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Manus Island

island part of Manus Province in northern Papua New Guinea
Landform island Q602106
Manus Island
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Summary

Manus Island is an island[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,099 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Manus Province[3]
  • Country: Papua New Guinea[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Bismarck Sea[5]
  • Capital: Lorengau[6]
  • Part of: Admiralty Islands[7]
  • Commons category: Manus Island[8]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Admiralty Islands[9]
  • Population: 33,000[10]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11]
  • Length: 100 km[12]
  • Area: 1940 km²[13]
  • Width: 30 km[14]

Why It Matters

Manus Island has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

Lorengau Papua New Guinea

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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Manus Island. Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/manus-island
MLA “Manus Island.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 17 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/manus-island.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_manus-island_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Manus Island}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/manus-island}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-17}}
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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. 8d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'be', 'bg', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fa', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58669|batch #58669]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 6w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → manus-island
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: manus-island, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289944759|manus island (#289944759)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  3. 23w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in → —
    Instance of → island
    Capital → —
    Length → {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+100'}
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["Island", "Manus"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257262|batch #257262]]"
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