Province of Buchan

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The Province of Buchan is a historic region in northeastern Scotland, traditionally associated with the medieval Earldom of Buchan and centered around the area of modern Aberdeenshire.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Province of Buchan canonical 2
province of Buchan 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former province
historic region
associatedWith Earldom of Buchan
borderedBy Banff
Mar
Moray
centeredOn modern Aberdeenshire
contains Buchan coast
Ellon area
Fraserburgh area
Inverurie area
Peterhead area
linked to: Peterhead
country Scotland
currentUse cultural-geographical term
historical reference term
governedHistoricallyBy Earls of Buchan
hasCoastlineFeature cliffs
sandy bays
hasCoastlineOn North Sea
hasHistoricalStatus medieval province
hasHistoricIdentity Buchan
hasMainEconomicActivitiesHistorically agriculture
cattle rearing
fishing
hasNotableSettlement Ellon
Fraserburgh
Inverurie
Peterhead
Turriff
hasTerrain coastal plains
rolling farmland
historicalFunction administrative region
feudal jurisdiction
historicalLegalContext Scottish feudal law
historicalPeriod Middle Ages
languageHistoricallySpoken Scots
Scottish Gaelic
locatedIn Aberdeenshire
northeastern Scotland
namedAfter Buchan
overlapsWith modern council area of Aberdeenshire
partOf Kingdom of Scotland
northern Lowlands of Scotland
linked to: Northeast Scotland
regionType traditional province
religiousHistory medieval Christianity
religiousJurisdictionHistorically Diocese of Aberdeen
traditionalRegionOf northeast Scotland

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Earls of Buchan locatedIn Province of Buchan
Province of Moray hasBorderWith Province of Buchan
Mormaers of Mar borderedBy province of Buchan
linked to: Province of Buchan