Wigan
The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It is named after its largest town, Wigan, but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Atherton, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Golborne, Hindley, Ince-in-Makerfield, Leigh and Tyldesley.
- Type: metropolitan borough with 345,000 residents
- Description: metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in North West England
- Also known as: “Metropolitan Borough of Wigan”, “威根都會郡”, “維根都會郡”, and “韋根都會郡”
Places of Interest
Highlights: HM Prison Hindley and Leigh Sports Village.
Leigh Sports Village
Stadium
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newton-le-Willows and Wigan.
Wigan
Wigan is an industrial town in Greater Manchester in the north of England.
Wigan
Latitude
53.5° or 53° 30′ north
Longitude
-2.5833° or 2° 35′ west
Population
345,000
Elevation
92 feet (28 metres)
Abbreviation
“WGN”
Open location code
9C5VGC28+2M
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Yue Chinese—“Wigan” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Ўіган”
- Breton: “Distrig Wigan”
- Bulgarian: “Уигън”
- Cebuano: “Borough of Wigan”
- Chinese: “威根都市自治市”
- Chinese: “維根都市自治市”
- Chinese: “韋根都市自治市”
- Dutch: “Wigan”
- French: “district métropolitain de Wigan”
- French: “District métropolitain de Wigan”
- German: “Metropolitan Borough of Wigan”
- Greek: “Μητροπολιτικός Δήμος του Γουίγκαν”
- Irish: “Wigan”
- Italian: “Borgo metropolitano di Wigan”
- Italian: “Metropolitan Borough of Wigan”
- Japanese: “メトロポリタン・バラ・オブ・ウィガン”
- Korean: “위건 도시 자치구”
- Latvian: “Vigana (boro)”
- Latvian: “Vigana”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Wigan (koān)”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Wigan”
- Northern Frisian: “Metropolitan Borough of Wigan”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wigan”
- Norwegian: “Wigan”
- Persian: “کلانشهر مستقل ویگان”
- Polish: “Metropolitan Borough of Wigan”
- Portuguese: “Distrito metropolitano de Wigan”
- Russian: “Уиган”
- Scots: “Wigan”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Wigan”
- Slovenian: “Wigan”
- Spanish: “Wigan”
- Swedish: “Metropolitan Borough of Wigan”
- Turkish: “Wigan Metropoliten Borough”
- Ukrainian: “Віган”
- Urdu: “میٹروپولیٹن بورو ویگان”
- Welsh: “Bwrdeisdref Fetropolitan Wigan”
- Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Fetropolitan Wigan”
- Yue Chinese: “韋根都市自治市”
- “Wigan”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Crankwood and Abram.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Firs Park and Newton Le Willows.
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Worth a closer look: London and Manchester.
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