Carrickfergus

town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Place town Q1020354
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Carrickfergus

Summary

Carrickfergus is a town[1]. Carrickfergus ranks in the top 3% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (285 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Carrickfergus is located in Mid and East Antrim[3].
  • Carrickfergus is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Carrickfergus is on the body of water Belfast Lough[5].
  • Carrickfergus's image is recorded as Carrickfergus Castle, reflections at sunset - geograph.org.uk - 1098306.jpg[6].
  • Carrickfergus's instance of is recorded as town[7].
  • Carrickfergus's twinned administrative body is recorded as Portsmouth[8].
  • Carrickfergus's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 131404448[9].
  • Carrickfergus's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n84200363[10].
  • Carrickfergus's IdRef ID is recorded as 149992645[11].
  • Carrickfergus's postal code is recorded as BT38[12].
  • Carrickfergus's Commons category is recorded as Carrickfergus[13].
  • Carrickfergus's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[14].
  • Carrickfergus's local dialing code is recorded as 028[15].
  • Carrickfergus's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 54.71361111111111, 'lon': -5.8075}[16].
  • Carrickfergus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0p5jg[17].
  • Carrickfergus's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge841649[18].
  • Carrickfergus's significant event is recorded as Siege of Carrickfergus[19].
  • Carrickfergus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Carrickfergus[20].
  • Carrickfergus's page banner is recorded as Carrickfergus banner Panorama from Carrickfergus Castle.jpg[21].
  • Carrickfergus's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Northern_Ireland/Antrim/Carrickfergus/[22].
  • Carrickfergus's population is recorded as {'amount': '+28141'}[23].
  • Carrickfergus's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0015372[24].
  • Carrickfergus's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[25].
  • Carrickfergus's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[26].
  • Carrickfergus's capital of is recorded as Carrickfergus Borough Council[27].

Body

Geography

Carrickfergus is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Carrickfergus is located in Mid and East Antrim[3]. Carrickfergus is on the body of water Belfast Lough[5].

Physical Characteristics

Carrickfergus's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+12.242'}[28]. Carrickfergus's population is recorded as {'amount': '+28141'}[23].

Designation and Status

Carrickfergus's instance of is recorded as town[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Carrickfergus include Baron Carrickfergus[29], a noble title[30], in United Kingdom[31], founded in 2011[32].

Why It Matters

Carrickfergus ranks in the top 3% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (285 views/month).[2] Carrickfergus has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Carrickfergus is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for Carrickfergus include Baron Carrickfergus[29], a noble title[30], in United Kingdom[31], founded in 2011[32].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . 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. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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