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Wigan (borough) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 53 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 53.5000 decimal degrees |
Long: 002 35 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -2.5833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester; the 12th largest metropolitan district in Britain; one of the 4 oldest boroughs in Lancashire, receiving a charter from Henry III in 1246. |
Names: |
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Wigan (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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Borough of Wigan (NA,V,O,English,U)
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UKP7 (NA,V,FIPS)
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Wigan, Borough of (NA,V,English,U)
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Wigan (borough) (P) |
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borough (preferred, C) |
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received charter from Henry III in 1246; mentropolitan borough since 1974 |
second level subdivision (C) |
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first level subdivision (C) |
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