Whitby
town in North Yorkshire, England, UK
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Summary
Whitby is a town of the United Kingdom[1]. Whitby draws 4,433 Wikipedia views per month (town of the united kingdom category, ranking #68 of 1).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: North Yorkshire[3]
- Country: United Kingdom[4]
- Instance of: civil parish[5]
- Twinned administrative body: Anchorage[6], Porirua[7], Kauai County[8], Stanley[9], East Fremantle[10]
- Coat of arms: Coat of arms of Whitby[11]
- Commons category: Whitby, North Yorkshire[12]
- Local dialing code: 01947[13]
- OS grid reference: NZ893109[14]
- Coordinate location: 54.4858, -0.6206[15]
- Authority: Whitby Town Council[16]
- Official website: https://whitby.co.uk[17]
- Topic's main category: Category:Whitby[18]
- Described at URL: https://www.cntraveller.com/article/best-things-to-do-in-whitby[19]
- Population: 13,594[20], 13,130[21], 13,213[22]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[23], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[24], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[25], The New Student's Reference Work[26], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[28]
- Category for people born here: Q9228129[29]
- Category for people who died here: Q86308964[30]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Whitby[31]
- Historic county: Yorkshire[32]
- Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of Whitby, North Yorkshire[33]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Whitby include Whitby Town F.C.[34], an association football club[35], in United Kingdom[36], founded in 1880[37] and Whitby railway station[38], a railway station[39], in United Kingdom[40].
Why It Matters
Whitby has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] Whitby is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]
Entities named for Whitby include Whitby Town F.C.[34], an association football club[35], in United Kingdom[36], founded in 1880[37] and Whitby railway station[38], a railway station[39], in United Kingdom[40].