Echizen Province

province of Japan
AdministrativeArea province_of_japan Q1047144
Echizen Province
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Echizen Province

Summary

Echizen Province is a province of Japan[1]. It draws 70 Wikipedia views per month (province_of_japan category, ranking #27 of 83).[2]

Key Facts

  • Echizen Province is located in Hokurikudō[3].
  • Echizen Province is in the country of Japan[4].
  • Echizen Province's image is recorded as Sakura 2020 along the Yoshinose in Fukui-ken (49745978636).jpg[5].
  • Echizen Province's instance of is recorded as province of Japan[6].
  • Echizen Province's shares border with is recorded as Mino Province[7].
  • Echizen Province's shares border with is recorded as Ōmi Province[8].
  • Echizen Province's shares border with is recorded as Wakasa Province[9].
  • Echizen Province's shares border with is recorded as Kaga Province[10].
  • Echizen Province's shares border with is recorded as Hida Province[11].
  • Echizen Province's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 260847249[12].
  • Echizen Province's locator map image is recorded as Provinces of Japan-Echizen.svg[13].
  • Echizen Province's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00630433[14].
  • Echizen Province's Commons category is recorded as Echizen Province[15].
  • Echizen Province's located in time zone is recorded as Japan Standard Time[16].
  • Echizen Province's has part is recorded as Ichijōdani Asakura Family Historic Ruins[17].
  • Echizen Province's has part is recorded as Shikinaisha[18].
  • Echizen Province's has part is recorded as Shikinai Taisha[19].
  • Echizen Province's has part is recorded as Shikinai Shōsha[20].
  • Echizen Province's has part is recorded as Kehi Jingū[21].
  • Echizen Province's has part is recorded as Tsurugi Shrine (Echizen, Fukui)[22].
  • Echizen Province's has part is recorded as Sōja Daijingū[23].
  • Echizen Province's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.96277778, 'lon': 136.37083333}[24].
  • Echizen Province's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 36, 'lon': 136.33333}[25].
  • Echizen Province's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01t8l7[26].
  • Echizen Province's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Echizen Province[27].

Body

Geography

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

Designation and Status

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

Cultural Significance

Things named for Echizen Province include Echizen Railway[28], a business[29], in Japan[30], founded in 2002[31], headquartered in Fukui[32].

Why It Matters

Echizen Province draws 70 Wikipedia views per month (province_of_japan category, ranking #27 of 83).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for it include Echizen Railway[28], a business[29], in Japan[30], founded in 2002[31], headquartered in Fukui[32].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . 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. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] . 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. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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