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Dover

town and major ferry port in Kent, South East England
Place town Q179224
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Summary

Dover is a town[1]. Dover ranks in the top 1% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,807 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Dover[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Instance of: market town[5]
  • Twinned administrative body: Calais[6], Huber Heights[7], Split[8]
  • Postal code: CT16[9], CT17[10]
  • Commons category: Dover, Kent[11]
  • Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[12]
  • Local dialing code: 01304[13]
  • OS grid reference: TR315415[14]
  • Authority: Dover Town Council[15]
  • Official website: https://dovertowncouncil.gov.uk/[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Dover, Kent[17]
  • Commons gallery: Dover[18]
  • Population: 31,022[19]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[20], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[21], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[22], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[23], New International Encyclopedia[24], The New Student's Reference Work[25]
  • Capital of: Dover[26]
  • Official name: Dover[27]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Dover, Kent[28]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Dover[29]
  • Native label: Dover[30]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Dover, Kent[31]
  • Different from: Dover[32]
  • Elevation above sea level: 12 m[33]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Dover, Kent[34]
  • Historic county: Kent[35]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Dover include Strait of Dover[36], a strait[37], in United Kingdom[38].

Why It Matters

Dover has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] Dover is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Entities named for Dover include Strait of Dover[36], a strait[37], in United Kingdom[38].

Related Entities

Joss Stone M. R. James Peter Paul Rubens Stephen, King of England United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [38] ↑ . 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. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → UTC±00:00
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48912|batch #48912]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 9w ago · Back ache · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Un/locode → GBDVR
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Un/locode: GBDVR, Moving to Port of Dover"
  3. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Dover, Kent
    Dewey decimal classification → 2--422352
    Spanish cultural heritage thesauri id → geografico/1203756
    Website → —
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q27382, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
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