Hōfu-shi

city in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Place city_of_japan Q502209
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Hōfu-shi

Summary

Hōfu-shi is a city of Japan[1]. Hōfu-shi draws 46 Wikipedia views per month (city_of_japan category, ranking #88 of 691).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hōfu-shi is located in Yamaguchi Prefecture[3].
  • Hōfu-shi is in the country of Japan[4].
  • Hōfu-shi's image is recorded as Hofu.jpg[5].
  • Hōfu-shi's instance of is recorded as city of Japan[6].
  • Hōfu-shi's instance of is recorded as big city[7].
  • Hōfu-shi's flag image is recorded as Flag of Hofu, Yamaguchi.svg[8].
  • Hōfu-shi's shares border with is recorded as Shūnan-shi[9].
  • Hōfu-shi's shares border with is recorded as Yamaguchi[10].
  • Hōfu-shi's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 257805398[11].
  • Hōfu-shi's GND ID is recorded as 16006886-1[12].
  • Hōfu-shi's locator map image is recorded as Hofu in Yamaguchi Prefecture Ja.svg[13].
  • Hōfu-shi's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82037049[14].
  • Hōfu-shi's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00282662[15].
  • Hōfu-shi's Commons category is recorded as Hofu, Yamaguchi[16].
  • Hōfu-shi's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 4083682[17].
  • Hōfu-shi's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+09:00[18].
  • Hōfu-shi's dantai code is recorded as 352063[19].
  • +1936-08-25T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Hōfu-shi[20].
  • Hōfu-shi's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 34.05127777777778, 'lon': 131.56255555555555}[21].
  • Hōfu-shi's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gp6pb[22].
  • Hōfu-shi's official website is recorded as https://www.city.hofu.yamaguchi.jp/[23].
  • Hōfu-shi's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hōfu, Yamaguchi[24].
  • Hōfu-shi's page banner is recorded as Hofu Tenmangu Yamaguchi prefecture Wikivoyage banner.jpg[25].
  • Hōfu-shi's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as a8d97d8c-b906-4ba0-88c1-74c6472dba10[26].
  • Hōfu-shi's population is recorded as {'amount': '+113170'}[27].

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Geography

Hōfu-shi is in the country of Japan[4]. Hōfu-shi is located in Yamaguchi Prefecture[3].

Physical Characteristics

Hōfu-shi's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+189.37'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+113170'}[27], {'amount': '+115942'}[29], and {'amount': '+116611'}[30].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city of Japan[6] and big city[7].

History and Context

+1936-08-25T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Hōfu-shi[20].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Hōfu-shi include Hōfu Station[31], a railway station[32], in Japan[33], founded in 1898[34].

Why It Matters

Hōfu-shi draws 46 Wikipedia views per month (city_of_japan category, ranking #88 of 691).[2] Hōfu-shi has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Hōfu-shi is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Entities named for Hōfu-shi include Hōfu Station[31], a railway station[32], in Japan[33], founded in 1898[34].

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. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Integrated Authority File. 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] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . pref.yamaguchi.lg.jp. Retrieved . pref.yamaguchi.lg.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [29] . e-stat.go.jp. Retrieved . e-stat.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [30] . e-stat.go.jp. Retrieved . e-stat.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [31] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] . 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. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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