Wigtown

Summary

Wigtown is a town^[1]. Wigtown ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (181 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Wigtown is located in Dumfries and Galloway^[3].
• Wigtown is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Wigtown's image is recorded as Baile na h-Uige 775281.jpg^[5].
• Wigtown's instance of is recorded as town^[6].
• Wigtown's Commons category is recorded as Wigtown^[7].
• Wigtown's OS grid reference is recorded as NX435555^[8].
• Wigtown's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 54.8675, 'lon': -4.4438888888889}^[9].
• Wigtown's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/011w6y^[10].
• Wigtown's GSS code is recorded as S20000299^[11].
• Wigtown's GSS code is recorded as S19000328^[12].
• Wigtown's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wigtown^[13].
• Wigtown's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Scotland/Dumfries_and_Galloway/Wigtown/^[14].
• Wigtown's population is recorded as {'amount': '+987'}^[15].
• Wigtown's population is recorded as {'amount': '+870'}^[16].
• Wigtown's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[17].
• Wigtown's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'gd', 'text': 'Wigtown'}^[18].
• Wigtown's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Wigtown'}^[19].
• Wigtown's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2633932^[20].
• Wigtown's BBC Things ID is recorded as 66e57924-a873-49b4-921c-c7e5178610c8^[21].
• Wigtown's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 5000463^[22].
• Wigtown's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'gd', 'text': 'Baile na h-Ùige'}^[23].
• Wigtown's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Wigtown'}^[24].
• Wigtown's UN/LOCODE is recorded as GBWIG^[25].
• Wigtown's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -2611738^[26].
• Wigtown's TOID is recorded as 4000000074565378^[27].

Body

Geography

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

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+987'}^[15] and {'amount': '+870'}^[16].

Designation and Status

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

Why It Matters

Wigtown ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (181 views/month).^[2] Wigtown has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Wigtown is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]