West Sand Lake

census-designated place in Rensselaer County, New York
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West Sand Lake

Summary

West Sand Lake is a census-designated place in the United States[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of census_designated_place_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • West Sand Lake is located in Rensselaer County[3].
  • West Sand Lake is in the country of United States[4].
  • West Sand Lake's image is recorded as 2014-08-28 13 36 57 View west along New York State Route 43 at New York State Route 150 in the West Sand Lake section of Sand Lake, New York.JPG[5].
  • West Sand Lake's instance of is recorded as census-designated place in the United States[6].
  • West Sand Lake's instance of is recorded as unincorporated community[7].
  • West Sand Lake's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 136087335[8].
  • West Sand Lake's locator map image is recorded as Rensselaer County New York incorporated and unincorporated areas West Sand Lake highlighted.svg[9].
  • West Sand Lake's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n84016371[10].
  • West Sand Lake's postal code is recorded as 12196[11].
  • West Sand Lake's Commons category is recorded as West Sand Lake, New York[12].
  • West Sand Lake's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 175580[13].
  • West Sand Lake's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 970858[14].
  • West Sand Lake's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 2390489[15].
  • West Sand Lake's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 42.6444, 'lon': -73.6058}[16].
  • West Sand Lake's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0y61z[17].
  • West Sand Lake's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 36-80863[18].
  • West Sand Lake's population is recorded as {'amount': '+2660'}[19].
  • West Sand Lake's population is recorded as {'amount': '+2616'}[20].
  • West Sand Lake's WOEID is recorded as 2517706[21].
  • West Sand Lake's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'West Sand Lake'}[22].
  • West Sand Lake's number of households is recorded as {'amount': '+1195'}[23].
  • West Sand Lake's GeoNames ID is recorded as 5143986[24].
  • West Sand Lake's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+160'}[25].
  • West Sand Lake's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+12.412445'}[26].
  • West Sand Lake's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+12.412446'}[27].

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Geography

West Sand Lake is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in Rensselaer County[3].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+12.412445'}[26] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+12.412446'}[27]. West Sand Lake's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+160'}[25]. Population counts include {'amount': '+2660'}[19] and {'amount': '+2616'}[20].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include census-designated place in the United States[6] and unincorporated community[7].

Why It Matters

West Sand Lake ranks in the top 3% of census_designated_place_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  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] . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . geonames.usgs.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Flickr Shapefiles Public Dataset 2.0. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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