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Sanquhar

town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
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Sanquhar

Summary

Sanquhar is a town[1]. Sanquhar ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (291 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sanquhar is located in Dumfries and Galloway[3].
  • Sanquhar is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Sanquhar's instance of is recorded as town[5].
  • Sanquhar's postal code is recorded as EH32[6].
  • Sanquhar's Commons category is recorded as Sanquhar[7].
  • Sanquhar's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[8].
  • Sanquhar's OS grid reference is recorded as NS781099[9].
  • Sanquhar's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 55.3679, 'lon': -3.92463}[10].
  • Sanquhar's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sanquhar[11].
  • Sanquhar has a population of {'amount': '+1980'}[12].
  • Sanquhar's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • Sanquhar's historic county is recorded as Dumfriesshire[14].

Body

Geography

Sanquhar is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Sanquhar is located in Dumfries and Galloway[3].

Physical Characteristics

Sanquhar has a population of {'amount': '+1980'}[12].

Designation and Status

Sanquhar's instance of is recorded as town[5].

Why It Matters

Sanquhar ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (291 views/month).[2] Sanquhar has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Sanquhar is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Dumfries and Galloway, Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire +1
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 55.3679, 'lon': -3.92463}
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Population → {'amount': '+1980'}
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48912|batch #48912]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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