Scarborough
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Summary
Scarborough is a town[1]. Scarborough ranks in the top 0.48% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,500 views/month, #45 of 9,456).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: North Yorkshire[3]
- Country: United Kingdom[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: North Sea[5]
- Instance of: civil parish[6]
- Twinned administrative body: Osterode am Harz[7], Cahir[8]
- Commons category: Scarborough, North Yorkshire[9]
- Local dialing code: 01723[10]
- OS grid reference: TA040880[11]
- Coordinate location: 54.2825, -0.4[12]
- Official website: http://www.scarborough.gov.uk[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Scarborough, North Yorkshire[14]
- Commons gallery: Scarborough, North Yorkshire[15]
- Population: 61,749[16], 50,135[17]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[18], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19]
- Capital of: Scarborough[20]
- Category for people born here: Q8072977[21]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Scarborough[22]
- Category for people buried here: Q47014833[23]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Scarborough, North Yorkshire[24]
- Historic county: Yorkshire[25]
- Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of Scarborough, North Yorkshire[26]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Scarborough include Scarborough Athletic F.C.[27], an association football club[28], in United Kingdom[29], founded in 2007[30]; Scarborough[31], a suburb of Perth[32], in Australia[33]; Scarborough railway station[34], a railway station[35], in United Kingdom[36]; and scarbroite[37], a mineral species[38].
Why It Matters
Scarborough has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] Scarborough is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]
Entities named for Scarborough include Scarborough Athletic F.C.[27], an association football club[28], in United Kingdom[29], founded in 2007[30]; Scarborough[31], a suburb of Perth[32], in Australia[33]; Scarborough railway station[34], a railway station[35], in United Kingdom[36]; and scarbroite[37], a mineral species[38].