Tyre

Summary

Tyre is a city^[1]. Tyre ranks in the top 1% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,126 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Tyre is located in Tyre District^[3].
• Tyre is located in Phoenicia^[4].
• Tyre is in the country of Lebanon^[5].
• Tyre's image is recorded as SubmergedEgyptianHarbour TyreSour Lebanon RomanDeckert04112019.jpg^[6].
• Tyre's instance of is recorded as city^[7].
• Tyre's instance of is recorded as village/town/city in Lebanon^[8].
• Tyre's instance of is recorded as big city^[9].
• Tyre's instance of is recorded as ancient city^[10].
• Tyre's instance of is recorded as city-state^[11].
• Tyre's twinned administrative body is recorded as Algiers^[12].
• Tyre's twinned administrative body is recorded as Dezful^[13].
• Tyre's twinned administrative body is recorded as Málaga^[14].
• Tyre's twinned administrative body is recorded as Perpignan^[15].
• Tyre's twinned administrative body is recorded as Tunis^[16].
• Tyre's twinned administrative body is recorded as Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole^[17].
• Tyre's twinned administrative body is recorded as Novorossiysk^[18].
• Tyre's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 124395803^[19].
• Tyre's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 248971129^[20].
• Tyre's GND ID is recorded as 4061314-8^[21].
• Tyre's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n85064197^[22].
• Tyre's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11973663k^[23].
• Tyre's IdRef ID is recorded as 027763781^[24].
• Tyre's Commons category is recorded as Tyre, Lebanon^[25].
• Tyre's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[26].
• Tyre's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00^[27].

Body

Geography

Tyre is in the country of Lebanon^[5]. Located in include Tyre District^[3], a district of Lebanon^[28], in Lebanon^[29] and Phoenicia^[4], a historical country^[30], founded in -2500^[31].

Physical Characteristics

Tyre's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5'}^[32]. Tyre's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+10'}^[33]. Tyre's population is recorded as {'amount': '+160000'}^[34].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[7], village/town/city in Lebanon^[8], big city^[9], ancient city^[10], and city-state^[11].

History and Context

-2750-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Tyre^[35].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Tyre include Tyrian purple^[36], a type of chemical entity^[37] and Tyrian shekel^[38], a currency^[39].

Why It Matters

Tyre ranks in the top 1% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,126 views/month).^[2] Tyre has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[40] Tyre is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[41]

Entities named for Tyre include Tyrian purple^[36], a type of chemical entity^[37] and Tyrian shekel^[38], a currency^[39].