Bala

market town and community in Gwynedd, Wales
Place town Q171923
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Bala

Summary

Bala is a town[1]. Bala ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (190 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bala is located in Gwynedd[3].
  • Bala is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Bala's image is recorded as Y Bala, Gwynedd - awyrlun (aerial view) Mehefin (June) 2023 01.jpg[5].
  • Bala's instance of is recorded as town[6].
  • Bala's instance of is recorded as community[7].
  • Bala's shares border with is recorded as Llanuwchllyn[8].
  • Bala's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 147036029[9].
  • Bala's locator map image is recorded as Wales Gwynedd Community Bala map.svg[10].
  • Bala's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nr98030975[11].
  • Bala's IdRef ID is recorded as 171852893[12].
  • Bala's postal code is recorded as LL23[13].
  • Bala's Commons category is recorded as Bala, Gwynedd[14].
  • Bala's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 11264005[15].
  • Bala's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q9309 (cym)-Jason.nlw-Y Bala.wav[16].
  • Bala's local dialing code is recorded as 01678[17].
  • Bala's OS grid reference is recorded as SH925359[18].
  • Bala's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 52.911, 'lon': -3.596}[19].
  • Bala's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04jhdg[20].
  • Bala's GSS code is recorded as W04000045[21].
  • Bala's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bala, Gwynedd[22].
  • Bala's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as c91b2520-582e-4062-9906-0e551eb7793d[23].
  • Bala's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Wales/Gwynedd/Bala/[24].
  • Bala's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1999'}[25].
  • Bala's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1974'}[26].
  • Bala's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1993'}[27].

Body

Geography

Bala is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Bala is located in Gwynedd[3].

Physical Characteristics

Bala's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+241.94'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+1999'}[25], {'amount': '+1974'}[26], {'amount': '+1993'}[27], and {'amount': '+1980'}[29].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town[6] and community[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Bala include Bala[30], a compact rural community[31], in Canada[32], founded in 1868[33].

Why It Matters

Bala ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (190 views/month).[2] Bala has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Bala is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Entities named for Bala include Bala[30], a compact rural community[31], in Canada[32], founded in 1868[33].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . gweddill.gov.wales. gweddill.gov.wales. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [29] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] . nomisweb.co.uk. nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] . 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. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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