Port Alfred

place in Eastern Cape, South Africa
Place town Q1693203
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Port Alfred

Summary

Port Alfred is a town[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (128 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Port Alfred is located in Ndlambe Local Municipality[3].
  • Port Alfred is in the country of South Africa[4].
  • Port Alfred's image is recorded as Port Alfred-001.jpg[5].
  • Port Alfred's instance of is recorded as town[6].
  • Port Alfred's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 146654818[7].
  • Port Alfred's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n85297182[8].
  • Port Alfred's postal code is recorded as 6170[9].
  • Port Alfred's postal code is recorded as 6170[10].
  • Port Alfred's Commons category is recorded as Port Alfred[11].
  • Port Alfred's local dialing code is recorded as 046[12].
  • +1821-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Port Alfred[13].
  • Port Alfred's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -33.6, 'lon': 26.883333333333}[14].
  • Port Alfred's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08g6mh[15].
  • Port Alfred's official website is recorded as http://www.portalfred.co.za/[16].
  • Port Alfred's page banner is recorded as Port Alfred Banner.jpg[17].
  • Port Alfred's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 14a5f4a0-295e-4c0d-8650-0fba138e81bf[18].
  • Port Alfred's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/Africa/South_Africa/Eastern_Cape/Port_Alfred/[19].
  • Port Alfred's WOEID is recorded as 1586610[20].
  • Port Alfred's capital of is recorded as Ndlambe Local Municipality[21].
  • Port Alfred's GeoNames ID is recorded as 964432[22].
  • Port Alfred's BBC Things ID is recorded as 8bfd0cc1-0735-4671-b7ce-e7abe1be2221[23].
  • Port Alfred's UN/LOCODE is recorded as ZAAFD[24].
  • Port Alfred's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+35'}[25].
  • Port Alfred's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -1273436[26].
  • Port Alfred's Who's on First ID is recorded as 101929235[27].

Body

Geography

Port Alfred is in the country of South Africa[4]. It is located in Ndlambe Local Municipality[3].

Physical Characteristics

Port Alfred's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+35'}[25].

Designation and Status

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

History and Context

+1821-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Port Alfred[13].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Port Alfred include Port Alfred Airport[28], an airport[29], in South Africa[30].

Why It Matters

Port Alfred ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (128 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31]

Entities named for it include Port Alfred Airport[28], an airport[29], in South Africa[30].

References

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

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] . South African Post Office. postoffice.co.za. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . South African Post Office. postoffice.co.za. Provenance: 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] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Flickr Shapefiles Public Dataset 2.0. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . service.unece.org. service.unece.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . 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

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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