Fort William

town in Highland, Scotland, UK
Place town Q848909
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Fort William

Summary

Fort William is a town[1]. It ranks in the top 0.69% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (982 views/month, #65 of 9,456).[2]

Key Facts

  • Fort William is located in Highland[3].
  • Fort William is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Fort William's image is recorded as Fort William High Street.jpg[5].
  • Fort William's image is recorded as From Fassifern Road - geograph.org.uk - 185187.jpg[6].
  • Fort William's instance of is recorded as town[7].
  • Fort William's shares border with is recorded as Kyle of Lochalsh[8].
  • Fort William's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 127888965[9].
  • Fort William's GND ID is recorded as 4093074-9[10].
  • Fort William's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n84045039[11].
  • Fort William's postal code is recorded as PH33[12].
  • Fort William's Commons category is recorded as Fort William, Scotland[13].
  • Fort William's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[14].
  • Fort William's local dialing code is recorded as 01397[15].
  • Fort William's OS grid reference is recorded as NN103738[16].
  • Fort William's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 56.816944444444, 'lon': -5.1097222222222}[17].
  • Fort William's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/031vj[18].
  • Fort William's significant event is recorded as Siege of Fort William[19].
  • Fort William's GSS code is recorded as S20000177[20].
  • Fort William's GSS code is recorded as S19000205[21].
  • Fort William's official website is recorded as http://www.visitfortwilliam.co.uk/[22].
  • Fort William's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fort William, Highland[23].
  • Fort William's page banner is recorded as Fort William banner View from West.jpg[24].
  • Fort William's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 00e3826f-c502-4192-8e73-2217e20ea874[25].
  • Fort William's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Scotland/Highland/Fort_William/[26].
  • Fort William's population is recorded as {'amount': '+9908'}[27].

Body

Geography

Fort William is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in Highland[3].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+9908'}[27], {'amount': '+10175'}[28], and {'amount': '+5760'}[29].

Designation and Status

Fort William's instance of is recorded as town[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Fort William include it railway station[30], a dead-end railway station[31], in United Kingdom[32], founded in 1975[33].

Why It Matters

Fort William ranks in the top 0.69% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (982 views/month, #65 of 9,456).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Entities named for it include it railway station[30], a dead-end railway station[31], in United Kingdom[32], founded in 1975[33].

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. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] . 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. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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