Shamokin

city in southeastern Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
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Shamokin

Summary

Shamokin is a city of Pennsylvania[1]. Shamokin draws 151 Wikipedia views per month (city_of_pennsylvania category, ranking #35 of 54).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shamokin is located in Northumberland County[3].
  • Shamokin is in the country of United States[4].
  • Shamokin's head of government is recorded as Richard Ulrich[5].
  • Shamokin's image is recorded as Shamokin, Pennsylvania streetscape.JPG[6].
  • Shamokin's instance of is recorded as city of Pennsylvania[7].
  • Shamokin's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 146606881[8].
  • Shamokin's locator map image is recorded as Northumberland County Pennsylvania Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Shamokin Highlighted.svg[9].
  • Shamokin's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82132963[10].
  • Shamokin's postal code is recorded as 17872[11].
  • Shamokin's part of is recorded as Coal Region[12].
  • Shamokin's Commons category is recorded as Shamokin, Pennsylvania[13].
  • Shamokin's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 187821[14].
  • +1835-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Shamokin[15].
  • Shamokin's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1214013[16].
  • Shamokin's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1215517[17].
  • Shamokin's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.789166666667, 'lon': -76.554722222222}[18].
  • Shamokin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0_8np[19].
  • Shamokin's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 42-69600[20].
  • Shamokin's official website is recorded as http://www.shamokincity.org[21].
  • Shamokin's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shamokin, Pennsylvania[22].
  • Shamokin's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 280717f4-653f-4283-bc65-a3751ab2d71d[23].
  • Shamokin's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/North_America/United_States/Pennsylvania/Localities/S/Shamokin/[24].
  • Shamokin's population is recorded as {'amount': '+7374'}[25].
  • Shamokin's population is recorded as {'amount': '+6942'}[26].
  • Shamokin's WOEID is recorded as 2491552[27].

Body

Geography

Shamokin is in the country of United States[4]. Shamokin is located in Northumberland County[3]. Shamokin's part of is recorded as Coal Region[12].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q232291', 'amount': '+0.83'}[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2.160087'}[29]. Shamokin's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3710', 'amount': '+800'}[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+7374'}[25] and {'amount': '+6942'}[26].

Designation and Status

Shamokin's instance of is recorded as city of Pennsylvania[7].

History and Context

+1835-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Shamokin[15].

Why It Matters

Shamokin draws 151 Wikipedia views per month (city_of_pennsylvania category, ranking #35 of 54).[2] Shamokin has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Shamokin is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . shamokincity.org. Retrieved . shamokincity.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . State/County Subdivision Outline Maps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Flickr Shapefiles Public Dataset 2.0. wikidata.org.
  26. [30] . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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