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Likoma Island

island in Malawi
Landform island Q9135742
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Summary

Likoma Island is an island[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (349 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Northern Region[3]
  • Country: Malawi[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Lake Malawi[5]
  • Instance of: enclave[6], exclave[7]
  • Commons category: Likoma Island[8]
  • Exclave of: Malawi[9]
  • Enclave within: Mozambique[10]
  • Population: 10,440[11]
  • Different from: Likoma[12]
  • Length: 7.7 km[13]
  • Elevation above sea level: 538 m[14]
  • Area: 18 km²[15]
  • Width: 4.0 km[16]
  • Perimeter: 101 km[17]

Why It Matters

Likoma Island has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Lake Malawi Malawi Mozambique

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 4d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Exclave of → Malawi
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+18'}
    Sitelink count → 38
    Different from → Likoma
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58669|batch #58669]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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