Dumbarton

town and burgh in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
Place town Q34779
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Dumbarton

Summary

Dumbarton is a town[1]. Dumbarton ranks in the top 2% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,249 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dumbarton is located in West Dunbartonshire[3].
  • Dumbarton is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Dumbarton's instance of is recorded as town[5].
  • Dumbarton's postal code is recorded as G82[6].
  • Dumbarton's Commons category is recorded as Dumbarton[7].
  • Dumbarton's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[8].
  • Dumbarton's OS grid reference is recorded as NS397759[9].
  • Dumbarton's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 55.948611111111, 'lon': -4.5472222222222}[10].
  • Dumbarton's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dumbarton[11].
  • Dumbarton has a population of {'amount': '+20560'}[12].
  • Dumbarton's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[13].
  • Dumbarton's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • Dumbarton's replaces is recorded as Q2880628[15].
  • Dumbarton's capital of is recorded as Kingdom of Strathclyde[16].
  • Dumbarton's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Dumbarton'}[17].
  • Dumbarton's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'sco', 'text': 'Dumbairton'}[18].
  • Dumbarton's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'sco', 'text': 'Dumbarton'}[19].
  • Dumbarton's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'gd', 'text': 'Dùn Breatann'}[20].
  • Dumbarton's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'gd', 'text': 'Dùn Breatainn'}[21].
  • Dumbarton's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in Dumbarton[22].
  • Dumbarton's category for people who died here is recorded as Category:Deaths in Dumbarton[23].
  • Dumbarton's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from Dumbarton[24].
  • Dumbarton's different from is recorded as Dumbarton[25].
  • Dumbarton's historic county is recorded as Dunbartonshire[26].

Body

Geography

Dumbarton is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Dumbarton is located in West Dunbartonshire[3].

Physical Characteristics

Dumbarton has a population of {'amount': '+20560'}[12].

Designation and Status

Dumbarton's instance of is recorded as town[5].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Dumbarton include Dumbarton Central railway station[27], a railway station[28], in United Kingdom[29].

Why It Matters

Dumbarton ranks in the top 2% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,249 views/month).[2] Dumbarton has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30]

Entities named for Dumbarton include Dumbarton Central railway station[27], a railway station[28], in United Kingdom[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [27] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity West Dunbartonshire, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire +1
    Category of associated people Category:People from Dumbarton
    Coordinate location {'lat': 55.948611111111, 'lon': -4.5472222222222}
    Described by source The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48912|batch #48912]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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