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Dover
Total population
34,087
Coordinates51.13°, 1.31°
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Overview
Dover is a town, major ferry port and civil parish in Kent, England. It faces France across the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel at 33 kilometres (21 mi) from Cap Gris-Nez in France. It lies southeast of Canterbury and east of Maidstone. The town is the administrative centre of the Dover District and home of the Port of Dover. In 2024 it had an estimated population of 44,209.
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Geography
Latitude
51.1251
Longitude
1.3134
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
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Official Identifiers
ONS — UK Office for National Statistics
- ONS code
- osgb4000000074568379
- Local type
- Town
- Region
- South East
api.postcodes.io / OS Open Names
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • ONS / OS Open Names — UK official place gazetteer, via api.postcodes.io (OS code, local type, county/unitary, district/borough, region)
- • ONS — UK Office for National Statistics — api.postcodes.io / OS Open Names