South Lanarkshire

local government area of Scotland
AdministrativeArea council_area Q209142
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South Lanarkshire

Summary

South Lanarkshire is a council area[1]. It draws 2,617 Wikipedia views per month (council_area category, ranking #14 of 25).[2]

Key Facts

  • South Lanarkshire is located in Scotland[3].
  • South Lanarkshire is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • South Lanarkshire's instance of is recorded as council area[5].
  • South Lanarkshire's capital is recorded as Hamilton[6].
  • South Lanarkshire's shares border with is recorded as Dumfries and Galloway[7].
  • South Lanarkshire's shares border with is recorded as East Ayrshire[8].
  • South Lanarkshire's shares border with is recorded as East Renfrewshire[9].
  • South Lanarkshire's shares border with is recorded as North Lanarkshire[10].
  • South Lanarkshire's shares border with is recorded as Scottish Borders[11].
  • South Lanarkshire's shares border with is recorded as West Lothian[12].
  • South Lanarkshire's shares border with is recorded as Glasgow[13].
  • South Lanarkshire's legislative body is recorded as South Lanarkshire Council[14].
  • South Lanarkshire is part of Strathclyde[15].
  • South Lanarkshire is part of Glasgow and Clyde Valley City Region[16].
  • South Lanarkshire's Commons category is recorded as South Lanarkshire[17].
  • South Lanarkshire's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[18].
  • South Lanarkshire's catalog code is recorded as 29[19].
  • 1996 marks the founding of South Lanarkshire[20].
  • South Lanarkshire's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 55.6, 'lon': -3.7833333333333}[21].
  • South Lanarkshire's authority is recorded as South Lanarkshire Council[22].
  • South Lanarkshire's topic's main category is recorded as Category:South Lanarkshire[23].
  • South Lanarkshire has a population of {'amount': '+314000'}[24].
  • South Lanarkshire has a population of {'amount': '+319020'}[25].
  • South Lanarkshire has a population of {'amount': '+318170'}[26].
  • South Lanarkshire has a population of {'amount': '+302340'}[27].

Body

Geography

South Lanarkshire is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in Scotland[3]. Part of include Strathclyde[15], a Scottish region[28], in United Kingdom[29], founded in 1975[30] and Glasgow and Clyde Valley City Region[16], a city region[31], in United Kingdom[32].

Physical Characteristics

South Lanarkshire covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1771.8929'}[33]. Population counts include {'amount': '+314000'}[24], {'amount': '+319020'}[25], {'amount': '+318170'}[26], {'amount': '+302340'}[27], {'amount': '+316230'}[34], and {'amount': '+313180'}[35].

Designation and Status

South Lanarkshire's instance of is recorded as council area[5].

History and Context

1996 marks the founding of South Lanarkshire[20]. Its catalog code is recorded as 29[19].

Why It Matters

South Lanarkshire draws 2,617 Wikipedia views per month (council_area category, ranking #14 of 25).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . Q15221937. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . statistics.gov.scot. statistics.gov.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . statistics.gov.scot. statistics.gov.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [34] ↑ . statistics.gov.scot. statistics.gov.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [35] ↑ . statistics.gov.scot. statistics.gov.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [33] ↑ . ons.maps.arcgis.com. ons.maps.arcgis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . 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. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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