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Lewis and Harris

largest island in Scotland, part of the Outer Hebrides
Landform island Q363778
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Summary

Lewis and Harris is an island[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,530 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Outer Hebrides[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: The Minch[5]
  • Capital: Stornoway[6]
  • Part of: Outer Hebrides[7]
  • Commons category: Lewis and Harris[8]
  • Has part(s): Isle of Lewis[9], Harris[10]
  • Highest point: Clisham[11]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Outer Hebrides[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Lewis and Harris[13]
  • Population: 21,031[14]
  • Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], New International Encyclopedia[17]
  • Native label: Lewis and Harris[18]
  • Length: 97.3 km[19]
  • Area: 2086 km²[20]
  • Width: 46.8 km[21]
  • Historic county: Ross-shire[22]

Why It Matters

Lewis and Harris has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 42
    Located in time zone → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bg', 'bn', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'et',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58669|batch #58669]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 7w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Capital → Stornoway
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Outer Hebrides
    Has parts → —
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: lewis-with-harris-island-scotland, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289940952|lewis with harris island scotland (#289940952)]] in [[:toollab"
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