Elephantine

island in the Nile, Egypt
Place river_island Q284009
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Elephantine

Summary

Elephantine is a river island[1]. Elephantine ranks in the top 2% of river_island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,382 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Elephantine is located in Aswan Governorate[3].
  • Elephantine is in the country of Egypt[4].
  • Elephantine is on the body of water Nile[5].
  • Elephantine's instance of is recorded as river island[6].
  • Elephantine's Commons category is recorded as Elephantine[7].
  • Elephantine's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[8].
  • Elephantine comprises Ruins of Elephantine[9].
  • Elephantine's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 24.09, 'lon': 32.89}[10].
  • Elephantine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Elephantine[11].
  • Elephantine's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Elephantine's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • Elephantine's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[14].
  • Elephantine's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15].
  • Elephantine's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[16].
  • Elephantine's different from is recorded as Elephant Island[17].
  • Elephantine sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+101'}[18].
  • Elephantine's drainage basin is recorded as Nile basin[19].

Body

Geography

Elephantine is in the country of Egypt[4]. Elephantine is located in Aswan Governorate[3]. Elephantine is on the body of water Nile[5].

Physical Characteristics

Elephantine sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+101'}[18].

Designation and Status

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

Why It Matters

Elephantine ranks in the top 2% of river_island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,382 views/month).[2] Elephantine has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Elephantine is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

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] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16m ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia +2
    Coordinate location {'lat': 24.09, 'lon': 32.89}
    Country
    Has part(s) Ruins of Elephantine
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 158754, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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