Swindon

unitary authority area in Wiltshire, South West England
AdministrativeArea unitary_authority_area_in_england Q894093
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Swindon

Summary

Swindon is an unitary authority area in England[1]. Swindon draws 62 Wikipedia views per month (unitary_authority_area_in_england category, ranking #24 of 43).[2]

Key Facts

  • Swindon is located in Wiltshire[3].
  • Swindon is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Swindon's image is recorded as Swindon-view crop.jpg[5].
  • Swindon's instance of is recorded as unitary authority area in England[6].
  • Swindon's instance of is recorded as borough in the United Kingdom[7].
  • Swindon's capital is recorded as Swindon[8].
  • Swindon's legislative body is recorded as council of Swindon Borough Council[9].
  • Swindon's locator map image is recorded as Swindon UK locator map.svg[10].
  • Swindon's ISO 3166-2 code is recorded as GB-SWD[11].
  • Swindon's Commons category is recorded as Borough of Swindon[12].
  • Swindon's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 110212[13].
  • Swindon's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.57, 'lon': -1.74}[14].
  • Swindon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01_3f4[15].
  • Swindon's authority is recorded as Swindon Borough Council[16].
  • Swindon's GSS code is recorded as E06000030[17].
  • Swindon's official website is recorded as https://swindon.gov.uk[18].
  • Swindon's FIPS 10-4 is recorded as UKN9[19].
  • Swindon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Borough of Swindon[20].
  • Swindon's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as aee482fe-df6b-4f0f-849f-18f2329bab7c[21].
  • Swindon's population is recorded as {'amount': '+217200'}[22].
  • Swindon's population is recorded as {'amount': '+221996'}[23].
  • Swindon's population is recorded as {'amount': '+211900'}[24].
  • Swindon's population is recorded as {'amount': '+235657'}[25].
  • Swindon's GeoNames ID is recorded as 3333207[26].
  • Swindon's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2636061[27].

Body

Geography

Swindon is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Swindon is located in Wiltshire[3].

Physical Characteristics

Swindon's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+230.0932'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+217200'}[22], {'amount': '+221996'}[23], {'amount': '+211900'}[24], and {'amount': '+235657'}[25].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include unitary authority area in England[6] and borough in the United Kingdom[7].

Why It Matters

Swindon draws 62 Wikipedia views per month (unitary_authority_area_in_england category, ranking #24 of 43).[2] Swindon has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Swindon is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . OpenStreetMap. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . ons.maps.arcgis.com. ons.maps.arcgis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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