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West Sand

island at Paracel Islands
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West Sand

Summary

West Sand is a shoal[1]. It draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (shoal category, ranking #18 of 26).[2]

Key Facts

  • West Sand is located in Xisha District[3].
  • West Sand is in the country of People's Republic of China[4].
  • West Sand's instance of is recorded as shoal[5].
  • West Sand's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 16.983333333333, 'longitude': 112.21666666667, 'precision': 0.016666666666667}[6].
  • West Sand's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0ch10zt[7].
  • West Sand's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Qilian Yu[8].
  • West Sand's GeoNames ID is recorded as 1820978[9].

Body

Geography

West Sand is in the country of People's Republic of China[4]. It is located in Xisha District[3].

Designation and Status

West Sand's instance of is recorded as shoal[5].

Why It Matters

West Sand draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (shoal category, ranking #18 of 26).[2]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . GeoNames. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.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. 29d ago · Ikan · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in/on physical feature → Qilian Yu
    Geonames id → 1820978
    Coordinate location → {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': N
    Instance of → shoal
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Island", "WestSand"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257262|batch #257262]]"
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