Southampton

Summary

Southampton is a city^[1]. Southampton ranks in the top 1% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,965 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Southampton is located in City of Southampton^[3].
• Southampton is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Southampton is on the body of water River Itchen^[5].
• Southampton is on the body of water River Test^[6].
• Southampton is on the body of water Southampton Water^[7].
• Southampton's image is recorded as Southampton2.jpg^[8].
• Southampton's continent is recorded as Europe^[9].
• Southampton's instance of is recorded as city^[10].
• Southampton's instance of is recorded as big city^[11].
• Southampton's official language is recorded as English^[12].
• Southampton's coat of arms image is recorded as Arms of Southampton.svg^[13].
• Southampton's twinned administrative body is recorded as Le Havre^[14].
• Southampton's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kaliningrad^[15].
• Southampton's twinned administrative body is recorded as Trieste^[16].
• Southampton's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kalisz^[17].
• Southampton's twinned administrative body is recorded as Hampton^[18].
• Southampton's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 227690782^[19].
• Southampton's GND ID is recorded as 4118746-5^[20].
• Southampton's locator map image is recorded as Southampton OSM 03.png^[21].
• Southampton's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79072768^[22].
• Southampton's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11962315f^[23].
• Southampton's IdRef ID is recorded as 02762224X^[24].
• Southampton's postal code is recorded as SO^[25].
• Southampton's Commons category is recorded as Southampton^[26].
• Southampton's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 127864^[27].

Body

Geography

Southampton is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Southampton is located in City of Southampton^[3]. Adjacent water bodies include River Itchen^[5], a chalk stream^[28], in United Kingdom^[29]; River Test^[6], a river^[30], in United Kingdom^[31]; and Southampton Water^[7], an estuary^[32], in United Kingdom^[33]. Southampton's continent is recorded as Europe^[9].

Physical Characteristics

Southampton's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+51.47'}^[34]. Population counts include {'amount': '+253651'}^[35] and {'amount': '+271173'}^[36].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[10] and big city^[11].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Southampton include Southampton Airport^[37], an airport^[38], in United Kingdom^[39]; Southampton^[40], a town in the United States^[41], in United States^[42], founded in 1640^[43]; Southampton County^[44], a county of Virginia^[45], in United States^[46], founded in 1749^[47]; and Southampton Central railway station^[48], a railway station^[49], in United Kingdom^[50].

Why It Matters

Southampton ranks in the top 1% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,965 views/month).^[2] Southampton has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[51] Southampton is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[52]

Entities named for Southampton include Southampton Airport^[37], an airport^[38], in United Kingdom^[39]; Southampton^[40], a town in the United States^[41], in United States^[42], founded in 1640^[43]; Southampton County^[44], a county of Virginia^[45], in United States^[46], founded in 1749^[47]; and Southampton Central railway station^[48], a railway station^[49], in United Kingdom^[50].