The Burren

glaciated karst landscape region or alvar in northwest County Clare, Ireland
Place natural_region Q917858
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The Burren

Summary

The Burren is a natural region[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of natural_region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (526 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Burren is located in County Clare[3].
  • The Burren is located in Burren[4].
  • The Burren is in the country of Ireland[5].
  • The Burren's video is recorded as Aerial views of the The Burren, County Clare, Ireland.webm[6].
  • The Burren's image is recorded as Burren karst.jpg[7].
  • The Burren's instance of is recorded as natural region[8].
  • The Burren's instance of is recorded as protected area[9].
  • The Burren's instance of is recorded as karst[10].
  • The Burren's Commons category is recorded as Burren[11].
  • The Burren's located in time zone is recorded as Western European Time[12].
  • The Burren's has part is recorded as Burren National Park[13].
  • The Burren's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.0977, 'lon': -9.28401}[14].
  • The Burren's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02wzw8[15].
  • The Burren's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge891211[16].
  • The Burren's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Burren[17].
  • The Burren's page banner is recorded as Burren banner2.jpg[18].
  • The Burren's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Burren[19].
  • The Burren's heritage designation is recorded as Tentative World Heritage Site[20].
  • The Burren's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ga', 'text': 'Boirinn'}[21].
  • The Burren's GeoNames ID is recorded as 3312561[22].
  • The Burren's BBC Things ID is recorded as 13b0f43d-3e4e-41aa-9c1b-e310f45d29e8[23].
  • The Burren's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Burren'}[24].
  • The Burren's different from is recorded as Q28467979[25].
  • The Burren's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+360'}[26].
  • The Burren's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as 394510[27].

Body

Geography

The Burren is in the country of Ireland[5]. Located in include County Clare[3], a county of Ireland[28], in Ireland[29] and Burren[4], a barony[30], in Ireland[31].

Physical Characteristics

The Burren's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+360'}[26].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include natural region[8], protected area[9], and karst[10]. The Burren's heritage designation is recorded as Tentative World Heritage Site[20].

Why It Matters

The Burren ranks in the top 5% of natural_region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (526 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . logainm.ie. logainm.ie. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . logainm.ie. logainm.ie. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . nationalparks.ie. nationalparks.ie. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . 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. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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