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Whitburn

town in West Lothian, Scotland, UK
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Whitburn

Summary

Whitburn is a town[1]. Whitburn ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (476 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Whitburn is located in West Lothian[3].
  • Whitburn is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Whitburn's instance of is recorded as town[5].
  • Whitburn's Commons category is recorded as Whitburn, West Lothian[6].
  • Whitburn's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[7].
  • Whitburn's OS grid reference is recorded as NS945645[8].
  • Whitburn's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 55.8621, 'lon': -3.68719}[9].
  • Whitburn's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Whitburn, West Lothian[10].
  • Whitburn has a population of {'amount': '+10860'}[11].
  • Whitburn's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'gd', 'text': 'An t-Allt Bàn'}[12].
  • Whitburn's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Whitburn'}[13].
  • Whitburn's historic county is recorded as West Lothian[14].

Body

Geography

Whitburn is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Whitburn is located in West Lothian[3].

Physical Characteristics

Whitburn has a population of {'amount': '+10860'}[11].

Designation and Status

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

Why It Matters

Whitburn ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (476 views/month).[2] Whitburn has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Whitburn is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . 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] ↑ . ainmean-aite.scot. ainmean-aite.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . ainmean-aite.scot. ainmean-aite.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → West Lothian, Whitburn, West Lothian +1
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 55.8621, 'lon': -3.68719}
    Population → {'amount': '+10860'}
    Located in → —
    + 9 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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