Katherine

town in the Northern Territory, Australia
Place town Q17980
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Katherine

Summary

Katherine is a town[1]. Katherine ranks in the top 2% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (854 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Katherine is located in Northern Territory[3].
  • Katherine is located in Town of Katherine[4].
  • Katherine is in the country of Australia[5].
  • Katherine's instance of is recorded as town[6].
  • Katherine's shares border with is recorded as Lansdowne[7].
  • Katherine's shares border with is recorded as Katherine South[8].
  • Katherine's shares border with is recorded as Cossack[9].
  • Katherine's shares border with is recorded as Katherine East[10].
  • Katherine's shares border with is recorded as Emungalan[11].
  • Katherine is part of Top End[12].
  • Katherine's Commons category is recorded as Katherine, Northern Territory[13].
  • 1926 marks the founding of Katherine[14].
  • Katherine's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -14.466667, 'lon': 132.266667}[15].
  • Katherine's official website is recorded as http://www.katherine.nt.gov.au/[16].
  • Katherine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Katherine, Northern Territory[17].
  • Katherine's Commons gallery is recorded as Katherine, Northern Territory[18].
  • Katherine has a population of {'amount': '+1488'}[19].
  • Katherine has a population of {'amount': '+1254'}[20].
  • Katherine has a population of {'amount': '+5980'}[21].
  • Katherine's capital of is recorded as Town of Katherine[22].
  • Katherine's capital of is recorded as Roper Gulf Region[23].
  • Katherine's female population is recorded as {'amount': '+743'}[24].
  • Katherine's male population is recorded as {'amount': '+748'}[25].
  • Katherine sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+108'}[26].
  • Katherine covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+336.674'}[27].

Body

Geography

Katherine is in the country of Australia[5]. Located in include Northern Territory[3], a mainland territory of Australia[28], in Australia[29], founded in 1911[30] and Town of Katherine[4], a local government area of the Northern Territory[31], in Australia[32], founded in 1978[33]. Katherine is part of Top End[12].

Physical Characteristics

Katherine covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+336.674'}[27]. Katherine sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+108'}[26]. Population counts include {'amount': '+1488'}[19], {'amount': '+1254'}[20], and {'amount': '+5980'}[21].

Designation and Status

Katherine's instance of is recorded as town[6].

History and Context

1926 marks the founding of Katherine[14].

Why It Matters

Katherine ranks in the top 2% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (854 views/month).[2] Katherine has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Katherine is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [3] . quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [4] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . censusdata.abs.gov.au. censusdata.abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . abs.gov.au. Retrieved . abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . abs.gov.au. abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . censusdata.abs.gov.au. censusdata.abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . censusdata.abs.gov.au. censusdata.abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [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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  1. 10d ago · Brookschofield · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Male population {'amount': '+748'}
    Instance of town
    Country Australia
    Part of Top End
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P856]]: http://www.katherine.nt.gov.au/, Add Australian English to official website ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/4e2cc155aab|details]])"
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