Echigo Province

Summary

Echigo Province is a province of Japan^[1]. It draws 118 Wikipedia views per month (province_of_japan category, ranking #12 of 83).^[2]

Key Facts

• Echigo Province is located in Hokurikudō^[3].
• Echigo Province is in the country of Japan^[4].
• Echigo Province's image is recorded as Provinces of Japan-Echigo.svg^[5].
• Echigo Province's instance of is recorded as province of Japan^[6].
• Echigo Province's shares border with is recorded as Etchū Province^[7].
• Echigo Province's shares border with is recorded as Shinano Province^[8].
• Echigo Province's shares border with is recorded as Kōzuke Province^[9].
• Echigo Province's shares border with is recorded as Mutsu Province^[10].
• Echigo Province's shares border with is recorded as Dewa Province^[11].
• Echigo Province's shares border with is recorded as Sado Province^[12].
• Echigo Province's Commons category is recorded as Echigo Province^[13].
• Echigo Province's has part is recorded as Shikinaisha^[14].
• Echigo Province's has part is recorded as Shikinai Taisha^[15].
• Echigo Province's has part is recorded as Shikinai Shōsha^[16].
• Echigo Province's has part is recorded as Yahiko Shrine^[17].
• Echigo Province's has part is recorded as Kota Shrine^[18].
• Echigo Province's has part is recorded as Amatsu Shrine^[19].
• Echigo Province's has part is recorded as Mononobe Shrine^[20].
• Echigo Province's has part is recorded as Fuchu Hachimangu^[21].
• Echigo Province's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.55944444, 'lon': 139.05333333}^[22].
• Echigo Province's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/023frx^[23].
• Echigo Province's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Echigo Province^[24].
• Echigo Province's replaces is recorded as Koshi Province^[25].
• Echigo Province's name in kana is recorded as えちごのくに^[26].
• Echigo Province's located in the present-day administrative territorial entity is recorded as Niigata Prefecture^[27].

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Geography

Echigo Province is in the country of Japan^[4]. It is located in Hokurikudō^[3].

Designation and Status

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

Cultural Significance

Things named for Echigo Province include Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei^[28], an alliance^[29], in Japan^[30], founded in 1868^[31], headquartered in Shiroishi^[32]; Jōetsu Line^[33], a railway line^[34], in Japan^[35], founded in 1884^[36]; Echigo Tokimeki Railway Company^[37], a third sector railways^[38], in Japan^[39], founded in 2010^[40], headquartered in Naoetsu Station^[41]; Shin'etsu region^[42], a region of Japan^[43], in Japan^[44]; Echigo Plain^[45], a plain^[46], in Japan^[47]; and Echigo Mountains^[48], a mountain range^[49], in Japan^[50].

Why It Matters

Echigo Province draws 118 Wikipedia views per month (province_of_japan category, ranking #12 of 83).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[51]

Entities named for it include Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei^[28], an alliance^[29], in Japan^[30], founded in 1868^[31], headquartered in Shiroishi^[32]; Jōetsu Line^[33], a railway line^[34], in Japan^[35], founded in 1884^[36]; Echigo Tokimeki Railway Company^[37], a third sector railways^[38], in Japan^[39], founded in 2010^[40], headquartered in Naoetsu Station^[41]; Shin'etsu region^[42], a region of Japan^[43], in Japan^[44]; Echigo Plain^[45], a plain^[46], in Japan^[47]; and Echigo Mountains^[48], a mountain range^[49], in Japan^[50].