Bungo Province

province of Japan
AdministrativeArea province_of_japan Q864148
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Bungo Province

Summary

Bungo Province is a province of Japan[1]. It draws 74 Wikipedia views per month (province_of_japan category, ranking #30 of 83).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bungo Province is located in Saikaidō[3].
  • Bungo Province is in the country of Japan[4].
  • Bungo Province is on the body of water Bungo Strait[5].
  • Bungo Province's instance of is recorded as province of Japan[6].
  • Bungo Province's capital is recorded as Funai[7].
  • Bungo Province's shares border with is recorded as Higo Province[8].
  • Bungo Province's shares border with is recorded as Hyūga Province[9].
  • Bungo Province's shares border with is recorded as Chikugo Province[10].
  • Bungo Province's shares border with is recorded as Buzen Province[11].
  • Bungo Province's Commons category is recorded as Bungo Province[12].
  • Bungo Province's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 9449866[13].
  • Bungo Province's has part is recorded as Shikinaisha[14].
  • Bungo Province's has part is recorded as Shikinai Taisha[15].
  • Bungo Province's has part is recorded as Shikinai Shōsha[16].
  • Bungo Province's has part is recorded as Sasamuta Shrine[17].
  • Bungo Province's has part is recorded as Yusuhara Hachimangū[18].
  • Bungo Province's has part is recorded as Bungo Sōja Shrine[19].
  • +0690-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Bungo Province[20].
  • Bungo Province was dissolved in +1872-00-00T00:00:00Z[21].
  • Bungo Province's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 33.17972222, 'lon': 131.38611111}[22].
  • Bungo Province's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/027qqg[23].
  • Bungo Province's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bungo Province[24].
  • Bungo Province's replaces is recorded as Toyo Province[25].
  • Bungo Province's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '豊後国'}[26].
  • Bungo Province's name in kana is recorded as ぶんごのくに[27].

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Geography

Bungo Province is in the country of Japan[4]. It is located in Saikaidō[3]. It is on the body of water Bungo Strait[5].

Designation and Status

Bungo Province's instance of is recorded as province of Japan[6].

History and Context

+0690-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Bungo Province[20].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Bungo Province include Bungo Strait[28], a strait[29], in Japan[30]; Hōhi Main Line[31], a railway line[32], in Japan[33], founded in 1914[34]; Hōyo Strait[35], a strait[36], in Japan[37]; and Nippō Kaigan Quasi-National Park[38], a quasi-national park of Japan[39], in Japan[40], founded in 1974[41].

Why It Matters

Bungo Province draws 74 Wikipedia views per month (province_of_japan category, ranking #30 of 83).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

Entities named for it include Bungo Strait[28], a strait[29], in Japan[30]; Hōhi Main Line[31], a railway line[32], in Japan[33], founded in 1914[34]; Hōyo Strait[35], a strait[36], in Japan[37]; and Nippō Kaigan Quasi-National Park[38], a quasi-national park of Japan[39], in Japan[40], founded in 1974[41].

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  21. [23] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

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  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
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  3. [35] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [38] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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