Tacoma
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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 (8,201 views/month, #80 of 9,394).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Pierce County[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Head of government: Victoria Woodards[5]
- Instance of: big city[6]
- Shares border with: Gig Harbor[7], Fife[8]
- Named after: Mount Rainier[9]
- Twinned administrative body: Vladivostok[10], El Jadida[11], Cienfuegos[12], Fuzhou[13], Ålesund Municipality[14], Biot[15], Boca del Río[16], Brovary[17], Davao City[18], George[19], Kitakyūshū-shi[20], Gunsan[21], Taichung[22]
- Legislative body: Tacoma City Council[23]
- Postal code: 98401[24], 98402[25], 98403[26], 98404[27], 98405[28], 98406[29], 98407[30], 98408[31], 98409[32], 98411[33], 98412[34], 98413[35], 98415[36], 98416[37]
- Commons category: Tacoma, Washington[38]
- Located in time zone: Pacific Time Zone[39], UTC−08:00[40], UTC−07:00[41]
- Local dialing code: 253[42]
- Inception: 1875[43]
- Official website: https://www.cityoftacoma.org/[44]
- Topic's main category: Category:Tacoma, Washington[45], Q32816046[46]
- Commons gallery: Tacoma, Washington[47]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Tacoma include Seattle–Tacoma International Airport[48], an international airport[49], in United States[50]; USS Tacoma[51], a frigate[52]; and Tacoma Narrows Airport[53], an airport[54], in United States[55].
Why It Matters
Tacoma has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] Tacoma is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]
Entities named for Tacoma include Seattle–Tacoma International Airport[48], an international airport[49], in United States[50]; USS Tacoma[51], a frigate[52]; and Tacoma Narrows Airport[53], an airport[54], in United States[55].