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Ashikita

town in Ashikita district, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan
Place town_of_japan Q1184620

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
town of Japan
Inception
1955, November 1, 1970, 2005[9][10][11]
Country
Japan[4]
Official website
www.ashikita-t.kumamoto-sgn.jp, www.town.ashikita.lg.jp[12]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 32.299°, 130.493°
Area
+233.81[24]
Associated electoral district
Kumamoto 5th district, Kumamoto 4th district[25]
Legal form
ordinary local public entity[22]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Kumamoto Prefecture, Ashikita district[2][3]
Name in kana
あしきたまち[23]
Official name
葦北町, 芦北町[21]
Population
19k (16k–19k, n=3)[13][14][15]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 15,621 · 17,661 · 19,316 GeoNames 19,142 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
Replaces
Sashiki, Ōno, Yoshio, Yunoura, Tanoura[16][17][18][19][20]
Shares border with
Yatsushiro, Minamata, Tsunagi, Kuma[5][6][7][8]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ashikita ar أشيكيتا cs Ašikita fa آشیکیتا hu Asikita ja 葦北町 ja 芦北町 ko 아시키타정 ru Асикита th อาชิกิตะ uk Асікіта zh 蘆北町
🔖 Identifiers · 22
VIAF cluster ID
259636899
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Ashikita Seaside Park 2 - Aug 31, 2008.jpg ↗
ArchINFORM location ID
17347
BabelNet ID
03236040n
CiNii Research ID
1140563741597640064
Corporate Number (Japan)
5000020434825
Dantai code
434825
Freebase ID
/m/02d38n
GNS Unique Feature ID
10732389
GeoLOD ID
2WI0UW
GeoNLP ID (obsolete)
NGtage
GeoNames ID
7413169
Show all 22 identifiers +10
Google Maps Customer ID
16869799110067811445
Google News topics ID
CAAqIggKIhxDQkFTRHdvSkwyMHZNREprTXpodUVnSnFZU2dBUAE
INaturalist place ID
34164
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA17028219
NDL Authority ID
00424669
Naver Encyclopedia ID
1303757
OpenCorporates ID
jp/5000020434825
OpenStreetMap relation ID
3992911
Topic's main category
Category:Ashikita, Kumamoto
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJdcv6yYcYvYwXyyGXGvHC

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🔗 Connections
Contained subdivisions 10
Kaiji Station, Minami-Kyushu expressway, Higo Tanoura Station, Kami Tanoura Station, Sashiki Station, Shiroishi Station, Tanoura Otachimisaki Park Station, Uminoura Station +2 more
Shares border with 4
Minamata, Yatsushiro, Tsunagi, Kuma
← Shares border with 4
Minamata, Yatsushiro, Tsunagi, Kuma
Located in the administrative territorial entity 2
Kumamoto Prefecture, Ashikita district
People born here 2
Kōzō Okamoto, Mizuki Fujii
Associated electoral district 1
Kumamoto 4th district
Country 1
Japan
Instance of 1
town of Japan
Located in time zone 1
UTC+09:00
Topic's main category 1
Category:Ashikita, Kumamoto
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Ashikita, Kumamoto
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Ashikita district
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Summary

Ashikita is a town of Japan[1].

Related Entities

Japan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . pref.kumamoto.jp. Retrieved . pref.kumamoto.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . e-stat.go.jp. Retrieved . e-stat.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . e-stat.go.jp. Retrieved . e-stat.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . post.japanpost.jp. post.japanpost.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . ashikita-t.kumamoto-sgn.jp. ashikita-t.kumamoto-sgn.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15w ago · Plánovací kalendář · 2026-07-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+233.81'}
    Legal form → ordinary local public entity
    Instance of → town of Japan
    Coordinates → —
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Image: Ashikita Seaside Park 2 - Aug 31, 2008.jpg, Import image (P18) from Wikipedia infobox (template harvest)"
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