South Lanarkshire

local government area of Scotland
AdministrativeArea council_area Q209142
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South Lanarkshire

Summary

South Lanarkshire is a council area[1]. It draws 270 Wikipedia views per month (council_area category, ranking #14 of 25).[2]

Key Facts

  • South Lanarkshire is located in Scotland[3].
  • South Lanarkshire is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • South Lanarkshire's image is recorded as South Lanarkshire Council Buildings - geograph.org.uk - 2903561.jpg[5].
  • South Lanarkshire's instance of is recorded as council area[6].
  • South Lanarkshire's capital is recorded as Hamilton[7].
  • South Lanarkshire's shares border with is recorded as Dumfries and Galloway[8].
  • South Lanarkshire's shares border with is recorded as East Ayrshire[9].
  • South Lanarkshire's shares border with is recorded as East Renfrewshire[10].
  • South Lanarkshire's shares border with is recorded as North Lanarkshire[11].
  • South Lanarkshire's shares border with is recorded as Scottish Borders[12].
  • South Lanarkshire's shares border with is recorded as West Lothian[13].
  • South Lanarkshire's shares border with is recorded as Glasgow[14].
  • South Lanarkshire's coat of arms image is recorded as Coat of arms of South Lanarkshire.svg[15].
  • South Lanarkshire's legislative body is recorded as South Lanarkshire Council[16].
  • South Lanarkshire's locator map image is recorded as South Lanarkshire in Scotland.svg[17].
  • South Lanarkshire's ISO 3166-2 code is recorded as GB-SLK[18].
  • South Lanarkshire's part of is recorded as Strathclyde[19].
  • South Lanarkshire's part of is recorded as Glasgow and Clyde Valley City Region[20].
  • South Lanarkshire's Commons category is recorded as South Lanarkshire[21].
  • South Lanarkshire's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1921241[22].
  • South Lanarkshire's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[23].
  • South Lanarkshire's catalog code is recorded as 29[24].
  • +1996-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of South Lanarkshire[25].
  • South Lanarkshire's NUTS code is recorded as UKM38[26].
  • South Lanarkshire's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 55.6, 'lon': -3.7833333333333}[27].

Body

Geography

South Lanarkshire is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in Scotland[3]. Part of include Strathclyde[19], a Scottish region[28], in United Kingdom[29], founded in 1975[30] and Glasgow and Clyde Valley City Region[20], a city region[31], in United Kingdom[32].

Physical Characteristics

South Lanarkshire's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1771.8929'}[33]. Population counts include {'amount': '+314000'}[34], {'amount': '+319020'}[35], {'amount': '+318170'}[36], {'amount': '+302340'}[37], {'amount': '+316230'}[38], and {'amount': '+313180'}[39].

Designation and Status

South Lanarkshire's instance of is recorded as council area[6].

History and Context

+1996-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of South Lanarkshire[25]. Its catalog code is recorded as 29[24].

Why It Matters

South Lanarkshire draws 270 Wikipedia views per month (council_area category, ranking #14 of 25).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

References

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  16. [18] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Q15221937. wikidata.org.
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  32. [33] . ons.maps.arcgis.com. ons.maps.arcgis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . 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. [40] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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