Dumfries

Summary

Dumfries is a town^[1]. Dumfries ranks in the top 0.89% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (563 views/month, #84 of 9,456).^[2]

Key Facts

• Dumfries is located in Dumfries and Galloway^[3].
• Dumfries is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Dumfries is on the body of water River Nith^[5].
• Dumfries's image is recorded as Dumfries - panoramio (1).jpg^[6].
• Dumfries's instance of is recorded as town^[7].
• Dumfries's twinned administrative body is recorded as Passau^[8].
• Dumfries's twinned administrative body is recorded as Gifhorn^[9].
• Dumfries's twinned administrative body is recorded as Annapolis^[10].
• Dumfries's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 156016247^[11].
• Dumfries's GND ID is recorded as 7521306-0^[12].
• Dumfries's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n85359447^[13].
• Dumfries's postal code is recorded as DG1–DG2^[14].
• Dumfries's Commons category is recorded as Dumfries^[15].
• Dumfries's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[16].
• Dumfries's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[17].
• Dumfries's local dialing code is recorded as 01387^[18].
• Dumfries's OS grid reference is recorded as NX976762^[19].
• Dumfries's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 55.066666666667, 'lon': -3.6166666666667}^[20].
• Dumfries's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0zc6f^[21].
• Dumfries's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge1191608^[22].
• Dumfries's GSS code is recorded as S20000309^[23].
• Dumfries's GSS code is recorded as S19000338^[24].
• Dumfries's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dumfries^[25].
• Dumfries's page banner is recorded as Dumfries banner Caerlaverock Castle.jpg^[26].
• Dumfries's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 8e7708ce-f3fc-4e70-aae5-e8d47741389c^[27].

Body

Geography

Dumfries is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Dumfries is located in Dumfries and Galloway^[3]. Dumfries is on the body of water River Nith^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+32914'}^[28], {'amount': '+33440'}^[29], and {'amount': '+32379'}^[30].

Designation and Status

Dumfries's instance of is recorded as town^[7].

Why It Matters

Dumfries ranks in the top 0.89% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (563 views/month, #84 of 9,456).^[2] Dumfries has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] Dumfries is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]