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Qeshm Island

island in Qeshm County, Iran
Landform island Q240719
Qeshm Island
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Summary

Qeshm Island is an island[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,438 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Qeshm County[3]
  • Country: Iran[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Persian Gulf[5]
  • Commons category: Qeshm Island[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Qeshm Island[7]
  • Described at URL: http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/earth-sciences/unesco-global-geoparks/list-of-unesco-global-geoparks/iran/qeshm-island/[8]
  • Population: 148.993[9], 148,993[10]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11]
  • Heritage designation: Tentative World Heritage Site[12]
  • Different from: Qeshm[13]
  • Length: 136 km[14]
  • Area: 1445 km²[15]
  • Width: 40 km[16]
  • World Heritage criteria: (vii)[17], (viii)[18], (ix)[19], (x)[20]

Why It Matters

Qeshm Island has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

Iran Islamic Azad University of Qeshm

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . 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] ↑ . iranicaonline.org. Retrieved . iranicaonline.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_qeshm-island_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Qeshm Island}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/qeshm-island}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-16}}
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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. 8d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 59
    Located in time zone → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'az', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'ceb', 'cs', 'de',
    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 · Orijentolog · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Qeshm Island
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Topic's main category: Category:Qeshm Island"
  3. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Biblissima authority id → The Stone Roses
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q29606, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  4. 23w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+148.993'}, {'amount': '+148993'}
    Local thumb → —
    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["Island", "Qeshm"]
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["Island", "Qeshm"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257262|batch #257262]]"
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