Fort Portal

Summary

Fort Portal is a town^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (71 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Fort Portal is located in Kabarole District^[3].
• Fort Portal is in the country of Uganda^[4].
• Fort Portal's image is recorded as UG Fort Portal (7) (17078951550).jpg^[5].
• Fort Portal's image is recorded as The Lion Effigy in Fort Portal town Centre01.jpg^[6].
• Fort Portal's continent is recorded as Africa^[7].
• Fort Portal's instance of is recorded as town^[8].
• Fort Portal's instance of is recorded as district^[9].
• Fort Portal's instance of is recorded as city^[10].
• Fort Portal's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 128995131^[11].
• Fort Portal's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79108005^[12].
• Fort Portal's stated in is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica Inc.^[13].
• Fort Portal's Commons category is recorded as Fort Portal^[14].
• Fort Portal's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00^[15].
• Fort Portal's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 0.65638888888889, 'lon': 30.279722222222}^[16].
• Fort Portal's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05w_ht^[17].
• Fort Portal's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fort Portal^[18].
• Fort Portal's population is recorded as {'amount': '+137549'}^[19].
• Fort Portal's WOEID is recorded as 1451393^[20].
• Fort Portal's capital of is recorded as Kabarole District^[21].
• Fort Portal's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Fort-Portal^[22].
• Fort Portal's GeoNames ID is recorded as 233476^[23].
• Fort Portal's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 1095039^[24].
• Fort Portal's different from is recorded as Fort Portal^[25].
• Fort Portal's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1480'}^[26].
• Fort Portal's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -1727821^[27].

Body

Geography

Fort Portal is in the country of Uganda^[4]. It is located in Kabarole District^[3]. Its continent is recorded as Africa^[7].

Physical Characteristics

Fort Portal's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1480'}^[26]. Its population is recorded as {'amount': '+137549'}^[19].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town^[8], district^[9], and city^[10].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Fort Portal include Fort Portal Airport^[28], an airport^[29], in Uganda^[30].

Why It Matters

Fort Portal ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (71 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for it include Fort Portal Airport^[28], an airport^[29], in Uganda^[30].