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Whithorn

town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
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Whithorn

Summary

Whithorn is a town[1]. Whithorn ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (72 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Whithorn is located in Dumfries and Galloway[3].
  • Whithorn is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Whithorn's image is recorded as St Ninians Chapel.jpg[5].
  • Whithorn's instance of is recorded as town[6].
  • Whithorn's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 144389398[7].
  • Whithorn's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n92029558[8].
  • Whithorn's postal code is recorded as DG8[9].
  • Whithorn's Commons category is recorded as Whithorn[10].
  • Whithorn's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[11].
  • Whithorn's OS grid reference is recorded as NX445405[12].
  • Whithorn's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 54.735, 'lon': -4.416}[13].
  • Whithorn's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/022ypb[14].
  • Whithorn's GSS code is recorded as S20000296[15].
  • Whithorn's GSS code is recorded as S19000325[16].
  • Whithorn's official website is recorded as https://www.whithorn.com/[17].
  • Whithorn's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Whithorn[18].
  • Whithorn's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Scotland/Dumfries_and_Galloway/Whithorn/[19].
  • Whithorn's population is recorded as {'amount': '+780'}[20].
  • Whithorn's WOEID is recorded as 40302[21].
  • Whithorn's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[22].
  • Whithorn's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[23].
  • Whithorn's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[24].
  • Whithorn's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Whithorn[25].
  • Whithorn's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2634042[26].
  • Whithorn's BBC Things ID is recorded as 7022c715-7a6d-49a3-80b0-fbf782508f8f[27].

Body

Geography

Whithorn is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Whithorn is located in Dumfries and Galloway[3].

Physical Characteristics

Whithorn's population is recorded as {'amount': '+780'}[20].

Designation and Status

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

Why It Matters

Whithorn ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (72 views/month).[2] Whithorn has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Flickr Shapefiles Public Dataset 2.0. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . 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.

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