Wigan

Summary

Wigan is a town^[1]. Wigan ranks in the top 0.96% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (653 views/month, #91 of 9,456).^[2]

Key Facts

• Wigan is located in Wigan^[3].
• Wigan is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Wigan is on the body of water River Douglas^[5].
• Wigan's image is recorded as Wigan Pier and the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.jpg^[6].
• Wigan's instance of is recorded as town^[7].
• Wigan's instance of is recorded as big city^[8].
• Wigan's instance of is recorded as unparished area^[9].
• Wigan's instance of is recorded as market town^[10].
• Wigan's shares border with is recorded as Croft^[11].
• Wigan's shares border with is recorded as Culcheth and Glazebury^[12].
• Wigan's twinned administrative body is recorded as Angers^[13].
• Wigan's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 316601174^[14].
• Wigan's GND ID is recorded as 7666037-0^[15].
• Wigan's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n83052640^[16].
• Wigan's Commons category is recorded as Wigan^[17].
• Wigan's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[18].
• Wigan's local dialing code is recorded as 01942^[19].
• Wigan's OS grid reference is recorded as SD583055^[20].
• Wigan's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.544722222222, 'lon': -2.6316666666667}^[21].
• Wigan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gyvgw^[22].
• Wigan's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge1086263^[23].
• Wigan's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wigan^[24].
• Wigan's page banner is recorded as Wigan banner Pier.jpg^[25].
• Wigan's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 719ad60b-f32b-4eea-a968-6e4e4975a5c3^[26].
• Wigan's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/Manchester/Wigan/^[27].

Body

Geography

Wigan is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Wigan is located in Wigan^[3]. Wigan is on the body of water River Douglas^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Wigan's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+28.3'}^[28]. Wigan's population is recorded as {'amount': '+103608'}^[29].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town^[7], big city^[8], unparished area^[9], and market town^[10].

Why It Matters

Wigan ranks in the top 0.96% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (653 views/month, #91 of 9,456).^[2] Wigan has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] Wigan is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]