Scalloway

village in the Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
Place village Q1014090
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Scalloway

Summary

Scalloway is a village[1]. Scalloway ranks in the top 0.31% of village entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,322 views/month, #158 of 50,837).[2]

Key Facts

  • Scalloway is located in Shetland Islands[3].
  • Scalloway is located in Tingwall[4].
  • Scalloway is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Scalloway's instance of is recorded as village[6].
  • Scalloway's Commons category is recorded as Scalloway[7].
  • Scalloway's local dialing code is recorded as 01595[8].
  • Scalloway's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 60.137, 'lon': -1.275}[9].
  • Scalloway's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Shetland Islands[10].
  • Scalloway's located in/on physical feature is recorded as South Mainland[11].
  • Scalloway has a population of {'amount': '+1240'}[12].
  • Scalloway's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'scz', 'text': 'Scalloway'}[13].
  • Scalloway's historic county is recorded as Shetland Islands[14].

Body

Geography

Scalloway is in the country of United Kingdom[5]. Located in include Shetland Islands[3], an archipelago[15], in United Kingdom[16] and Tingwall[4], a civil parish[17], in United Kingdom[18].

Physical Characteristics

Scalloway has a population of {'amount': '+1240'}[12].

Designation and Status

Scalloway's instance of is recorded as village[6].

Why It Matters

Scalloway ranks in the top 0.31% of village entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,322 views/month, #158 of 50,837).[2] Scalloway has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Scalloway is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [18] ↑ . 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. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . 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. 6d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fo', '
    Gnd id → 4536375-4
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
  2. 22d ago · JhowieNitnek · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Native label → {'lang': 'scz', 'text': 'Scalloway'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1705]]: Scalloway"
  3. 10w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 60.137, 'lon': -1.275}
    Instance of → —
    Coordinates → —
    Aliases → —
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/43331|batch #43331]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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