Shanklin

village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, England
Place town Q588146
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Shanklin

Summary

Shanklin is a town[1]. Shanklin ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (76 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shanklin is located in Q9679[3].
  • Shanklin is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Shanklin's image is recorded as Shanklin Old Village - geograph.org.uk - 13237.jpg[5].
  • Shanklin's instance of is recorded as town[6].
  • Shanklin's instance of is recorded as civil parish[7].
  • Shanklin's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 131392345[8].
  • Shanklin's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n83220623[9].
  • Shanklin's postal code is recorded as PO37[10].
  • Shanklin's Commons category is recorded as Shanklin[11].
  • Shanklin's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 911503[12].
  • Shanklin's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[13].
  • Shanklin's local dialing code is recorded as 01983[14].
  • Shanklin's OS grid reference is recorded as SZ584816[15].
  • Shanklin's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.631, 'lon': -1.1734}[16].
  • Shanklin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02242k[17].
  • Shanklin's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Q9679[18].
  • Shanklin's authority is recorded as Shanklin Town Council[19].
  • Shanklin's GSS code is recorded as E04001313[20].
  • Shanklin's official website is recorded as http://www.shanklintowncouncil.gov.uk/[21].
  • Shanklin's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shanklin[22].
  • Shanklin's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as beb8307e-4bf8-48f3-b361-bba601f16a21[23].
  • Shanklin's population is recorded as {'amount': '+9120'}[24].
  • Shanklin's population is recorded as {'amount': '+8700'}[25].
  • Shanklin's population is recorded as {'amount': '+9072'}[26].
  • Shanklin's WOEID is recorded as 34438[27].

Body

Geography

Shanklin is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Shanklin is located in Q9679[3].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+9120'}[24], {'amount': '+8700'}[25], and {'amount': '+9072'}[26].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town[6] and civil parish[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Shanklin include Shanklin railway station[28], a railway station[29], in United Kingdom[30].

Why It Matters

Shanklin ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (76 views/month).[2] Shanklin has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31]

Entities named for Shanklin include Shanklin railway station[28], a railway station[29], in United Kingdom[30].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . OpenStreetMap. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Flickr Shapefiles Public Dataset 2.0. 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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