Wigan

Summary

Wigan is a town^[1]. Wigan ranks in the top 0.96% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,935 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 instance of is recorded as town^[6].
• Wigan's instance of is recorded as big city^[7].
• Wigan's instance of is recorded as unparished area^[8].
• Wigan's instance of is recorded as market town^[9].
• Wigan's shares border with is recorded as Croft^[10].
• Wigan's shares border with is recorded as Culcheth and Glazebury^[11].
• Wigan's twinned administrative body is recorded as Angers^[12].
• Wigan's Commons category is recorded as Wigan^[13].
• Wigan's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[14].
• Wigan's local dialing code is recorded as 01942^[15].
• Wigan's OS grid reference is recorded as SD583055^[16].
• Wigan's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.544722222222, 'lon': -2.6316666666667}^[17].
• Wigan's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wigan^[18].
• Wigan has a population of {'amount': '+103608'}^[19].
• Wigan's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[20].
• Wigan's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[21].
• Wigan's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[22].
• Wigan's capital of is recorded as Wigan^[23].
• Wigan's category for people born here is recorded as Q9228135^[24].
• Wigan's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from Wigan^[25].
• Wigan's different from is recorded as Ouijjane^[26].
• Wigan covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+28.3'}^[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 covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+28.3'}^[27]. Wigan has a population of {'amount': '+103608'}^[19].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town^[6], big city^[7], unparished area^[8], and market town^[9].

Why It Matters

Wigan ranks in the top 0.96% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,935 views/month, #91 of 9,456).^[2] Wigan has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Wigan is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]