Wewak

Summary

Wewak is a town^[1]. Wewak ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (59 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Wewak is located in East Sepik Province^[3].
• Wewak is located in Wewak District^[4].
• Wewak is in the country of Papua New Guinea^[5].
• Wewak's image is recorded as Wewak.png^[6].
• Wewak's image is recorded as WewakBeach.jpg^[7].
• Wewak's instance of is recorded as town^[8].
• Wewak's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 125662171^[9].
• Wewak's GND ID is recorded as 4570332-2^[10].
• Wewak's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n97099829^[11].
• Wewak's Commons category is recorded as Wewak^[12].
• Wewak's language of work or name is recorded as English^[13].
• Wewak's language of work or name is recorded as Tok Pisin^[14].
• +1919-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Wewak^[15].
• Wewak's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -3.55, 'lon': 143.63333333333}^[16].
• Wewak's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03rfb9^[17].
• Wewak's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wewak^[18].
• Wewak's page banner is recorded as Wewak banner.jpg^[19].
• Wewak's WOEID is recorded as 1061360^[20].
• Wewak's capital of is recorded as East Sepik Province^[21].
• Wewak's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Wewak^[22].
• Wewak's category for people born here is recorded as Q60896341^[23].
• Wewak's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2083537^[24].
• Wewak's BBC Things ID is recorded as 8eaa598e-b40b-452a-9e24-b59ebc7c37c0^[25].
• Wewak's category of associated people is recorded as Q131358045^[26].
• Wewak's UN/LOCODE is recorded as PGWWK^[27].

Body

Geography

Wewak is in the country of Papua New Guinea^[5]. Located in include East Sepik Province^[3], a province of Papua New Guinea^[28], in Papua New Guinea^[29] and Wewak District^[4], a district of Papua New Guinea^[30], in Papua New Guinea^[31].

Physical Characteristics

Wewak's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+5'}^[32].

Designation and Status

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

History and Context

+1919-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Wewak^[15].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Wewak include Wewak Airport^[33], an airport^[34], in Papua New Guinea^[35].

Why It Matters

Wewak ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (59 views/month).^[2] Wewak has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] Wewak is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]

Entities named for Wewak include Wewak Airport^[33], an airport^[34], in Papua New Guinea^[35].