Leith

suburb of Edinburgh and former municipal burgh in Scotland
Place town Q1018540
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Leith

Summary

Leith is a town[1]. Leith ranks in the top 2% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (254 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Leith is located in City of Edinburgh[3].
  • Leith is located in Edinburgh[4].
  • Leith is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Leith's instance of is recorded as town[6].
  • Leith's instance of is recorded as suburb[7].
  • Leith's instance of is recorded as burgh[8].
  • The location of Leith was Edinburgh[9].
  • Leith's Commons category is recorded as Leith[10].
  • Leith's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 55.9801, 'lon': -3.17005}[11].
  • Leith's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Water of Leith[12].
  • Leith's significant event is recorded as Siege of Leith[13].
  • Leith's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Leith[14].
  • Leith has a population of {'amount': '+50030'}[15].
  • Leith's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • Leith's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[17].
  • Leith's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18].
  • Leith's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana[19].
  • Leith's described by source is recorded as The American Cyclopædia[20].
  • Leith's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[21].
  • Leith's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[22].
  • Leith's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[23].
  • Leith's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[24].
  • Leith's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[25].
  • Leith's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'gd', 'text': 'Lìte'}[26].
  • Leith's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Leith'}[27].

Body

Geography

Leith is in the country of United Kingdom[5]. Located in include City of Edinburgh[3], a council area[28], in United Kingdom[29] and Edinburgh[4], a civil parish[30], in United Kingdom[31].

Physical Characteristics

Leith has a population of {'amount': '+50030'}[15].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town[6], suburb[7], and burgh[8].

Why It Matters

Leith ranks in the top 2% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (254 views/month).[2] Leith has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Leith is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . 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. 7d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 35
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'ga',
    Gnd id → 4737238-2
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
  2. 15d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → leith
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: leith, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289947624|leith (#289947624)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  3. 6w ago · Back ache · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → City of Edinburgh, Edinburgh
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 55.9801, 'lon': -3.17005}
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition +7
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of Leith
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1937]]: GBLEI, Moving to [[Q137261307]]"
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