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West Burra

one of the Scalloway Islands, a subgroup of the Shetland Islands in Scotland.
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Summary

West Burra is an island[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (134 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Shetland Islands[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Norwegian Sea[5]
  • Part of: Shetland Islands[6], Scalloway Islands[7]
  • Commons category: West Burra[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:West Burra[9]
  • Commons gallery: West Burra[10]
  • Population: 776[11]
  • Native label: West Burra[12]
  • Area: 743 ha[13]
  • Historic county: Shetland Islands[14]

Why It Matters

West Burra has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). West Burra. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/west-burra
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_west-burra_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{West Burra}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/west-burra}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-20}}
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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. 12d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['ceb', 'commons', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eu', 'fr', 'gd', 'it', 'nn', 'ru', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58669|batch #58669]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 5w ago · JhowieNitnek · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Native label → {'lang': 'scz', 'text': 'West Burra'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Native label: West Burra"
  3. 24w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → island
    Part of → —
    Population → {'amount': '+776'}
    Population → —
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["Island", "WestBurra::26zy2"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257262|batch #257262]]"
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