Swansea
city in Wales
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Summary
Swansea is a big city[1]. Swansea draws 16,436 Wikipedia views per month (big city category, ranking #49 of 300).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Swansea[3]
- Country: United Kingdom[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Swansea Bay[5], River Tawe[6]
- Instance of: city[7]
- Twinned administrative body: Mannheim[8], Ferrara[9], Cork[10], Nantong[11], Pau[12], Wuhan[13], Bydgoszcz[14]
- Postal code: SA1-SA7[15]
- Commons category: Swansea[16]
- Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[17]
- Local dialing code: 1792[18]
- Inception: 1158[19]
- OS grid reference: SS6593[20]
- Located in/on physical feature: Gower Peninsula[21], Swansea Bay[22]
- Official website: https://www.abertawe.gov.uk/[23], https://www.swansea.gov.uk/[24]
- Topic's main category: Category:Swansea[25]
- Population: 246,700[26]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[28], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[29], The New Student's Reference Work[30], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[31], Meyer’s Universum, Siebenter Band[32]
- Capital of: West Glamorgan[33], Swansea[34]
- Official name: Swansea[35], Abertawe[36]
- Motto text: Floreat Abertawe[37]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Swansea[38]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Swansea[39]
- Demonym: سَوَنْزِيٌّ[40], أَبَرْتَوِيٌّ[41]
- Native label: Swansea[42], Abertawe[43]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Swansea[44]
- Area: 390,000,000 m²[45]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Swansea include Swansea[46], a town in the United States[47], in United States[48], founded in 1662[49] and Swansea railway station[50], a railway station[51], in United Kingdom[52].
Why It Matters
Swansea has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] Swansea is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]
Entities named for Swansea include Swansea[46], a town in the United States[47], in United States[48], founded in 1662[49] and Swansea railway station[50], a railway station[51], in United Kingdom[52].