Dorset

Summary

Dorset is a ceremonial county of England^[1]. Dorset draws 1,357 Wikipedia views per month (ceremonial_county_of_england category, ranking #15 of 36).^[2]

Key Facts

• Dorset is located in South West England^[3].
• Dorset is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Dorset's image is recorded as Durdle Door, Dorset (2004).jpg^[5].
• Dorset's instance of is recorded as ceremonial county of England^[6].
• Dorset's capital is recorded as Dorchester^[7].
• Dorset's flag image is recorded as Flag of Dorset.svg^[8].
• Dorset's shares border with is recorded as Somerset^[9].
• Dorset's shares border with is recorded as Devon^[10].
• Dorset's shares border with is recorded as Wiltshire^[11].
• Dorset's shares border with is recorded as Hampshire^[12].
• Dorset's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Dorset^[13].
• Dorset's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole^[14].
• Dorset's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 182620392^[15].
• Dorset's GND ID is recorded as 4012808-8^[16].
• Dorset's GND ID is recorded as 7791405-3^[17].
• Dorset's locator map image is recorded as Dorset UK locator map 2010.svg^[18].
• Dorset's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81020291^[19].
• Dorset's Commons category is recorded as Dorset^[20].
• Dorset's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2698375^[21].
• Dorset's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[22].
• Dorset's said to be the same as is recorded as Dorset^[23].
• Dorset's NUTS code is recorded as UKK22^[24].
• Dorset's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.833333333333, 'lon': -2.3333333333333}^[25].
• Dorset's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09cpb^[26].
• Dorset's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge753056^[27].

Body

Geography

Dorset is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Dorset is located in South West England^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Dorset's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2813.998'}^[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+744041'}^[29], {'amount': '+772268'}^[30], and {'amount': '+776780'}^[31].

Designation and Status

Dorset's instance of is recorded as ceremonial county of England^[6].

Why It Matters

Dorset draws 1,357 Wikipedia views per month (ceremonial_county_of_england category, ranking #15 of 36).^[2] Dorset has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] Dorset is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]