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Houghton-le-Spring

town in the City of Sunderland in the county of Tyne and Wear, England
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Houghton-le-Spring

Summary

Houghton-le-Spring is a town[1]. Houghton-le-Spring ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (758 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Houghton-le-Spring is located in Sunderland[3].
  • Houghton-le-Spring is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Houghton-le-Spring's instance of is recorded as town[5].
  • Houghton-le-Spring's instance of is recorded as unparished area[6].
  • Houghton-le-Spring's Commons category is recorded as Houghton-le-Spring[7].
  • Houghton-le-Spring's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[8].
  • Houghton-le-Spring's local dialing code is recorded as 0191[9].
  • Houghton-le-Spring's OS grid reference is recorded as NZ342497[10].
  • Houghton-le-Spring's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 54.841, 'lon': -1.468}[11].
  • Houghton-le-Spring has a population of {'amount': '+36746'}[12].
  • Houghton-le-Spring's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • Houghton-le-Spring's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from Houghton-le-Spring[14].
  • Houghton-le-Spring's historic county is recorded as County Durham[15].

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Geography

Houghton-le-Spring is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Houghton-le-Spring is located in Sunderland[3].

Physical Characteristics

Houghton-le-Spring has a population of {'amount': '+36746'}[12].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town[5] and unparished area[6].

Why It Matters

Houghton-le-Spring ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (758 views/month).[2] Houghton-le-Spring has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] Houghton-le-Spring is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Sunderland
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Houghton-le-Spring
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 54.841, 'lon': -1.468}
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48912|batch #48912]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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