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Dorset

local government area in Tasmania, Australia
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Dorset

Summary

Dorset is a local government area of Tasmania[1]. Dorset draws 10 Wikipedia views per month (local_government_area_of_tasmania category, ranking #16 of 30).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dorset is located in Tasmania[3].
  • Dorset is in the country of Australia[4].
  • Dorset's instance of is recorded as local government area of Tasmania[5].
  • Dorset's capital is recorded as Scottsdale[6].
  • Dorset's shares border with is recorded as George Town Council[7].
  • Dorset's shares border with is recorded as City of Launceston[8].
  • Dorset's shares border with is recorded as Break O'Day Council[9].
  • Dorset's legislative body is recorded as Dorset Council[10].
  • Dorset's locator map image is recorded as LGATasmania Dorset.png[11].
  • Dorset's locator map image is recorded as Dorset LGA Tasmania locator map.svg[12].
  • Dorset's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 10578020[13].
  • +1993-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Dorset[14].
  • Dorset's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -41.09, 'lon': 147.71}[15].
  • Dorset's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0317g0[16].
  • Dorset's official website is recorded as https://www.dorset.tas.gov.au/[17].
  • Dorset's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dorset Council (Australia)[18].
  • Dorset's population is recorded as {'amount': '+6827'}[19].
  • Dorset's population is recorded as {'amount': '+6617'}[20].
  • Dorset's population is recorded as {'amount': '+6829'}[21].
  • Dorset's GeoNames ID is recorded as 7839667[22].
  • Dorset's different from is recorded as Dorset Council[23].
  • Dorset's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+218'}[24].
  • Dorset's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+3230.546'}[25].
  • Dorset's Australian Statistical Geography 2011 ID is recorded as LGA61810[26].
  • Dorset's Australian Statistical Geography 2016 ID is recorded as LGA61810[27].

Body

Geography

Dorset is in the country of Australia[4]. Dorset is located in Tasmania[3].

Physical Characteristics

Dorset's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+3230.546'}[25]. Dorset's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+218'}[24]. Population counts include {'amount': '+6827'}[19], {'amount': '+6617'}[20], and {'amount': '+6829'}[21].

Designation and Status

Dorset's instance of is recorded as local government area of Tasmania[5].

History and Context

+1993-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Dorset[14].

Why It Matters

Dorset draws 10 Wikipedia views per month (local_government_area_of_tasmania category, ranking #16 of 30).[2] Dorset has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Dorset is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Australia

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Australian Bureau of Statistics. abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Australian Bureau of Statistics. abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . abs.gov.au. Retrieved . abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved . dbr.abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Shuaib-bot bot · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+218'}
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+3230.546'}
    Shares border with → George Town Council, City of Launceston, Break O'Day Council
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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