Acton

Summary

Acton is a suburb^[1]. Acton ranks in the top 5% of suburb entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Acton is located in Australian Capital Territory^[3].
• Acton is located in North Canberra^[4].
• Acton is located in Canberra Central^[5].
• Acton is in the country of Australia^[6].
• Acton's image is recorded as Boom in Lake Burley Griffin for the Acton Waterfront development February 2021.jpg^[7].
• Acton's instance of is recorded as suburb^[8].
• Acton's shares border with is recorded as ACT Remainder - Canberra Central^[9].
• Acton's shares border with is recorded as O'Connor^[10].
• Acton's shares border with is recorded as Turner^[11].
• Acton's shares border with is recorded as Yarralumla^[12].
• Acton's shares border with is recorded as City^[13].
• Acton's shares border with is recorded as Parkes^[14].
• Acton is named after Acton^[15].
• Acton's locator map image is recorded as Acton IBMap-MJC.png^[16].
• Acton's postal code is recorded as 2601^[17].
• Acton's Commons category is recorded as Acton, Australian Capital Territory^[18].
• Acton's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 5344208^[19].
• +1928-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Acton^[20].
• Acton's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -35.279444444444, 'lon': 149.11944444444}^[21].
• Acton's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0410rp^[22].
• Acton's page banner is recorded as Acton banner.jpg^[23].
• Acton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1993'}^[24].
• Acton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+2086'}^[25].
• Acton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+2848'}^[26].
• Acton's female population is recorded as {'amount': '+1089'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Acton is in the country of Australia^[6]. Located in include Australian Capital Territory^[3], a mainland territory of Australia^[28], in Australia^[29], founded in 1911^[30]; North Canberra^[4], a subdivision^[31], in Australia^[32]; and Canberra Central^[5], a district of the Australian Capital Territory^[33], in Australia^[34], founded in 1966^[35].

Physical Characteristics

Acton's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+62.3'}^[36]. Acton's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+566'}^[37]. Population counts include {'amount': '+1993'}^[24], {'amount': '+2086'}^[25], and {'amount': '+2848'}^[26].

Designation and Status

Acton's instance of is recorded as suburb^[8].

History and Context

+1928-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Acton^[20]. Acton is named after Acton^[15].

Why It Matters

Acton ranks in the top 5% of suburb entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26 views/month).^[2] Acton has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] Acton is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]