Shey

village in Ladakh, India
Place human_settlement Q427918
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Shey

Summary

Shey is a human settlement[1]. Shey ranks in the top 0.9% of human_settlement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month, #324 of 35,923).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shey is located in Leh district[3].
  • Shey is in the country of India[4].
  • Shey's image is recorded as Breathtaking view from Shey palace.jpg[5].
  • Shey's instance of is recorded as human settlement[6].
  • Shey's Commons category is recorded as Shey[7].
  • Shey's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+05:30[8].
  • Shey's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 34.08, 'lon': 77.63}[9].
  • Shey's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dm41n[10].
  • Shey's GeoNames ID is recorded as 1256626[11].
  • Shey's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+3250'}[12].
  • Shey's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -2110978[13].
  • Shey's Who's on First ID is recorded as 890508439[14].
  • Shey's OpenStreetMap node ID is recorded as 342116627[15].

Body

Geography

Shey is in the country of India[4]. Shey is located in Leh district[3].

Physical Characteristics

Shey's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+3250'}[12].

Designation and Status

Shey's instance of is recorded as human settlement[6].

Why It Matters

Shey ranks in the top 0.9% of human_settlement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month, #324 of 35,923).[2] Shey has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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