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Birr

town in County Offaly, Ireland
Place town Q865849
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Birr

Summary

Birr is a town[1]. Birr ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (90 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Birr is located in County Offaly[3].
  • Birr is in the country of Ireland[4].
  • Birr's image is recorded as St Brendan's, Birr - geograph.org.uk - 167188.jpg[5].
  • Birr's instance of is recorded as town[6].
  • Birr's coat of arms image is recorded as Birr crest.png[7].
  • Birr's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 139692568[8].
  • Birr's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n91072526[9].
  • Birr's Commons category is recorded as Birr, County Offaly[10].
  • Birr's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[11].
  • Birr's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.0914, 'lon': -7.9133}[12].
  • Birr's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02b6my[13].
  • Birr's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge1227838[14].
  • Birr's official website is recorded as http://www.offaly.ie/yourcouncil/birrtc.asp[15].
  • Birr's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Birr, County Offaly[16].
  • Birr's page banner is recorded as Birr Wikivoyage Banner.JPG[17].
  • Birr's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 2dc3c390-ac0b-489b-aa06-17634e13d8d5[18].
  • Birr's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/Europe/Ireland/Offaly/Localities/Birr/[19].
  • Birr's WOEID is recorded as 559939[20].
  • Birr's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[21].
  • Birr's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22].
  • Birr's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Birr-Ireland[23].
  • Birr's category for people born here is recorded as Q111317644[24].
  • Birr's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2966154[25].
  • Birr's BBC Things ID is recorded as 8c261730-8e31-4495-8025-ad92d3461b58[26].
  • Birr's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ga', 'text': 'Biorra'}[27].

Body

Geography

Birr is in the country of Ireland[4]. Birr is located in County Offaly[3].

Physical Characteristics

Birr's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+75'}[28].

Designation and Status

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

Why It Matters

Birr ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (90 views/month).[2] Birr has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Birr is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

Ireland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Flickr Shapefiles Public Dataset 2.0. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Placenames Database of Ireland. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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