Salford

Summary

Salford is a city^[1]. Salford has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• Salford is located in Salford^[3].
• Salford is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Salford is on the body of water River Irwell^[5].
• Salford's instance of is recorded as city^[6].
• Salford's instance of is recorded as big city^[7].
• Salford's instance of is recorded as unparished area^[8].
• Salford's shares border with is recorded as Swinton^[9].
• Salford's shares border with is recorded as Culcheth and Glazebury^[10].
• Salford's twinned administrative body is recorded as Lünen^[11].
• Salford's twinned administrative body is recorded as Narbonne^[12].
• Salford's twinned administrative body is recorded as Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine^[13].
• Salford's twinned administrative body is recorded as Clermont-Ferrand^[14].
• Salford's Commons category is recorded as Salford^[15].
• Salford's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[16].
• Salford's local dialing code is recorded as 0161^[17].
• Salford's OS grid reference is recorded as SJ805985^[18].
• Salford's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.482777777778, 'lon': -2.2930555555556}^[19].
• Salford's official website is recorded as http://www.salford.gov.uk/^[20].
• Salford's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Salford^[21].
• Salford's Commons gallery is recorded as Salford^[22].
• Salford has a population of {'amount': '+103886'}^[23].
• Salford's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[24].
• Salford's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[25].
• Salford's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Salford'}^[26].
• Salford's category for people born here is recorded as Q9226970^[27].

Body

Geography

Salford is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Salford is located in Salford^[3]. Salford is on the body of water River Irwell^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Salford covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+20.97'}^[28]. Salford sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+46'}^[29]. Salford has a population of {'amount': '+103886'}^[23].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[6], big city^[7], and unparished area^[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Salford include Salford City F.C.^[30], an association football club^[31], in United Kingdom^[32], founded in 1940^[33] and Salford Central railway station^[34], a railway station^[35], in United Kingdom^[36].

Why It Matters

Salford has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] Salford is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]

Entities named for Salford include Salford City F.C.^[30], an association football club^[31], in United Kingdom^[32], founded in 1940^[33] and Salford Central railway station^[34], a railway station^[35], in United Kingdom^[36].