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County Sligo

county in Ireland
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Summary

County Sligo is a county of Ireland[1]. It draws 2,052 Wikipedia views per month (county of ireland category, ranking #12 of 26).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Connacht[3]
  • Country: Ireland[4]
  • Capital: Sligo[5]
  • Shares border with: County Mayo[6], County Roscommon[7], County Leitrim[8]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Sligo[9], Ballymote–Tobercurry[10]
  • Legislative body: legislative body of Sligo County Council[11]
  • Executive body: office of the Cathaoirleach of Sligo County Council[12]
  • Commons category: County Sligo[13]
  • Licence plate code: SO[14]
  • Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[15]
  • Official website: http://www.sligococo.ie[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:County Sligo[17]
  • Commons gallery: County Sligo[18]
  • Population: 65,393[19]
  • Office held by head of government: Cathaoirleach of Sligo County Council[20]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[22], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[23], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[24], New International Encyclopedia[25]
  • Topic has template: Template:County Sligo[26]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in County Sligo[27]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in County Sligo[28]
  • Native label: Contae Shligigh[29]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from County Sligo[30]
  • Area: 1838.0 km²[31]
  • Related category: Category:County Sligo-related lists[32]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of County Sligo[33]
  • Historic county: County Sligo[34]

Why It Matters

County Sligo has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Related Entities

Ireland Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → http://www.sligococo.ie
    Instance of → —
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 54.25, 'lon': -8.6666666666667}
    Category for people born here → Category:Births in County Sligo
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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