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Bala

market town and community in Gwynedd, Wales
Place town Q171923

Facts

16 properties

Identity

Instance of
town, community[4]
Native label
Y Bala[21]
Official name
Y Bala, Y Bala[19][20]

Location

Country
United Kingdom[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 52.911°, -3.596°[9]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Gwynedd[2]
Shares border with
Llanuwchllyn[5]

Population and size

Area
+241.94[22]
Population
2.0k (2.0k–2.0k, n=4)[10][11][12][13]

Codes

Local dialing code
01678[7]
Postal code
LL23[6]
More facts +5
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Kościelna encyclopedia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14][15][16][17][18]
Historic county
Merionethshire
Located in protected area
Eryri National Park[23]
OS grid reference
SH925359[8]
Route diagram template
Template:Bala Stations
🏷️ Also known as
en Bala en Bala, Gwynedd en Y Bala ar بالا el Μπάλα fa بالا، گوینز ja バラ ko 발라 ru Бала zh 巴拉
🔖 Identifiers · 26
VIAF cluster ID
147036029
Library of Congress Authorities ID
nr98030975
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Y Bala, Gwynedd - awyrlun (aerial view) Mehefin (June) 2023 01.jpg ↗
BBC News topic ID
c8zwn5l8486t
BBC Things ID
7ef4433e-ed81-43de-8454-9049cc2b1201
Curlie ID
Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Wales/Gwynedd/Bala/
FactGrid item ID
Jonway Automobile
Freebase ID
/m/04jhdg
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2588976
GSS code (2011)
W04000045
GeoNames ID
2656615, 7295209
IdRef ID
171852893
Show all 26 identifiers +14
J9U entity ID
987007537928205171
MusicBrainz area ID
c91b2520-582e-4062-9906-0e551eb7793d
National Library of Wales Authority ID
bala-28, bala-29
OpenStreetMap relation ID
11264005
SNARC ID
La Spezia
TOID
7000000000020623, 4000000074564444
TermCymru ID
169433994
Topic's main category
Category:Bala, Gwynedd
UN/LOCODE
GBBAA
Vision of Britain place ID
419
WOEID
11622
Who's on First ID
1360712505
Wikishire article ID
Bala
Yale LUX ID
place/c58d5f65-95c9-4ea2-88c3-73e51af8465b
📚 Sources · 1
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Source
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Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
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Credit
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🔗 Connections
Described by source 3
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Instance of 2
town, community
People born here 2
David Edward Hughes, Christopher Timothy
Country 1
United Kingdom
FactGrid item ID 1
Jonway Automobile
Historic county 1
Merionethshire
Located in protected area 1
Eryri National Park
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Gwynedd
Located in this place 1
1981 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
Named after 1
Bala
People who died here 1
Michael D. Jones
SNARC ID 1
La Spezia
Shares border with 1
Llanuwchllyn
Topic's main category 1
Category:Bala, Gwynedd
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Bala, Gwynedd
← FactGrid item ID 1
Altenwerder
← Headquarters location 1
Bala Town F.C.
← Shares border with 1
Llanuwchllyn
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Summary

Bala is a town[1].

Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Bala include Bala[24], a compact rural community[25], in Canada[26], founded in 1868[27].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Bala include Bala[24], a compact rural community[25], in Canada[26], founded in 1868[27].

Related Entities

David Edward Hughes La Spezia United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

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  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. 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 · Virant · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+1999'}, {'amount': '+1974'}, {'amount': '+1993'} +1
    Route diagram template → Template:Bala Stations
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 52.911, 'longitude': -3.596}
    Instance of → town, community
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Native label: Y Bala"
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