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Wigan

town in Greater Manchester, England
Place town Q208143
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Summary

Wigan is a town[1]. Wigan ranks in the top 0.96% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,690 views/month, #91 of 9,456).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Wigan[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: River Douglas[5]
  • Instance of: big city[6], unparished area[7], market town[8]
  • Shares border with: Croft[9], Culcheth and Glazebury[10]
  • Twinned administrative body: Angers[11]
  • Commons category: Wigan[12]
  • Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[13]
  • Local dialing code: 01942[14]
  • OS grid reference: SD583055[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Wigan[16]
  • Population: 103,608[17]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[18], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[20]
  • Capital of: Wigan[21]
  • Category for people born here: Q9228135[22]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Wigan[23]
  • Different from: Ouijjane[24]
  • Area: 28.3 km²[25]
  • Historic county: Lancashire[26]

Why It Matters

Wigan has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Wigan is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Q43433872. wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . Multi-Agency Geographic Information for the Countryside. wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . Multi-Agency Geographic Information for the Countryside. wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . citypopulation.de. citypopulation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → UTC±00:00
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48043|batch #48043]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 24w ago · PRINT-CaseyWolf · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fast id → 1224988
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+28.3'}
    Category for people born here → Q9228135
    Located in or next to body of water → River Douglas
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Fast id: 1224988"
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