Scania

province in Sweden
AdministrativeArea province_of_sweden Q180756
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Scania is an administrative area located in Skåne County[1]. It covers an area of 11k. As of 2020, it had a population of 1.4M[2]. The region observes the time zones UTC+01:00 and UTC+02:00.

Scania

Summary

Scania is a province of Sweden[1]. Scania ranks in the top 4% of province_of_sweden entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,002 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Scania is located in Skåne County[3].
  • Scania is in the country of Sweden[4].
  • Scania's image is recorded as Willows and flowering rapefield.jpg[5].
  • Scania's instance of is recorded as province of Sweden[6].
  • Scania's flag image is recorded as Skånska flaggan.svg[7].
  • Scania's shares border with is recorded as Småland[8].
  • Scania's shares border with is recorded as Halland[9].
  • Scania's shares border with is recorded as Blekinge[10].
  • Scania's coat of arms image is recorded as Skåne vapen.svg[11].
  • Scania's flag is recorded as flag of Scania[12].
  • Scania's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 266506419[13].
  • Scania's GND ID is recorded as 4053191-0[14].
  • Scania's coat of arms is recorded as coat of arms of Skåne[15].
  • Scania's locator map image is recorded as Sverigekarta-Landskap Skåne.svg[16].
  • Scania's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79085046[17].
  • Scania's part of is recorded as Sweden[18].
  • Scania's Commons category is recorded as Skåne[19].
  • Scania's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 54409[20].
  • Scania's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[21].
  • Scania's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[22].
  • Scania's pronunciation audio is recorded as Sv-Skåne.ogg[23].
  • Scania's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Skåne.wav[24].
  • Scania's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 55.8, 'lon': 13.61666667}[25].
  • Scania's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06vtw2[26].
  • Scania's official website is recorded as http://skane.com[27].

Body

Geography

Scania is in the country of Sweden[4]. Scania is located in Skåne County[3]. Scania's part of is recorded as Sweden[18].

Physical Characteristics

Scania's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+11027'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+1322193'}[29], {'amount': '+1375278'}[30], and {'amount': '+1386530'}[31].

Designation and Status

Scania's instance of is recorded as province of Sweden[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Scania include MS Skåne[32], a passenger ferry[33] and Scania Goose[34], a goose breed[35].

Why It Matters

Scania ranks in the top 4% of province_of_sweden entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,002 views/month).[2] Scania has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Scania is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Entities named for Scania include MS Skåne[32], a passenger ferry[33] and Scania Goose[34], a goose breed[35].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  22. [24] . lingualibre.org. lingualibre.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] . scb.se. scb.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [30] . scb.se. scb.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [31] . scb.se. scb.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] . 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. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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