Byron Bay

town in New South Wales, Australia
Place town Q1018597
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Byron Bay

Summary

Byron Bay is a town[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (586 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Byron Bay is located in New South Wales[3].
  • Byron Bay is located in Byron Shire[4].
  • Byron Bay is located in Byron[5].
  • Byron Bay is in the country of Australia[6].
  • Byron Bay's image is recorded as Broken Head From Tallow Beach October 2008.jpg[7].
  • Byron Bay's instance of is recorded as town[8].
  • Byron Bay's official language is recorded as Australian English[9].
  • Byron Bay's shares border with is recorded as Hayters Hill[10].
  • Byron Bay's shares border with is recorded as Skinners Shoot[11].
  • Byron Bay's shares border with is recorded as Suffolk Park[12].
  • Byron Bay's shares border with is recorded as Ewingsdale[13].
  • Byron Bay's shares border with is recorded as Coopers Shoot[14].
  • Byron Bay's shares border with is recorded as Tyagarah[15].
  • Byron Bay's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 124188413[16].
  • Byron Bay's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n88238471[17].
  • Byron Bay's postal code is recorded as 2481[18].
  • Byron Bay's Commons category is recorded as Byron Bay, New South Wales[19].
  • Byron Bay's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 6069744[20].
  • Byron Bay's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+10:00[21].
  • Byron Bay's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -28.648333333333333, 'lon': 153.6177778}[22].
  • Byron Bay's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02tg4w[23].
  • Byron Bay's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Byron Bay[24].
  • Byron Bay's page banner is recorded as Byron Bay Banner.jpg[25].
  • Byron Bay's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 54f1527c-cfb3-46f4-b43c-ea5b9ab7e75c[26].
  • Byron Bay's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/Oceania/Australia/New_South_Wales/Localities/B/Byron_Bay/[27].

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Geography

Byron Bay is in the country of Australia[6]. Located in include New South Wales[3], a state of Australia[28], in Australia[29], founded in 1788[30]; Byron Shire[4], a local government area of New South Wales[31], in Australia[32]; and Byron[5].

Physical Characteristics

Byron Bay's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+12406'}[33]. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+5'}[34]. Population counts include {'amount': '+5521'}[35], {'amount': '+6330'}[36], and {'amount': '+10538'}[37].

Designation and Status

Byron Bay's instance of is recorded as town[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Byron Bay include Ballina Byron Gateway Airport[38], an airport[39], in Australia[40].

Why It Matters

Byron Bay ranks in the top 1% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (586 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

Entities named for it include Ballina Byron Gateway Airport[38], an airport[39], in Australia[40].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [12] . linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [13] . linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [14] . linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [15] . linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [3] . wikidata.org.
  12. [4] . Geographical Names Register. wikidata.org.
  13. [5] . Geographical Names Register. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Geographical Names Register. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [35] . wikidata.org.
  27. [36] . abs.gov.au. Retrieved . abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [37] . abs.gov.au. abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [34] . wikidata.org.
  30. [33] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [38] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [40] . 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. [41] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Elevation above sea level {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+5'}
    Topic's main category Category:Byron Bay
    Aliases
    Area {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+12406'}
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