Tyre

Summary

Tyre is a city^[1]. Tyre ranks in the top 1% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,928 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 instance of is recorded as city^[6].
• Tyre's instance of is recorded as village/town/city in Lebanon^[7].
• Tyre's instance of is recorded as big city^[8].
• Tyre's instance of is recorded as ancient city^[9].
• Tyre's instance of is recorded as city-state^[10].
• Tyre's twinned administrative body is recorded as Algiers^[11].
• Tyre's twinned administrative body is recorded as Dezful^[12].
• Tyre's twinned administrative body is recorded as Málaga^[13].
• Tyre's twinned administrative body is recorded as Perpignan^[14].
• Tyre's twinned administrative body is recorded as Tunis^[15].
• Tyre's twinned administrative body is recorded as Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole^[16].
• Tyre's twinned administrative body is recorded as Novorossiysk^[17].
• Tyre's Commons category is recorded as Tyre, Lebanon^[18].
• Tyre's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[19].
• Tyre's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00^[20].
• 2750 BC marks the founding of Tyre^[21].
• Tyre's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 33.266666666667, 'lon': 35.2}^[22].
• Tyre's official website is recorded as http://www.tyremunicipality.com/^[23].
• Tyre's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tyre, Lebanon^[24].
• Tyre's Commons gallery is recorded as Tyre^[25].
• Tyre has a population of {'amount': '+160000'}^[26].
• Tyre's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[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 covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5'}^[32]. Tyre sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+10'}^[33]. Tyre has a population of {'amount': '+160000'}^[26].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[6], village/town/city in Lebanon^[7], big city^[8], ancient city^[9], and city-state^[10].

History and Context

2750 BC marks the founding of Tyre^[21].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Tyre include Tyrian purple^[34], a type of chemical entity^[35] and Tyrian shekel^[36], a currency^[37].

Why It Matters

Tyre ranks in the top 1% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,928 views/month).^[2] Tyre has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] Tyre is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]

Entities named for Tyre include Tyrian purple^[34], a type of chemical entity^[35] and Tyrian shekel^[36], a currency^[37].