Sidney (Q390530)

matcher place: Vancouver Island (relation 2249770)
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English Wikipedia categories: Populated places in the Capital Regional District, Populated places on the British Columbia Coast, Saanich Peninsula, Towns in British Columbia

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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Sidney is a town located at the northern end of the Saanich Peninsula, on Vancouver Island in the province of British Columbia. It is one of the thirteen Greater Victoria municipalities. It has a population of approximately 11,583. Sidney is located just east of Victoria International Airport, and about 6 km (4 mi) south of BC Ferries' Swartz Bay Terminal. The town is also the only Canadian port-of-call in the Washington State Ferries system, with ferries running from Sidney to the San Juan Islands and Anacortes. Sidney is located along Highway 17, which bisects the town from north to south. It is generally considered part of the Victoria metropolitan area.

Summary from Français / French Wikipedia (frwiki)

Sidney est une ville de l'île de Vancouver, en Colombie-Britannique, au Canada. L'une des 13 municipalités de la région métropolitaine de Victoria, sa population est d'environ 11 583 personnes. La ville est située juste à l'est de l'aéroport international de Victoria et à environ 6 km au sud du terminal de BC Ferries à Swartz Bay. C'est également le seul port d'escale canadien dans le système de traversiers de l'État de Washington, avec des traversiers reliant Sidney aux îles San Juan et à Anacortes.

Wikidata location: 48.6506, -123.3990 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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found a single match candidate

node: Sidney (OSM), 75 m from Wikidata [show tags]

name: Sidney
place: town
gns:fc: P
gns:rc: 1
source: gns_ca
comment: Experimental import of Canadian places and POIs from GNS Dataset
gns:cc1: CA
gns:dsg: PPL
gns:jog: NM10-11
gns:lat: 48.65
gns:ufi: -573615
gns:uni: -810912
gns:adm1: 02
gns:long: -123.416667
gns:mgrs: 10UDU6931188633
wikidata: Q390530
population: 11672
gns:dms_lat: 483900
gns:n:xx:nt: N
gns:v:xx:nt: V
gns:dms_long: -1232500
population:date: 2016
source:population: wikipedia
gns:n:xx:full_name: Sidney
gns:n:xx:sort_name: SIDNEY
gns:v:xx:full_name: Sydney
gns:v:xx:sort_name: SYDNEY
gns:n:xx:modify_date: 1993-12-14
gns:v:xx:modify_date: 1993-12-14
gns:n:xx:full_name_nd: Sidney
gns:v:xx:full_name_nd: Sydney

wikidata match: Q390530

Search criteria from Wikidata

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municipality (Q15284)	place=municipality
government organization (Q2659904)	operator:type=government
locality (Q3257686)	place=locality
town (Q3957)	place=town
administrative territorial entity (Q56061)	boundary=administrative

Search criteria from categories

Populated places in the Capital Regional District	landuse=residential, place, boundary=administrative, admin_level
Populated places on the British Columbia Coast	landuse=residential, place, boundary=administrative, admin_level
Towns in British Columbia	place=suburb, place=town, place=village