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Saaremaa

largest island in Estonia
Landform island Q951302
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Summary

Saaremaa is an island[1]. Saaremaa ranks in the top 3% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,433 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Saaremaa Rural Municipality[3]
  • Country: Estonia[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Baltic Sea[5]
  • Part of: West Estonian archipelago[6]
  • Commons category: Saaremaa[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Saaremaa[8]
  • Commons gallery: Saaremaa[9]
  • Population: 29,753[10]
  • Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[14], Topographia Electoratus Brandenburgici et Ducatus Pomeraniae[15], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[17], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 10[18]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Saaremaa[19]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths on Saaremaa[20]
  • Native label: Saaremaa[21]
  • Elevation above sea level: 62 m[22]
  • Area: 2672 km²[23]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Eesti 1000[24]

Why It Matters

Saaremaa has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] Saaremaa is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Related Entities

Estonia Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . blog.stat.ee. Retrieved . blog.stat.ee. Provenance: 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.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image purged license → —
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2672'}
    Sitelink count → 83
    Category for people born here → Category:Births in Saaremaa
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58669|batch #58669]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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