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East Kilbride

town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Place town Q654226
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Summary

East Kilbride is a town[1]. It ranks in the top 0.93% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,665 views/month, #88 of 9,456).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: South Lanarkshire[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Commons category: East Kilbride[5]
  • Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[6]
  • Local dialing code: 01355[7]
  • OS grid reference: NS635545[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:East Kilbride[9]
  • Population: 74,411[10], 75,120[11]
  • Category for people born here: Q47165332[12]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from East Kilbride[13]
  • Historic county: Lanarkshire[14]

Why It Matters

East Kilbride has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → South Lanarkshire, East Kilbride, Lanarkshire +1
    Category of associated people → Category:People from East Kilbride
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 55.76667, 'lon': -4.18333}
    Population → {'amount': '+74411'}, {'amount': '+75120'}
    + 11 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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