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Shey

village in Ladakh, India
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Summary

Shey is a human settlement[1]. Shey ranks in the top 0.9% of human settlement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (217 views/month, #324 of 35,923).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Leh district[3]
  • Country: India[4]
  • Commons category: Shey[5]
  • Elevation above sea level: 3250 m[6]

Why It Matters

Shey has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] Shey is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

Related Entities

India

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . 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. 13d ago · SHADOWARROW 2026 · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'hi', 'mr', 'pa', 'pt', 'ru', 'sv']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||bn, hi */ Added missing Bengali and Hindi labels and descriptions"
  2. 12w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 34.08, 'lon': 77.63}
    Instance of → —
    Coordinates → —
    Aliases → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/42970|batch #42970]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level (Q486972) [SVN][CUB][YEM][IND][GHA]"
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