Biwa

dissolved municipality in Higashiazai district, Shiga prefecture, Japan
Organization dissolved_municipality_of_japan Q4919270
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Biwa

Summary

Biwa is a dissolved municipality of Japan[1]. Biwa ranks in the top 6% of dissolved_municipality_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Biwa is located in Higashiazai district[3].
  • Biwa is in the country of Japan[4].
  • Biwa's instance of is recorded as dissolved municipality of Japan[5].
  • Biwa's flag image is recorded as Flag of Biwa, Shiga (1968–2006).svg[6].
  • Biwa's seal image is recorded as Emblem of Biwa, Shiga (1968–2006).svg[7].
  • Biwa's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 237488254[8].
  • Biwa's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00390187[9].
  • +1956-09-25T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Biwa[10].
  • +1971-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Biwa[11].
  • Biwa was dissolved in +2006-02-13T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Biwa's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 35.41147222222222, 'longitude': 136.23391666666666, 'precision': 2.777777777777778e-05}[13].
  • Biwa's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02rjx8[14].
  • Biwa's replaces is recorded as Chikubu[15].
  • Biwa's replaces is recorded as Ōzato[16].
  • Biwa's replaced by is recorded as Nagahama[17].
  • Biwa's official name is recorded as びわ村[18].
  • Biwa's official name is recorded as びわ町[19].
  • Biwa's name in kana is recorded as びわちょう[20].
  • Biwa's located in the present-day administrative territorial entity is recorded as Nagahama[21].
  • Biwa's GeoNLP ID is recorded as rHoRYz[22].
  • Biwa's associated electoral district is recorded as Shiga 2nd district[23].
  • Biwa's WorldCat Entities ID is recorded as E39PBJyMbJPjbGQGtMYHXdvGpP[24].
  • Biwa's GeoLOD ID is recorded as iO4UZQ[25].

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include +1956-09-25T00:00:00Z[10] and +1971-04-01T00:00:00Z[11].

Identity

Official names include びわ村[18] and びわ町[19].

Dissolution

Biwa was dissolved in +2006-02-13T00:00:00Z[12].

Why It Matters

Biwa ranks in the top 6% of dissolved_municipality_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[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. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . GeoLOD. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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