Wigan

Summary

Wigan is a metropolitan borough^[1]. Wigan draws 95 Wikipedia views per month (metropolitan_borough category, ranking #13 of 28).^[2]

Key Facts

• Wigan is located in Greater Manchester^[3].
• Wigan is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Wigan's image is recorded as Wigan Civic Centre.jpg^[5].
• Wigan's instance of is recorded as metropolitan borough^[6].
• Wigan's capital is recorded as Wigan^[7].
• Wigan's shares border with is recorded as Warrington^[8].
• Wigan's shares border with is recorded as Bolton^[9].
• Wigan's shares border with is recorded as Salford^[10].
• Wigan's shares border with is recorded as West Lancashire^[11].
• Wigan's shares border with is recorded as Chorley^[12].
• Wigan's shares border with is recorded as St Helens^[13].
• Wigan's coat of arms image is recorded as Coat of arms of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council.png^[14].
• Wigan's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Shevington^[15].
• Wigan's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Worthington^[16].
• Wigan's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Haigh^[17].
• Wigan's legislative body is recorded as council of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council^[18].
• Wigan's executive body is recorded as executive of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council^[19].
• Wigan's locator map image is recorded as Wigan UK locator map.svg^[20].
• Wigan's ISO 3166-2 code is recorded as GB-WGN^[21].
• Wigan's Commons category is recorded as Metropolitan Borough of Wigan^[22].
• Wigan's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 146938^[23].
• +1974-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Wigan^[24].
• Wigan's NUTS code is recorded as UKD32^[25].
• Wigan's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.533333333333, 'lon': -2.6166666666667}^[26].
• Wigan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02z2fv^[27].

Body

Geography

Wigan is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Wigan is located in Greater Manchester^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Wigan's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+188.1712'}^[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+317849'}^[29], {'amount': '+301415'}^[30], {'amount': '+322000'}^[31], {'amount': '+310866'}^[32], {'amount': '+307721'}^[33], and {'amount': '+302929'}^[34].

Designation and Status

Wigan's instance of is recorded as metropolitan borough^[6].

History and Context

+1974-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Wigan^[24].

Why It Matters

Wigan draws 95 Wikipedia views per month (metropolitan_borough category, ranking #13 of 28).^[2] Wigan has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] Wigan is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]