Beaufort West

Summary

Beaufort West is a town^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (97 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Beaufort West is located in Beaufort West Local Municipality^[3].
• Beaufort West is in the country of South Africa^[4].
• Beaufort West's image is recorded as BeaufortWest.jpg^[5].
• Beaufort West's instance of is recorded as town^[6].
• Beaufort West's shares border with is recorded as Loxton^[7].
• Beaufort West's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 154900419^[8].
• Beaufort West's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n90661976^[9].
• Beaufort West's postal code is recorded as 6970^[10].
• Beaufort West's postal code is recorded as 6970^[11].
• Beaufort West's Commons category is recorded as Beaufort West^[12].
• Beaufort West's local dialing code is recorded as 023^[13].
• +1818-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Beaufort West^[14].
• Beaufort West's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -32.35, 'lon': 22.583333333333}^[15].
• Beaufort West's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cpmpn^[16].
• Beaufort West's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Beaufort West^[17].
• Beaufort West's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 87c72708-08cb-4a7a-aff9-e4d311db91e4^[18].
• Beaufort West's WOEID is recorded as 1579686^[19].
• Beaufort West's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[20].
• Beaufort West's capital of is recorded as Beaufort West Local Municipality^[21].
• Beaufort West's capital of is recorded as Central Karoo District Municipality^[22].
• Beaufort West's category for people born here is recorded as Q32376180^[23].
• Beaufort West's GeoNames ID is recorded as 1020641^[24].
• Beaufort West's BBC Things ID is recorded as 29c16517-1650-4cca-96e1-e78bcebc749b^[25].
• Beaufort West's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 1092857^[26].
• Beaufort West's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from Beaufort West^[27].

Body

Geography

Beaufort West is in the country of South Africa^[4]. It is located in Beaufort West Local Municipality^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Beaufort West's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+56.5'}^[28]. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+650'}^[29].

Designation and Status

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

History and Context

+1818-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Beaufort West^[14].

Why It Matters

Beaufort West ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (97 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]