government: strong mayor-council government[11]
  • Named after: Richmond[12]
  • Flag: flag of Richmond[13]
  • Twinned administrative body: Windhoek[14], London Borough of Richmond upon Thames[15], Olsztyn[16]
  • Legislative body: Richmond City Council[17]
  • Postal code: 23173[18], 23218[19], 23219[20], 23220[21], 23221[22], 23222[23], 23223[24], 23224[25], 23225[26], 23226[27], 23227[28], 23230[29], 23232[30], 23234[31]
  • Commons category: Richmond, Virginia[32]
  • Local dialing code: 804[33]
  • Inception: 1607[34]
  • Coordinate location: 37.54083333333333, -77.43666666666667[35]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Richmond include Richmond[36], a city of California[37], in United States[38], founded in 1905[39]; Richmond International Airport[40], an international airport[41], in United States[42], founded in 1927[43]; and USS Richmond[44], a light cruiser[45].

Why It Matters

Richmond has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] Richmond is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

Entities named for Richmond include Richmond[36], a city of California[37], in United States[38], founded in 1905[39]; Richmond International Airport[40], an international airport[41], in United States[42], founded in 1927[43]; and USS Richmond[44], a light cruiser[45].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  4. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  7. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Richmond, Virginia.
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Richmond, Virginia.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presidential el"
  2. 7w ago · JuxtaposedJacob · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Territory overlaps → Richmond urban area, Virginia Senate, District 14
    Basic form of government → strong mayor-council government
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Territory overlaps: Virginia Senate, District 14"
  3. 7w ago · JuxtaposedJacob · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Richmond County, Richmond
    Instance of → independent city in the United States, city in the United States, big city +1
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Instance of: independent city in Virginia, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1787553646073"
  4. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 4KHfq6
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  5. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → richmond, richmond-va
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: richmond, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289963810|richmond (#289963810)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n"
  6. 15w ago · Moosebird · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Flag image → Flag of Richmond, Virginia.svg
    Wikidata description → independent city in and capital of the U.S. state of Virginia
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Library of congress authority id: n79060700"
  7. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Umls cui → C3828327
    Taxonomicon id → 1808185
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
  8. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nci thesaurus id → C110633
    Tclf id → places/view-cultural-landscape-guides/national-park-service-
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Nci thesaurus id: C110633, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
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