Tacoma

Summary

Tacoma is a city in the United States^[1]. Tacoma ranks in the top 0.85% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,712 views/month, #80 of 9,394).^[2]

Key Facts

• Tacoma is located in Pierce County^[3].
• Tacoma is in the country of United States^[4].
• Tacoma's head of government is recorded as Victoria Woodards^[5].
• Tacoma's instance of is recorded as city in the United States^[6].
• Tacoma's instance of is recorded as big city^[7].
• Tacoma's shares border with is recorded as Gig Harbor^[8].
• Tacoma's shares border with is recorded as Fife^[9].
• Mount Rainier is named after Tacoma^[10].
• Tacoma's twinned administrative body is recorded as Vladivostok^[11].
• Tacoma's twinned administrative body is recorded as El Jadida^[12].
• Tacoma's twinned administrative body is recorded as Cienfuegos^[13].
• Tacoma's twinned administrative body is recorded as Fuzhou^[14].
• Tacoma's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ålesund Municipality^[15].
• Tacoma's twinned administrative body is recorded as Biot^[16].
• Tacoma's twinned administrative body is recorded as Boca del Río^[17].
• Tacoma's twinned administrative body is recorded as Brovary^[18].
• Tacoma's twinned administrative body is recorded as Davao City^[19].
• Tacoma's twinned administrative body is recorded as George^[20].
• Tacoma's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kitakyūshū-shi^[21].
• Tacoma's twinned administrative body is recorded as Gunsan^[22].
• Tacoma's twinned administrative body is recorded as Taichung^[23].
• Tacoma's legislative body is recorded as Tacoma City Council^[24].
• Tacoma's postal code is recorded as 98401^[25].
• Tacoma's postal code is recorded as 98402^[26].
• Tacoma's postal code is recorded as 98403^[27].

Body

Founding

1875 marks the founding of Tacoma^[28].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Tacoma include Seattle–Tacoma International Airport^[29], an international airport^[30], in United States^[31]; USS Tacoma^[32], a frigate^[33]; and Tacoma Narrows Airport^[34], an airport^[35], in United States^[36].

Why It Matters

Tacoma ranks in the top 0.85% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,712 views/month, #80 of 9,394).^[2] Tacoma has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] Tacoma is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]

Entities named for Tacoma include Seattle–Tacoma International Airport^[29], an international airport^[30], in United States^[31]; USS Tacoma^[32], a frigate^[33]; and Tacoma Narrows Airport^[34], an airport^[35], in United States^[36].