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Pictou

town in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Pictou

Summary

Pictou is a town in Nova Scotia[1]. Pictou draws 115 Wikipedia views per month (town_in_nova_scotia category, ranking #10 of 25).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pictou is located in Pictou County[3].
  • Pictou is in the country of Canada[4].
  • Pictou is on the body of water Pictou Harbour[5].
  • Pictou's instance of is recorded as town in Nova Scotia[6].
  • Pictou's Commons category is recorded as Pictou[7].
  • +1767-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Pictou[8].
  • Pictou's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 45.67611111111111, 'lon': -62.708888888888886}[9].
  • Pictou's official website is recorded as http://www.townofpictou.com[10].
  • Pictou has a population of {'amount': '+3186'}[11].
  • Pictou has a population of {'amount': '+3107'}[12].
  • Pictou's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • Pictou's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • Pictou's category for people born here is recorded as Q112726396[15].
  • Pictou covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+8.01'}[16].
  • Pictou's date of incorporation is recorded as +1873-00-00T00:00:00Z[17].

Body

Founding

+1767-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Pictou[8].

Why It Matters

Pictou draws 115 Wikipedia views per month (town_in_nova_scotia category, ranking #10 of 25).[2] Pictou has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Pictou is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Canada

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Canadian Geographical Names Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Canadian Geographical Names Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Canadian Geographical Names Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Canadian Geographical Names Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20d ago · MediaKyle · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Country → Canada
    Population → {'amount': '+3186'}, {'amount': '+3107'}
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+8.01'}
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P2046]]: 7.99 square kilometre"
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