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West Lafayette

city in Indiana, USA
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West Lafayette

Summary

West Lafayette is a city in the United States[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (324 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • West Lafayette is located in Tippecanoe County[3].
  • West Lafayette is in the country of United States[4].
  • West Lafayette's image is recorded as West Lafayette, Indiana Public Library and urban spread, Autumn.jpg[5].
  • West Lafayette's instance of is recorded as city in the United States[6].
  • Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette is named after West Lafayette[7].
  • West Lafayette's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ōta-shi[8].
  • West Lafayette's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 127836496[9].
  • West Lafayette's GND ID is recorded as 4245327-6[10].
  • West Lafayette's locator map image is recorded as Tippecanoe County Indiana Incorporated and Unincorporated areas West Lafayette Highlighted.svg[11].
  • West Lafayette's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80028193[12].
  • West Lafayette's postal code is recorded as 47906[13].
  • West Lafayette's postal code is recorded as 47907[14].
  • West Lafayette's postal code is recorded as 47996[15].
  • West Lafayette's Commons category is recorded as West Lafayette, Indiana[16].
  • West Lafayette's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 127730[17].
  • West Lafayette's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern Time Zone[18].
  • West Lafayette's local dialing code is recorded as 765[19].
  • +1888-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of West Lafayette[20].
  • West Lafayette's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 445775[21].
  • West Lafayette's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 2397268[22].
  • West Lafayette's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.441944444444, 'lon': -86.9125}[23].
  • West Lafayette's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0sqd0[24].
  • West Lafayette's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as xx0039663[25].
  • West Lafayette's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 18-82862[26].
  • West Lafayette's official website is recorded as http://www.city.west-lafayette.in.us[27].

Body

Founding

+1888-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of West Lafayette[20].

Identity

West Lafayette's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[28].

Why It Matters

West Lafayette ranks in the top 6% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (324 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

Branden Robinson Gene Spafford Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette Herbert C. Brown Katie Bouman Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation Purdue University College of Agriculture Purdue University College of Health and Human Sciences Purdue University College of Pharmacy, Nursing, and Health Sciences Purdue University College of Technology Sanjay Ghemawat Saul Rosen United States Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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