Ashiya

Summary

Ashiya is a town of Japan^[1]. Ashiya ranks in the top 8% of town_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Ashiya is located in Fukuoka Prefecture^[3].
• Ashiya is located in Onga district^[4].
• Ashiya is in the country of Japan^[5].
• Ashiya's image is recorded as Ashiya Town Hall Fukuoka 2026-03 ac.jpg^[6].
• Ashiya's instance of is recorded as town of Japan^[7].
• Ashiya's flag image is recorded as Flag of Ashiya, Fukuoka.svg^[8].
• Ashiya's shares border with is recorded as Kitakyūshū-shi^[9].
• Ashiya's shares border with is recorded as Okagaki^[10].
• Ashiya's shares border with is recorded as Onga^[11].
• Ashiya's shares border with is recorded as Mizumaki^[12].
• Ashiya's seal image is recorded as Emblem of Ashiya, Fukuoka.svg^[13].
• Ashiya's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 259025083^[14].
• Ashiya's locator map image is recorded as Ashiya in Fukuoka Prefecture Ja.svg^[15].
• Ashiya's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00371471^[16].
• Ashiya's Commons category is recorded as Ashiya, Fukuoka^[17].
• Ashiya's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 4008299^[18].
• Ashiya's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+09:00^[19].
• Ashiya's dantai code is recorded as 403814^[20].
• +1891-06-10T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Ashiya^[21].
• +1889-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Ashiya^[22].
• Ashiya's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 33.89377777777778, 'lon': 130.6638888888889}^[23].
• Ashiya's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02ffcj^[24].
• Ashiya's official website is recorded as https://www.town.ashiya.lg.jp/^[25].
• Ashiya's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ashiya, Fukuoka^[26].
• Ashiya's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 3003f728-2040-469a-98a9-3f3c4f120fd0^[27].

Body

Geography

Ashiya is in the country of Japan^[5]. Located in include Fukuoka Prefecture^[3], a prefecture of Japan^[28], in Japan^[29] and Onga district^[4], a district of Japan^[30], in Japan^[31], founded in 1878^[32].

Physical Characteristics

Ashiya's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+11.60'}^[33]. Population counts include {'amount': '+13559'}^[34], {'amount': '+14208'}^[35], and {'amount': '+15369'}^[36].

Designation and Status

Ashiya's instance of is recorded as town of Japan^[7].

History and Context

Recorded inception include +1891-06-10T00:00:00Z^[21] and +1889-04-01T00:00:00Z^[22].

Why It Matters

Ashiya ranks in the top 8% of town_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month).^[2] Ashiya has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37]