Wigan
a municipal and parliamentary borough, Lancashire, England, on the Douglas, 21 miles N. E. of Liverpool.
Wigan stands in the center of an extensive coal field, and its manufactures, which are important, consist chiefly of calicoes, fustians, and other cotton goods, linens, checks, cotton twist, etc., besides iron foundries, iron forges, railway car works, iron rolling mills, large breweries, chemical works, and corn and paper mills. Pop. about 90,000.