Ashburton

Summary

Ashburton is a town^[1]. Ashburton ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (132 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Ashburton is located in Ashburton District^[3].
• Ashburton is in the country of New Zealand^[4].
• Ashburton's image is recorded as Ashburton NZ aerial.jpg^[5].
• Ashburton's instance of is recorded as town^[6].
• Francis Baring, 3rd Baron Ashburton is named after Ashburton^[7].
• Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton is named after Ashburton^[8].
• Ashburton's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81091862^[9].
• Ashburton's postal code is recorded as 7700^[10].
• Ashburton's Commons category is recorded as Ashburton, New Zealand^[11].
• Ashburton's local dialing code is recorded as 03^[12].
• Ashburton's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -43.905555555556, 'lon': 171.74555555556}^[13].
• Ashburton's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02gvdc^[14].
• Ashburton's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ashburton, New Zealand^[15].
• Ashburton's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 81921fdf-b3b9-4121-a241-98929012b5ec^[16].
• Ashburton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+19600'}^[17].
• Ashburton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+19284'}^[18].
• Ashburton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+20200'}^[19].
• Ashburton's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0519883^[20].
• Ashburton's capital of is recorded as Ashburton District^[21].
• Ashburton's category for people born here is recorded as Q9228532^[22].
• Ashburton's GeoNames ID is recorded as 6217081^[23].
• Ashburton's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 1121431^[24].
• Ashburton's UN/LOCODE is recorded as NZASG^[25].
• Ashburton's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+37.93'}^[26].
• Ashburton's Quora topic ID is recorded as Ashburton-New-Zealand^[27].

Body

Geography

Ashburton is in the country of New Zealand^[4]. Ashburton is located in Ashburton District^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Ashburton's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+37.93'}^[26]. Population counts include {'amount': '+19600'}^[17], {'amount': '+19284'}^[18], and {'amount': '+20200'}^[19].

Designation and Status

Ashburton's instance of is recorded as town^[6].

History and Context

Things named after include Francis Baring, 3rd Baron Ashburton^[7], a politician^[28], 1800–1868^[29], of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland^[30] and Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton^[8], a banker^[31], 1799–1864^[32], of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland^[33], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society^[34].

Why It Matters

Ashburton ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (132 views/month).^[2] Ashburton has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] Ashburton is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]