Sheffield

Summary

Sheffield is a city^[1]. Sheffield ranks in the top 0.76% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,946 views/month, #42 of 5,534).^[2]

Key Facts

• Sheffield is located in Sheffield^[3].
• Sheffield is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Sheffield's instance of is recorded as city^[5].
• Sheffield's instance of is recorded as big city^[6].
• Sheffield's instance of is recorded as unparished area^[7].
• Sheffield's official language is recorded as English^[8].
• Sheffield's shares border with is recorded as Barnsley^[9].
• Sheffield's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kawasaki^[10].
• Sheffield's twinned administrative body is recorded as Pittsburgh^[11].
• Sheffield's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bochum^[12].
• Sheffield's twinned administrative body is recorded as Macerata^[13].
• Sheffield's twinned administrative body is recorded as Donetsk^[14].
• Sheffield's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kitwe^[15].
• Sheffield's twinned administrative body is recorded as Chengdu^[16].
• Sheffield's twinned administrative body is recorded as Anshan^[17].
• Sheffield's twinned administrative body is recorded as Estelí^[18].
• Sheffield's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kotli^[19].
• Sheffield's postal code is recorded as S0114^[20].
• Sheffield's Commons category is recorded as Sheffield^[21].
• Sheffield's located in time zone is recorded as Greenwich Mean Time^[22].
• Sheffield's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[23].
• Sheffield's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[24].
• Sheffield's local dialing code is recorded as 0114^[25].
• 701 marks the founding of Sheffield^[26].
• Sheffield's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.380833333333335, 'lon': -1.4702777777777778}^[27].

Body

Geography

Sheffield is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Sheffield is located in Sheffield^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Sheffield covers an area of {'unit': 'Q232291', 'amount': '+142.06'}^[28]. Sheffield sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+75'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+518090'}^[30] and {'amount': '+577800'}^[31].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[5], big city^[6], and unparished area^[7].

History and Context

701 marks the founding of Sheffield^[26].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Sheffield include Doncaster Sheffield Airport^[32], an airport^[33], in United Kingdom^[34]; Sheffield United F.C.^[35], an association football club^[36], in United Kingdom^[37], founded in 1889^[38]; and Sheffield^[39], a city in the United States^[40], in United States^[41], founded in 1885^[42].

Why It Matters

Sheffield ranks in the top 0.76% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,946 views/month, #42 of 5,534).^[2] Sheffield has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[43] Sheffield is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[44]

Entities named for Sheffield include Doncaster Sheffield Airport^[32], an airport^[33], in United Kingdom^[34]; Sheffield United F.C.^[35], an association football club^[36], in United Kingdom^[37], founded in 1889^[38]; and Sheffield^[39], a city in the United States^[40], in United States^[41], founded in 1885^[42].