Urbana

city in and county seat of Champaign County, Illinois, United States
Organization city_of_illinois Q462184
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Summary

Urbana is a city of Illinois[1]. Urbana draws 1,820 Wikipedia views per month (city of illinois category, ranking #423 of 15).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Champaign County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Instance of: county seat[5]
  • Top-level Internet domain: .urbana.il.us[6]
  • Twinned administrative body: Thionville[7]
  • Postal code: 61801[8], 61802[9], 61803[10]
  • Commons category: Urbana, Illinois[11]
  • Local dialing code: 217[12]
  • Inception: 1833[13]
  • Coordinate location: 40.109722222222, -88.204166666667[14]
  • Official website: http://www.city.urbana.il.us/[15], https://urbanaillinois.us[16], https://www.urbanail.gov/[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Urbana, Illinois[18]
  • Population: 42,014[19], 39,484[20], 41,250[21], 38,336[22]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Urbana, Illinois[23]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24]
  • Capital of: Champaign County[25]
  • Official name: Urbana[26]
  • Category for people born here: Q17255441[27]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Urbana, Illinois[28]
  • Number of households: 17,295[29]
  • Native label: Urbana[30]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Urbana, Illinois[31]
  • Different from: Fremont[32]
  • Elevation above sea level: 222[33]
  • Area: 30[34], 30.28731[35]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Urbana include Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area[36], a metropolitan statistical area[37], in United States[38].

Why It Matters

Urbana has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] Urbana is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Entities named for Urbana include Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area[36], a metropolitan statistical area[37], in United States[38].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · Mahirtwofivesix · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Arabic ontology lexical concept id → 151048893
    Babelnet id → 00079309n
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||4 */ added/modified IDs mapped to WordNet 3.1"
  2. 8w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → city of Illinois, county seat
    Harper's tag → urbana
    Located in time zone → —
    Domain name → urbana.il.us
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: urbana, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289966421|urbana (#289966421)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
  3. 11w ago · Mxn · 2026-07-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Top-level internet domain → .urbana.il.us
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Urbana, Illinois
    Number of households → {'amount': '+17295'}
    Website → —
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Top-level internet domain: .urbana.il.us"
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