Houghton

village and civil parish in Norfolk, England, UK
Place village Q5912920
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Houghton

Summary

Houghton is a village[1]. Houghton ranks in the top 0.4% of village entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38 views/month, #202 of 50,837).[2]

Key Facts

  • Houghton is located in King's Lynn and West Norfolk[3].
  • Houghton is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Houghton's image is recorded as New Houghton village street - geograph.org.uk - 545750.jpg[5].
  • Houghton's instance of is recorded as village[6].
  • Houghton's instance of is recorded as civil parish[7].
  • Houghton's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 243458216[8].
  • Houghton's GND ID is recorded as 4095670-2[9].
  • Houghton's postal code is recorded as PE31[10].
  • Houghton's Commons category is recorded as Houghton, Norfolk[11].
  • Houghton's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1022678[12].
  • Houghton's OS grid reference is recorded as TF789288[13].
  • Houghton's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 52.827402777778, 'lon': 0.65420277777778}[14].
  • Houghton's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06603pl[15].
  • Houghton's GSS code is recorded as E04006324[16].
  • Houghton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+75'}[17].
  • Houghton's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2646527[18].
  • Houghton's GeoNames ID is recorded as 7297604[19].
  • Houghton's BBC Things ID is recorded as 67122553-513d-4b3c-be9b-64ee19c2fa91[20].
  • Houghton's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+7.64'}[21].
  • Houghton's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -2599097[22].
  • Houghton's OpenDomesday settlement ID is recorded as TF7928/houghton[23].
  • Houghton's TOID is recorded as 7000000000007177[24].
  • Houghton's TOID is recorded as 4000000074542984[25].
  • Houghton's Vision of Britain unit ID is recorded as 10090866[26].
  • Houghton's Vision of Britain place ID is recorded as 3113[27].

Body

Geography

Houghton is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Houghton is located in King's Lynn and West Norfolk[3].

Physical Characteristics

Houghton's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+7.64'}[21]. Houghton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+75'}[17].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include village[6] and civil parish[7].

Why It Matters

Houghton ranks in the top 0.4% of village entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38 views/month, #202 of 50,837).[2] Houghton has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

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. [3] . GSS coding system. 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] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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