Òban

town in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
Place town Q935702
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Òban

Summary

Òban is a town[1]. Òban ranks in the top 0.59% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (808 views/month, #56 of 9,456).[2]

Key Facts

  • Òban is located in Argyll and Bute[3].
  • Òban is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Òban's image is recorded as Oban harbour 14839d.jpg[5].
  • Òban's instance of is recorded as town[6].
  • Òban's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 158308650[7].
  • Òban's GND ID is recorded as 4467680-3[8].
  • Òban's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82273759[9].
  • Òban's postal code is recorded as PA34[10].
  • Òban's Commons category is recorded as Oban[11].
  • Òban's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[12].
  • Òban's local dialing code is recorded as 01631[13].
  • Òban's OS grid reference is recorded as NM859298[14].
  • Òban's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 56.409722222222, 'lon': -5.4725}[15].
  • Òban's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01zfxg[16].
  • Òban's GSS code is recorded as S20000060[17].
  • Òban's GSS code is recorded as S19000071[18].
  • Òban's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Oban[19].
  • Òban's Commons gallery is recorded as Oban[20].
  • Òban's page banner is recorded as Oban-banner.jpg[21].
  • Òban's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 29ea3501-4fae-4a38-8bc3-93c15cdf327b[22].
  • Òban's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Scotland/Argyll_and_Bute/Oban/[23].
  • Òban's population is recorded as {'amount': '+8575'}[24].
  • Òban's population is recorded as {'amount': '+8490'}[25].
  • Òban's WOEID is recorded as 30828[26].
  • Òban's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[27].

Body

Geography

Òban is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Òban is located in Argyll and Bute[3].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+8575'}[24] and {'amount': '+8490'}[25].

Designation and Status

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

Cultural Significance

Things named for Òban include Oban railway station[28], a railway station[29], in United Kingdom[30] and Oban Airport[31], an airport[32], in United Kingdom[33].

Why It Matters

Òban ranks in the top 0.59% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (808 views/month, #56 of 9,456).[2] Òban has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34]

Entities named for Òban include Oban railway station[28], a railway station[29], in United Kingdom[30] and Oban Airport[31], an airport[32], in United Kingdom[33].

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.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Flickr Shapefiles Public Dataset 2.0. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [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.

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