Hawick

town in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
Place town Q407183
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Summary

Hawick is a town[1]. Hawick ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (551 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hawick is located in Scottish Borders[3].
  • Hawick is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Hawick's instance of is recorded as town[5].
  • Hawick's Commons category is recorded as Hawick[6].
  • Hawick's OS grid reference is recorded as NT505155[7].
  • Hawick's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 55.424722222222, 'lon': -2.7844444444444}[8].
  • Hawick's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hawick[9].
  • Hawick has a population of {'amount': '+14294'}[10].
  • Hawick has a population of {'amount': '+13740'}[11].
  • Hawick's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[12].
  • Hawick's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • Hawick's capital of is recorded as Roxburgh[14].
  • Hawick's category for people born here is recorded as Q21159143[15].
  • Hawick's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from Hawick[16].
  • Hawick's different from is recorded as Howick[17].
  • Hawick covers an area of {'unit': 'square metre', 'amount': '+4920977'}[18].
  • Hawick's historic county is recorded as Roxburghshire[19].

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Geography

Hawick is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Hawick is located in Scottish Borders[3].

Physical Characteristics

Hawick covers an area of {'unit': 'square metre', 'amount': '+4920977'}[18]. Population counts include {'amount': '+14294'}[10] and {'amount': '+13740'}[11].

Designation and Status

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

Why It Matters

Hawick ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (551 views/month).[2] Hawick has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Hawick is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 8d ago · Voldesade · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ceb', 'cy', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fr', 'ga', 'gd', 'hy', 'it',
    Place name sign → SCO-Hawick-Welcome to 2018.jpg
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Place name sign: SCO-Hawick-Welcome to 2018.jpg"
  2. 7w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Scottish Borders, Hawick, Roxburghshire +1
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Hawick
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 55.424722222222, 'lon': -2.7844444444444}
    Described by source → The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    + 15 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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