Porthcawl

Summary

Porthcawl is a town^[1]. Porthcawl ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (158 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Porthcawl is located in Bridgend County Borough^[3].
• Porthcawl is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Porthcawl's image is recorded as Porthcawl promenade (2) - geograph.org.uk - 1490500.jpg^[5].
• Porthcawl's instance of is recorded as town^[6].
• Porthcawl's instance of is recorded as community^[7].
• Porthcawl's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 146694773^[8].
• Porthcawl's locator map image is recorded as Wales Bridgend Community Porthcawl map.svg^[9].
• Porthcawl's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n88278870^[10].
• Porthcawl's postal code is recorded as CF36^[11].
• Porthcawl's Commons category is recorded as Porthcawl^[12].
• Porthcawl's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 11060938^[13].
• Porthcawl's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q9309 (cym)-Jason.nlw-Porthcawl.wav^[14].
• Porthcawl's local dialing code is recorded as 01656^[15].
• Porthcawl's OS grid reference is recorded as SS825775^[16].
• Porthcawl's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.48, 'lon': -3.69}^[17].
• Porthcawl's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/029twc^[18].
• Porthcawl's authority is recorded as Porthcawl Town Council^[19].
• Porthcawl's GSS code is recorded as W04000645^[20].
• Porthcawl's official website is recorded as http://www.welcometoporthcawl.co.uk/^[21].
• Porthcawl's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Porthcawl^[22].
• Porthcawl's page banner is recorded as Porthcawl banner Sunrise @ High Tide.jpg^[23].
• Porthcawl's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 3343c09f-81e9-4611-88ac-3769e44d2f19^[24].
• Porthcawl's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Wales/Bridgend_County_Borough/Porthcawl/^[25].
• Porthcawl's population is recorded as {'amount': '+15640'}^[26].
• Porthcawl's population is recorded as {'amount': '+16005'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Porthcawl is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Porthcawl is located in Bridgend County Borough^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Porthcawl's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+1338.79'}^[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+15640'}^[26], {'amount': '+16005'}^[27], {'amount': '+16134'}^[29], and {'amount': '+15869'}^[30].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town^[6] and community^[7].

Why It Matters

Porthcawl ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (158 views/month).^[2] Porthcawl has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31]