Blackburn
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Summary
Blackburn is a town of the United Kingdom[1]. Blackburn draws 3,829 Wikipedia views per month (town of the united kingdom category, ranking #38 of 1).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Blackburn with Darwen[3]
- Country: United Kingdom[4]
- Instance of: unparished area[5]
- Twinned administrative body: Altena[6], Péronne[7], Tarnów[8]
- Commons category: Blackburn[9]
- Local dialing code: 01254[10]
- OS grid reference: SD685277[11]
- Coordinate location: 53.7449, -2.4769[12]
- Official website: http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Blackburn[14]
- Population: 117,963[15]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[17], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[19]
- Capital of: Blackburn with Darwen[20]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Blackburn[21]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Blackburn[22]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Blackburn[23]
- Different from: Blackburn[24]
- Area: 24.5[25]
- Historic county: Lancashire[26]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Blackburn include Blackburn Rovers F.C.[27], an association football club[28], in United Kingdom[29], founded in 1875[30] and Blackburn railway station[31], a railway station[32], in United Kingdom[33].
Why It Matters
Blackburn has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Blackburn is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]
Entities named for Blackburn include Blackburn Rovers F.C.[27], an association football club[28], in United Kingdom[29], founded in 1875[30] and Blackburn railway station[31], a railway station[32], in United Kingdom[33].