Ballan

Summary

Ballan is a town^[1]. Ballan ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (86 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Ballan is located in Victoria^[3].
• Ballan is located in Shire of Moorabool^[4].
• Ballan is in the country of Australia^[5].
• Ballan's instance of is recorded as town^[6].
• Ballan's instance of is recorded as gazetted locality of Victoria^[7].
• Ballan's shares border with is recorded as Colbrook^[8].
• Ballan's shares border with is recorded as Blackwood^[9].
• Ballan's shares border with is recorded as Greendale^[10].
• Ballan's shares border with is recorded as Myrniong^[11].
• Ballan's shares border with is recorded as Ingliston^[12].
• Ballan's shares border with is recorded as Fiskville^[13].
• Ballan's shares border with is recorded as Bungal^[14].
• Ballan's shares border with is recorded as Mount Egerton^[15].
• Ballan's shares border with is recorded as Gordon^[16].
• Ballan's shares border with is recorded as Bunding^[17].
• Ballan's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2001033629^[18].
• Ballan's postal code is recorded as 3342^[19].
• Ballan's Commons category is recorded as Ballan, Victoria^[20].
• Ballan's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2462980^[21].
• Ballan's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -37.602, 'lon': 144.229}^[22].
• Ballan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dxdmm^[23].
• Ballan's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ballan, Victoria^[24].
• Ballan's Commons gallery is recorded as Ballan, Victoria^[25].
• Ballan's population is recorded as {'amount': '+2045'}^[26].
• Ballan's population is recorded as {'amount': '+2985'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Ballan is in the country of Australia^[5]. Located in include Victoria^[3], a state of Australia^[28], in Australia^[29], founded in 1851^[30] and Shire of Moorabool^[4], a local government area of Victoria^[31], in Australia^[32], founded in 1994^[33].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+2045'}^[26], {'amount': '+2985'}^[27], {'amount': '+3392'}^[34], and {'amount': '+2613'}^[35].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town^[6] and gazetted locality of Victoria^[7].

Why It Matters

Ballan ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (86 views/month).^[2] Ballan has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] Ballan is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]