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Highland

council area in the Scottish Highlands
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Summary

Highland is a Scottish region[1]. Highland draws 2,257 Wikipedia views per month (scottish region category, ranking #1 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Scotland[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Instance of: council area[5]
  • Capital: Inverness[6]
  • Location: Scottish Highlands[7]
  • Commons category: Highland (council area)[8]
  • Catalog code: 18[9]
  • Inception: 1975[10]
  • Authority: The Highland Council[11]
  • Official website: https://www.highland.gov.uk/[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Highland (council area)[13]
  • Population: 235,180[14], 235,540[15], 220,780[16], 224,000[17], 208,920[18], 234,110[19], 218,060[20], 226,970[21], 232,930[22], 232,730[23], 230,730[24], 232,890[25], 214,560[26], 228,750[27]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[28]
  • Official name: na Gàidhealtachd[29]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Highland council area[30]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Highland council area[31]
  • Native label: na Gàidhealtachd[32]
  • Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Highland (council area)[33]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Highland (council area)[34]
  • Different from: Highland[35]
  • Area: 25657.1465 km²[36]
  • Language used: Scottish Gaelic[37]
  • Carbon footprint: 321198.11 tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent[38], 317213.88 tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent[39]
  • Historic county: Ross-shire[40]

Why It Matters

Highland has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] Highland is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . statistics.gov.scot. statistics.gov.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . ons.maps.arcgis.com. ons.maps.arcgis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . sepa.org.uk. sepa.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . sepa.org.uk. sepa.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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