Castlemaine

city in Victoria, Australia
City city Q260317
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Castlemaine

Summary

Castlemaine is a city[1]. Castlemaine ranks in the top 9% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (121 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Castlemaine is located in Shire of Mount Alexander[3].
  • Castlemaine is in the country of Australia[4].
  • Castlemaine's instance of is recorded as city[5].
  • Castlemaine's instance of is recorded as gazetted locality of Victoria[6].
  • Castlemaine's shares border with is recorded as Barkers Creek[7].
  • Castlemaine's shares border with is recorded as Muckleford[8].
  • Castlemaine's shares border with is recorded as McKenzie Hill[9].
  • Castlemaine's shares border with is recorded as Moonlight Flat[10].
  • Castlemaine's shares border with is recorded as Campbells Creek[11].
  • Castlemaine's shares border with is recorded as Chewton[12].
  • Castlemaine is named after Castlemaine[13].
  • Castlemaine's postal code is recorded as 3450[14].
  • Castlemaine's Commons category is recorded as Castlemaine, Victoria[15].
  • Castlemaine's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -37.063611111111, 'lon': 144.21722222222}[16].
  • Castlemaine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Castlemaine, Victoria[17].
  • Castlemaine's Commons gallery is recorded as Castlemaine, Victoria[18].
  • Castlemaine has a population of {'amount': '+9124'}[19].
  • Castlemaine has a population of {'amount': '+6757'}[20].
  • Castlemaine has a population of {'amount': '+7506'}[21].
  • Castlemaine has a population of {'amount': '+10577'}[22].
  • Castlemaine's capital of is recorded as Shire of Mount Alexander[23].
  • Castlemaine's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en-au', 'text': 'Castlemaine'}[24].
  • Castlemaine's female population is recorded as {'amount': '+3631'}[25].
  • Castlemaine's male population is recorded as {'amount': '+3124'}[26].
  • Castlemaine's different from is recorded as Castlemaine[27].

Body

Geography

Castlemaine is in the country of Australia[4]. Castlemaine is located in Shire of Mount Alexander[3].

Physical Characteristics

Castlemaine covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+20.1'}[28]. Castlemaine sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+281'}[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+9124'}[19], {'amount': '+6757'}[20], {'amount': '+7506'}[21], and {'amount': '+10577'}[22].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city[5] and gazetted locality of Victoria[6].

History and Context

Castlemaine is named after Castlemaine[13].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Castlemaine include HMAS Castlemaine[30], a corvette[31], in Australia[32].

Why It Matters

Castlemaine ranks in the top 9% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (121 views/month).[2] Castlemaine has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Castlemaine is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for Castlemaine include HMAS Castlemaine[30], a corvette[31], in Australia[32].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . VICNAMES. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Australian Bureau of Statistics. censusdata.abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . censusdata.abs.gov.au. censusdata.abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . abs.gov.au. Retrieved . abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . abs.gov.au. abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . VICNAMES. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . censusdata.abs.gov.au. censusdata.abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . censusdata.abs.gov.au. censusdata.abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [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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    Commons category → Castlemaine, Victoria
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