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Peterhead

town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
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Peterhead

Summary

Peterhead is a town[1]. Peterhead ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (810 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Peterhead is located in Aberdeenshire[3].
  • Peterhead is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Peterhead's instance of is recorded as town[5].
  • Peterhead's postal code is recorded as AB42[6].
  • Peterhead's Commons category is recorded as Peterhead[7].
  • Peterhead's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[8].
  • Peterhead's local dialing code is recorded as 01779[9].
  • Peterhead's OS grid reference is recorded as NK135465[10].
  • Peterhead's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 57.5091, 'lon': -1.7832}[11].
  • Peterhead's official website is recorded as http://www.visitpeterhead.com/[12].
  • Peterhead's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Peterhead[13].
  • Peterhead has a population of {'amount': '+19270'}[14].
  • Peterhead's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • Peterhead's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[16].
  • Peterhead's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17].
  • Peterhead's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'gd', 'text': 'Ceann Phàdraig'}[18].
  • Peterhead's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Peterhead'}[19].
  • Peterhead's category for people born here is recorded as Q9226405[20].
  • Peterhead's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'gd', 'text': 'Ceann Phàdraig'}[21].
  • Peterhead's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Peterhead'}[22].
  • Peterhead's historic county is recorded as Aberdeenshire[23].

Body

Geography

Peterhead is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Peterhead is located in Aberdeenshire[3].

Physical Characteristics

Peterhead has a population of {'amount': '+19270'}[14].

Designation and Status

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

Why It Matters

Peterhead ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (810 views/month).[2] Peterhead has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . ainmean-aite.scot. ainmean-aite.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . ainmean-aite.scot. ainmean-aite.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Aberdeenshire, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire +1
    Official website → http://www.visitpeterhead.com/
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 57.5091, 'lon': -1.7832}
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    + 13 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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