Wick

Summary

Wick is a town^[1]. Wick ranks in the top 3% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,078 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Wick is located in Highland^[3].
• Wick is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Wick's instance of is recorded as town^[5].
• Wick's instance of is recorded as royal burgh^[6].
• Wick's twinned administrative body is recorded as Klaksvík^[7].
• Wick took place at Caithness^[8].
• Wick's postal code is recorded as KW14^[9].
• Wick's Commons category is recorded as Wick, Caithness^[10].
• Wick's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[11].
• Wick's local dialing code is recorded as 01955^[12].
• Wick's OS grid reference is recorded as ND365505^[13].
• Wick's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 58.44317, 'lon': -3.09171}^[14].
• Wick's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wick, Caithness^[15].
• Wick has a population of {'amount': '+7030'}^[16].
• Wick has a population of {'amount': '+7040'}^[17].
• Wick's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[18].
• Wick's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[19].
• Wick's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[20].
• Wick's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[21].
• Wick's capital of is recorded as Caithness^[22].
• Wick's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Wick'}^[23].
• Wick's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'sco', 'text': 'Week'}^[24].
• Wick's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'gd', 'text': 'Inbhir Ùige'}^[25].
• Wick's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Wick'}^[26].
• Wick covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+3.48'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Wick is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Wick is located in Highland^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Wick covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+3.48'}^[27]. Population counts include {'amount': '+7030'}^[16] and {'amount': '+7040'}^[17].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town^[5] and royal burgh^[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Wick include Wick Airport^[28], an airport^[29], in United Kingdom^[30] and Wick railway station^[31], a dead-end railway station^[32], in United Kingdom^[33].

Why It Matters

Wick ranks in the top 3% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,078 views/month).^[2] Wick has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] Wick is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]

Entities named for Wick include Wick Airport^[28], an airport^[29], in United Kingdom^[30] and Wick railway station^[31], a dead-end railway station^[32], in United Kingdom^[33].