St Andrews

town on the east coast of Fife in Scotland, UK
Place town Q207736
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St Andrews

Summary

St Andrews is a town[1]. It ranks in the top 0.55% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (822 views/month, #52 of 9,456).[2]

Key Facts

  • St Andrews is located in Fife[3].
  • St Andrews is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • St Andrews's image is recorded as Views from St Rule's Tower 5 (3587729533).jpg[5].
  • St Andrews's instance of is recorded as town[6].
  • St Andrews's instance of is recorded as royal burgh[7].
  • St Andrews Cathedral, Saint Andrews is named after St Andrews[8].
  • St Andrews's twinned administrative body is recorded as Loches[9].
  • St Andrews's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 146613604[10].
  • St Andrews's GND ID is recorded as 4118218-2[11].
  • St Andrews's locator map image is recorded as Fife UK location map.svg[12].
  • St Andrews's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n83011470[13].
  • St Andrews's postal code is recorded as KY16[14].
  • St Andrews's Commons category is recorded as St Andrews[15].
  • St Andrews's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[16].
  • St Andrews's local dialing code is recorded as 01334[17].
  • St Andrews's OS grid reference is recorded as NO507168[18].
  • St Andrews's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 56.338888888889, 'lon': -2.7988888888889}[19].
  • St Andrews's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01zk9d[20].
  • St Andrews's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as xx0037739[21].
  • St Andrews's significant event is recorded as Siege of St Andrews Castle[22].
  • St Andrews's GSS code is recorded as S20000134[23].
  • St Andrews's GSS code is recorded as S19000159[24].
  • St Andrews's official website is recorded as http://www.standrews.org.uk[25].
  • St Andrews's topic's main category is recorded as Category:St Andrews[26].
  • St Andrews's Commons gallery is recorded as St Andrews[27].

Body

Geography

St Andrews is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in Fife[3].

Physical Characteristics

St Andrews's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+24'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+16680'}[29], {'amount': '+18000'}[30], and {'amount': '+17580'}[31].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town[6] and royal burgh[7].

History and Context

St Andrews Cathedral, Saint Andrews is named after it[8].

Why It Matters

St Andrews ranks in the top 0.55% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (822 views/month, #52 of 9,456).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . 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.
  18. [20] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] . wikidata.org.
  27. [30] . wikidata.org.
  28. [31] . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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