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Hov

settlement on Suduroy, Faroe Islands
Place Human Settlement Q1025136

Facts

8 properties

Identity

Instance of
human settlement

Location

Country
Faroe Islands[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 61.507°, -6.761°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Hov Municipality[1]
Located in/on physical feature
Suðuroy[3]

Population and size

Population
+99, +104[4][5]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 99 · 104 GeoNames 149 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
More facts +2
Capital of
Hov Municipality[6]
Different from
Hou[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en Hov en Hov, Faroe Islands da Hov, Suðuroy da Bygden Hov da Hov, Færøerne ro Hov, Faroe Islands ro Hov, Insulele Feroe zh 霍夫
🔖 Identifiers · 11
VIAF cluster ID
136204078
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n95086417
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Hov.FaroeIslands.1.jpg ↗
Facebook location ID
112627712086220
Freebase ID
/m/04bhbm
GeoNames ID
2619734, 2619738
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Hov_-_bygd_på_Færøyene
IdRef ID
133824020
J9U entity ID
987007531023405171
Topic's main category
Category:Hov (Suðuroy)
Who's on First ID
1125849491

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🔗 Connections
Capital of 1
Hov Municipality
Country 1
Faroe Islands
Different from 1
Hou
Instance of 1
human settlement
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Hov Municipality
Located in/on physical feature 1
Suðuroy
Named after 1
Hovstunnilin
People born here 1
Leivur Øssursson
← Capital 1
Hov Municipality
← Different from 1
Hou
← Terminus 1
Hovstunnilin
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Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Hov include Hovstunnilin[8], a road tunnel[9], in Faroe Islands[10], founded in 2007[11].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Hov include Hovstunnilin[8], a road tunnel[9], in Faroe Islands[10], founded in 2007[11].

Related Entities

Suðuroy

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . GeoNames. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . statbank.hagstova.fo. statbank.hagstova.fo. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . hagstova.fo. hagstova.fo. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [9] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 24w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Faroe Islands
    Capital of → Hov Municipality
    Different from → Hou
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Hov Municipality
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: Added ur:ہوو، جزائر فارو"
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