Chigasaki

Summary

Chigasaki is a special city of Japan^[1]. Chigasaki ranks in the top 9% of special_city_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (299 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Chigasaki is located in Kanagawa Prefecture^[3].
• Chigasaki is in the country of Japan^[4].
• Chigasaki is on the body of water Sagami River^[5].
• Chigasaki is on the body of water Sagami Bay^[6].
• Chigasaki is on the body of water Shōnan Beach^[7].
• Chigasaki's head of government is recorded as Hikaru Satō^[8].
• Chigasaki's instance of is recorded as special city of Japan^[9].
• Chigasaki's instance of is recorded as big city^[10].
• Chigasaki's instance of is recorded as city of Japan^[11].
• Chigasaki's instance of is recorded as second-level administrative division^[12].
• Chigasaki's shares border with is recorded as Fujisawa^[13].
• Chigasaki's shares border with is recorded as Hiratsuka^[14].
• Chigasaki's shares border with is recorded as Samukawa^[15].
• Chigasaki's twinned administrative body is recorded as Okazaki^[16].
• Chigasaki's twinned administrative body is recorded as Honolulu^[17].
• Chigasaki's legislative body is recorded as Q28683814^[18].
• Chigasaki is part of Shōnan^[19].
• Chigasaki's Commons category is recorded as Chigasaki, Kanagawa^[20].
• Chigasaki's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+09:00^[21].
• October 1, 1908 marks the founding of Chigasaki^[22].
• October 1, 1947 marks the founding of Chigasaki^[23].
• Chigasaki's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.33386111111111, 'lon': 139.40472222222223}^[24].
• Chigasaki's official website is recorded as https://www.city.chigasaki.kanagawa.jp/^[25].
• Chigasaki's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Chigasaki, Kanagawa^[26].
• Chigasaki has a population of {'amount': '+236177'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Chigasaki is in the country of Japan^[4]. Chigasaki is located in Kanagawa Prefecture^[3]. Adjacent water bodies include Sagami River^[5], a river^[28], in Japan^[29]; Sagami Bay^[6], a bay^[30], in Japan^[31]; and Shōnan Beach^[7], a beach^[32], in Japan^[33]. Chigasaki is part of Shōnan^[19].

Physical Characteristics

Chigasaki covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+35.70'}^[34]. Population counts include {'amount': '+236177'}^[27], {'amount': '+242347'}^[35], {'amount': '+239348'}^[36], and {'amount': '+235081'}^[37].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include special city of Japan^[9], big city^[10], city of Japan^[11], and second-level administrative division^[12].

History and Context

Recorded inception include October 1, 1908^[22] and October 1, 1947^[23].

Why It Matters

Chigasaki ranks in the top 9% of special_city_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (299 views/month).^[2] Chigasaki has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] Chigasaki is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]