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Waigeo Island

island in Raja Ampat Regency, Southwest Papua Province, Indonesia
Landform island Q1323418
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Summary

Waigeo Island is an island[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (332 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Raja Ampat[3]
  • Country: Indonesia[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Halmahera Sea[5]
  • Capital: Waisai[6]
  • Part of: Raja Ampat Islands[7]
  • Commons category: Waigeo[8]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Raja Ampat Islands[9]
  • Population: 1667[10], 6000[11]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Otto's encyclopedia[14]
  • Length: 125 km[15]
  • Elevation above sea level: 958 m[16]
  • Area: 3155 km²[17]
  • Width: 55 km[18]
  • Name: Waigeo[19], Waigoe[20]

Why It Matters

Waigeo Island has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

Indonesia

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree Number 050-145 of 2022. wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree Number 050-145 of 2022. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Q31350722. 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] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree Number 050-145 of 2022. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . GeoNames. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . 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. 5d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 34
    Located in time zone → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'ban', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'eo'
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58669|batch #58669]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 23w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in/on physical feature → Raja Ampat Islands
    Width → {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+55'}
    Described by source → Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Otto's encyclopedia
    Instance of → island
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["Island", "Waigeo"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257262|batch #257262]]"
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