Wau

Summary

Wau is a town^[1]. Wau ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (34 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Wau is located in Morobe Province^[3].
• Wau is in the country of Papua New Guinea^[4].
• Wau's image is recorded as NASA image Wau, Papua New Guinea.png^[5].
• Wau's instance of is recorded as town^[6].
• Wau's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 124507166^[7].
• Wau's Commons category is recorded as Wau (Papua New Guinea)^[8].
• Wau's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+10:00^[9].
• Wau's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -7.338889, 'lon': 146.716667}^[10].
• Wau's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04gztp^[11].
• Wau's population is recorded as {'amount': '+9442'}^[12].
• Wau's capital of is recorded as Territory of New Guinea^[13].
• Wau's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Wau-Papua-New-Guinea^[14].
• Wau's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2083653^[15].
• Wau's UN/LOCODE is recorded as PGWUG^[16].
• Wau's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1080'}^[17].
• Wau's Who's on First ID is recorded as 421176839^[18].
• Wau's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007542639105171^[19].
• Wau's Yale LUX ID is recorded as place/76c7be2e-4a86-4714-a4c0-56b7e2120e59^[20].

Body

Geography

Wau is in the country of Papua New Guinea^[4]. Wau is located in Morobe Province^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Wau's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1080'}^[17]. Wau's population is recorded as {'amount': '+9442'}^[12].

Designation and Status

Wau's instance of is recorded as town^[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Wau include Wau Airport, Papua New Guinea^[21], an airport^[22], in Papua New Guinea^[23].

Why It Matters

Wau ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (34 views/month).^[2] Wau has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[24]

Entities named for Wau include Wau Airport, Papua New Guinea^[21], an airport^[22], in Papua New Guinea^[23].