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Aberdeenshire

council area of Scotland
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Summary

Aberdeenshire is a council area[1]. Aberdeenshire draws 2,592 Wikipedia views per month (council area category, ranking #4 of 25).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Scotland[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Part of: North East Scotland[5]
  • Commons category: Aberdeenshire[6]
  • Catalog code: 2[7]
  • Authority: Aberdeenshire Council[8]
  • Official website: https://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Aberdeenshire[10]
  • Population: 261,800[11], 261,470[12], 237,570[13], 255,560[14], 261,210[15], 249,020[16], 261,960[17], 251,430[18], 260,530[19], 253,650[20], 228,830[21], 226,940[22], 262,190[23], 231,250[24]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[25], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[26], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[28], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[29]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Aberdeenshire[30]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Aberdeenshire[31]
  • Native label: Siorrachd Obar Dheathain[32], Aberdeenshire[33]
  • Category for people buried here: Category:Burials in Aberdeenshire[34]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People associated with Aberdeenshire[35]
  • Different from: Aberdeenshire[36], County of the City of Aberdeen[37]
  • Area: 6312.5814 km²[38]
  • Carbon footprint: 325282.92 tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent[39], 308192.95 tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent[40]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Aberdeenshire[41]
  • Historic county: Aberdeenshire[42], Banffshire[43], Kincardineshire[44]
  • Open data portal: Aberdeenshire Council Open Data Portal[45]
  • Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of Aberdeenshire[46]

Why It Matters

Aberdeenshire has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] Aberdeenshire is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  10. [12] ↑ . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . ons.maps.arcgis.com. ons.maps.arcgis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . sepa.org.uk. sepa.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . sepa.org.uk. sepa.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Category of associated people → Category:People associated with Aberdeenshire
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+6312.5814'}
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: aberdeenshire, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289915226|aberdeenshire (#289915226)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
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