Broughty Ferry

suburb of Dundee, Scotland, UK
Place town Q459773
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Broughty Ferry

Summary

Broughty Ferry is a town[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (107 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Broughty Ferry is located in Dundee City[3].
  • Broughty Ferry is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Broughty Ferry's image is recorded as Broughty Ferry Beach.JPG[5].
  • Broughty Ferry's instance of is recorded as town[6].
  • Broughty Ferry's instance of is recorded as suburb[7].
  • Broughty Ferry's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 126814456[8].
  • Broughty Ferry's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n93010229[9].
  • Broughty Ferry's Commons category is recorded as Broughty Ferry[10].
  • Broughty Ferry's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 56.4672, 'lon': -2.86991}[11].
  • Broughty Ferry's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01_ct8[12].
  • Broughty Ferry's official website is recorded as http://www.cometobroughty.co.uk/[13].
  • Broughty Ferry's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 4cb997cc-f27c-4adb-8775-747ff35b354a[14].
  • Broughty Ferry's population is recorded as {'amount': '+18659'}[15].
  • Broughty Ferry's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[16].
  • Broughty Ferry's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17].
  • Broughty Ferry's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2654497[18].
  • Broughty Ferry's BBC Things ID is recorded as 4add0463-1900-405c-9b65-4fd9d8ea41b3[19].
  • Broughty Ferry's UN/LOCODE is recorded as GBBYY[20].
  • Broughty Ferry's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+0'}[21].
  • Broughty Ferry's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -2591102[22].
  • Broughty Ferry's TOID is recorded as 4000000074556161[23].
  • Broughty Ferry's Vision of Britain place ID is recorded as 20506[24].
  • Broughty Ferry's archINFORM location ID is recorded as 6303[25].
  • Broughty Ferry's BBC News topic ID is recorded as cjkm52r6xw0t[26].
  • Broughty Ferry's Who's on First ID is recorded as 85786079[27].

Body

Geography

Broughty Ferry is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in Dundee City[3].

Physical Characteristics

Broughty Ferry's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+0'}[21]. Its population is recorded as {'amount': '+18659'}[15].

Designation and Status

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

Cultural Significance

Things named for Broughty Ferry include it railway station[28], a railway station[29], in United Kingdom[30].

Why It Matters

Broughty Ferry ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (107 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31]

Entities named for it include it railway station[28], a railway station[29], in United Kingdom[30].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . service.unece.org. service.unece.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . archINFORM. Retrieved . archinform.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . bbc.com. bbc.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . 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. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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