Plettenberg Bay

town in the Western Cape, South Africa
Place town Q922360
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Plettenberg Bay

Summary

Plettenberg Bay is a town[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (150 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Plettenberg Bay is located in Bitou Local Municipality[3].
  • Plettenberg Bay is in the country of South Africa[4].
  • Plettenberg Bay's image is recorded as Plettenberg Bay-Beacon Isle01.jpg[5].
  • Plettenberg Bay's instance of is recorded as town[6].
  • Joachim van Plettenberg is named after Plettenberg Bay[7].
  • Plettenberg Bay's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 159431438[8].
  • Plettenberg Bay's GND ID is recorded as 7542897-0[9].
  • Plettenberg Bay's postal code is recorded as 6600[10].
  • Plettenberg Bay's postal code is recorded as 6600[11].
  • Plettenberg Bay's Commons category is recorded as Plettenberg Bay[12].
  • Plettenberg Bay's local dialing code is recorded as 044[13].
  • +1779-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Plettenberg Bay[14].
  • Plettenberg Bay's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -34.05, 'lon': 23.366666666667}[15].
  • Plettenberg Bay's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/030x9j[16].
  • Plettenberg Bay's official website is recorded as http://www.plettenbergbay.co.za/[17].
  • Plettenberg Bay's page banner is recorded as Plettenberg Bay Western Cape Wikivoyage banner.jpg[18].
  • Plettenberg Bay's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as e3e9081d-e923-4b29-84d6-ca808121da52[19].
  • Plettenberg Bay's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/Africa/South_Africa/Western_Cape/Plettenberg_Bay/[20].
  • Plettenberg Bay's capital of is recorded as Bitou Local Municipality[21].
  • Plettenberg Bay's GeoNames ID is recorded as 964712[22].
  • Plettenberg Bay's UN/LOCODE is recorded as ZAPBZ[23].
  • Plettenberg Bay's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+77'}[24].
  • Plettenberg Bay's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -1273101[25].
  • Plettenberg Bay's Quora topic ID is recorded as Plettenberg-Bay[26].
  • Plettenberg Bay's Who's on First ID is recorded as 101928073[27].

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Geography

Plettenberg Bay is in the country of South Africa[4]. It is located in Bitou Local Municipality[3].

Physical Characteristics

Plettenberg Bay's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+77'}[24].

Designation and Status

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

History and Context

+1779-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Plettenberg Bay[14]. Joachim van Plettenberg is named after it[7].

Why It Matters

Plettenberg Bay ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (150 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . South African Post Office. postoffice.co.za. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . South African Post Office. postoffice.co.za. Provenance: 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] . Q14005. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . service.unece.org. service.unece.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . 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.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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