Sharjah

Summary

Sharjah is a city^[1]. Sharjah ranks in the top 1% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,282 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Sharjah was a member of Creative Cities Network^[3].
• Sharjah is located in Emirate of Sharjah^[4].
• Sharjah is in the country of United Arab Emirates^[5].
• Sharjah's head of government is recorded as Sultan bin Mohamed Al-Qasimi^[6].
• Sharjah's instance of is recorded as city^[7].
• Sharjah's instance of is recorded as big city^[8].
• Sharjah's twinned administrative body is recorded as Granada^[9].
• Sharjah is part of Emirate of Sharjah^[10].
• Sharjah's Commons category is recorded as Sharjah^[11].
• Sharjah's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+04:00^[12].
• 1793 marks the founding of Sharjah^[13].
• Sharjah's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 25.3375, 'lon': 55.411944444444}^[14].
• Sharjah's official website is recorded as https://www.sharjah.ae/^[15].
• Sharjah's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sharjah (city)^[16].
• Sharjah has a population of {'amount': '+1247749'}^[17].
• Sharjah's capital of is recorded as Emirate of Sharjah^[18].
• Sharjah's heritage designation is recorded as Tentative World Heritage Site^[19].
• Sharjah's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'الشارقة'}^[20].
• Sharjah's category for people born here is recorded as Q32648545^[21].
• Sharjah's category for people who died here is recorded as Q32648548^[22].
• Sharjah's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'الشارقة'}^[23].
• Sharjah's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from the Emirate of Sharjah^[24].
• Sharjah's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People of Sharjah^[25].
• Sharjah sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+14'}^[26].
• Sharjah sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+6'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Sharjah is in the country of United Arab Emirates^[5]. Sharjah is located in Emirate of Sharjah^[4]. Sharjah is part of Emirate of Sharjah^[10].

Physical Characteristics

Sharjah covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+235.5'}^[28]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+14'}^[26] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+6'}^[27]. Sharjah has a population of {'amount': '+1247749'}^[17].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[7] and big city^[8]. Sharjah's heritage designation is recorded as Tentative World Heritage Site^[19].

History and Context

1793 marks the founding of Sharjah^[13].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Sharjah include Sharjah International Airport^[29], an international airport^[30], in United Arab Emirates^[31].

Why It Matters

Sharjah ranks in the top 1% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,282 views/month).^[2] Sharjah has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] Sharjah is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for Sharjah include Sharjah International Airport^[29], an international airport^[30], in United Arab Emirates^[31].