A WikiPage is simply the basic building block of a WikiWikiWeb that contains text and images. See WikiStructures and WikiWikiWeb for more information.
A wiki page can have a substructure that includes sections for a header (for the entire wiki, or wiki groups), footer (for the entire wiki, or wiki groups), sidebars (left or right or both), and body.
An example of a wiki page structure
Wiki header
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Wiki sidebar 1 (optional)
| Wiki group header
| Wiki sidebar 2 (optional)
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Wiki page body
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Wiki group footer
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Wiki footer
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Within the sections of a wiki page markup is used to provide formatting, layout, and if required additional structure.
See PmWiki:Special Pages for a description of Group Headers and Footers, Side bars, and other components of a wiki page.
Wiki pages can have an edit template to predefine initial content, see Cookbook:Edit Templates
Wiki pages are stored in individual flat files, see Page File Format and Flat File Advantages.