Samothrace

island in the north Aegean
Landform island Q203175
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Samothrace

Summary

Samothrace is an island[1]. Samothrace ranks in the top 3% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,650 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Samothrace is located in Samothraki Municipality[3].
  • Samothrace is in the country of Greece[4].
  • Samothrace is on the body of water Thracian Sea[5].
  • Samothrace's instance of is recorded as island[6].
  • Samothrace's postal code is recorded as 68002[7].
  • Samothrace is part of Thracian Sporades[8].
  • Samothrace's Commons category is recorded as Samothraki[9].
  • Samothrace's local dialing code is recorded as 25510[10].
  • Samothrace's highest point is recorded as Fengari[11].
  • Samothrace's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.45, 'lon': 25.5875}[12].
  • Samothrace's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Aegean Sea[13].
  • Samothrace's official website is recorded as http://samothraki.gr[14].
  • Samothrace's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Samothrace[15].
  • Samothrace has a population of {'amount': '+2600'}[16].
  • Samothrace has a population of {'amount': '+2723'}[17].
  • Samothrace has a population of {'amount': '+3870'}[18].
  • Samothrace's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[19].
  • Samothrace's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
  • Samothrace's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[21].
  • Samothrace's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[22].
  • Samothrace's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[23].
  • Samothrace's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24].
  • Samothrace's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[25].
  • Samothrace's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[26].
  • Samothrace's category for people who died here is recorded as Q21714679[27].

Body

Geography

Samothrace is in the country of Greece[4]. Samothrace is located in Samothraki Municipality[3]. Samothrace is on the body of water Thracian Sea[5]. Samothrace is part of Thracian Sporades[8].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+178'}[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+184'}[29]. Samothrace sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1611'}[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+2600'}[16], {'amount': '+2723'}[17], and {'amount': '+3870'}[18].

Designation and Status

Samothrace's instance of is recorded as island[6].

Why It Matters

Samothrace ranks in the top 3% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,650 views/month).[2] Samothrace has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Samothrace is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Q101071350. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Q101071350. 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.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . Q101071350. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . 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. 22h ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['am', 'ar', 'arz', 'bcl', 'be', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el'
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58669|batch #58669]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 28d ago · THEbotIT bot · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Nordisk familjebok, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947) +5
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P1343]]: [[Q1138524]], Add reference to a lexicon article."
  3. 9w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → samothrace-island, samothrace-island-greece
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: samothrace-island, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289957646|samothrace island (#289957646)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Har"
  4. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q28808
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q28808, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  5. 15w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id → 5690
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P9106]]: 5690, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107287708|Samothrace (#107287708)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Classical Diction"
  6. 22w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in → —
    Category for people who died here → Q21714679
    Image last checked license → —
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of Samothraki
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Island", "Samothrace"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257262|batch #257262]]"
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