Thurso

Summary

Thurso is a town^[1]. Thurso has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• Thurso is located in Highland^[3].
• Thurso is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Thurso is on the body of water Thurso Bay^[5].
• Thurso is on the body of water River Thurso^[6].
• Thurso's instance of is recorded as town^[7].
• Thurso's twinned administrative body is recorded as Brilon^[8].
• Thurso's postal code is recorded as KW14^[9].
• Thurso's Commons category is recorded as Thurso^[10].
• Thurso's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[11].
• Thurso's local dialing code is recorded as 1847^[12].
• Thurso's OS grid reference is recorded as ND115685^[13].
• Thurso's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 58.596111111111, 'lon': -3.5211111111111}^[14].
• Thurso's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Thurso^[15].
• Thurso has a population of {'amount': '+7933'}^[16].
• Thurso has a population of {'amount': '+7610'}^[17].
• Thurso's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[18].
• Thurso's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[19].
• Thurso's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in Thurso^[20].
• Thurso covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+4.82'}^[21].
• Thurso's historic county is recorded as Caithness^[22].

Body

Geography

Thurso is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Thurso is located in Highland^[3]. Adjacent water bodies include Thurso Bay^[5], a bay^[23], in United Kingdom^[24] and River Thurso^[6], a river^[25], in United Kingdom^[26].

Physical Characteristics

Thurso covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+4.82'}^[21]. Population counts include {'amount': '+7933'}^[16] and {'amount': '+7610'}^[17].

Designation and Status

Thurso's instance of is recorded as town^[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Thurso include Thurso railway station^[27], a dead-end railway station^[28], in United Kingdom^[29].

Why It Matters

Thurso has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Entities named for Thurso include Thurso railway station^[27], a dead-end railway station^[28], in United Kingdom^[29].