Thurso

Summary

Thurso is a town^[1]. Thurso ranks in the top 2% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (348 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Thurso is located in Highland^[3].
• Thurso is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Thurso is on the body of water Thurso Bay^[5].
• Thurso is on the body of water River Thurso^[6].
• Thurso's image is recorded as Thurso from the hill at Mountpleasant - geograph.org.uk - 8869.jpg^[7].
• Thurso's instance of is recorded as town^[8].
• Thurso's coat of arms image is recorded as Barrulet thurso wiki.jpg^[9].
• Thurso's twinned administrative body is recorded as Brilon^[10].
• Thurso's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 150208508^[11].
• Thurso's GND ID is recorded as 4358711-2^[12].
• Thurso's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n88238236^[13].
• Thurso's postal code is recorded as KW14^[14].
• Thurso's Commons category is recorded as Thurso^[15].
• Thurso's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[16].
• Thurso's local dialing code is recorded as 1847^[17].
• Thurso's OS grid reference is recorded as ND115685^[18].
• Thurso's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 58.596111111111, 'lon': -3.5211111111111}^[19].
• Thurso's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01zfvg^[20].
• Thurso's GSS code is recorded as S20000289^[21].
• Thurso's GSS code is recorded as S19000318^[22].
• Thurso's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Thurso^[23].
• Thurso's page banner is recorded as Thurso banner.JPG^[24].
• Thurso's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 78f8f403-f74c-4dd6-b8c0-3e5145bcbdc6^[25].
• Thurso's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Scotland/Highland/Thurso/^[26].
• Thurso's population is recorded as {'amount': '+7933'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Thurso is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Thurso is located in Highland^[3]. Adjacent water bodies include Thurso Bay^[5], a bay^[28], in United Kingdom^[29] and River Thurso^[6], a river^[30], in United Kingdom^[31].

Physical Characteristics

Thurso's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+4.82'}^[32]. Population counts include {'amount': '+7933'}^[27] and {'amount': '+7610'}^[33].

Designation and Status

Thurso's instance of is recorded as town^[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Thurso include Thurso railway station^[34], a dead-end railway station^[35], in United Kingdom^[36].

Why It Matters

Thurso ranks in the top 2% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (348 views/month).^[2] Thurso has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37]

Entities named for Thurso include Thurso railway station^[34], a dead-end railway station^[35], in United Kingdom^[36].