Heijō-kyō

capital city of Japan during the Nara period, 710–740 and 745–784
Place capital_of_japan Q862509
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Heijō-kyō

Summary

Heijō-kyō is a capital of Japan[1]. Heijō-kyō draws 2,331 Wikipedia views per month (capital_of_japan category, ranking #3 of 10).[2]

Key Facts

  • Heijō-kyō is located in Yamato Province[3].
  • Heijō-kyō is in the country of Q132869361[4].
  • Heijō-kyō's instance of is recorded as capital of Japan[5].
  • Heijō-kyō's instance of is recorded as capital city wall[6].
  • Heijō-kyō's instance of is recorded as planned community[7].
  • Heijō-kyō's founder is recorded as Genmei[8].
  • Heijō-kyō followed Fujiwara-kyō[9].
  • Heijō-kyō was followed by Nagaoka-kyō[10].
  • Heijō-kyō was followed by Kuni-kyō[11].
  • Heijō-kyō's Commons category is recorded as Heijō-kyō[12].
  • April 13, 710 marks the founding of Heijō-kyō[13].
  • Heijō-kyō was dissolved in December 27, 784[14].
  • Heijō-kyō's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 34.69111111, 'lon': 135.79472222}[15].
  • Heijō-kyō's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Nara Basin[16].
  • Heijō-kyō's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Heijō-kyō[17].
  • Heijō-kyō's replaced by is recorded as Nara[18].
  • Heijō-kyō's capital of is recorded as Q132869361[19].
  • Heijō-kyō's capital of is recorded as Q132869361[20].
  • Heijō-kyō's capital of is recorded as Imperial Court of Japan[21].
  • Heijō-kyō dates from the Nara period[22].
  • Heijō-kyō's located in the present-day administrative territorial entity is recorded as Nara[23].
  • Heijō-kyō's located in the present-day administrative territorial entity is recorded as Yamatokōriyama[24].
  • Heijō-kyō's P14541 is recorded as 2ZL4vF[25].

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Geography

Heijō-kyō is in the country of Q132869361[4]. Heijō-kyō is located in Yamato Province[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include capital of Japan[5], capital city wall[6], and planned community[7].

History and Context

April 13, 710 marks the founding of Heijō-kyō[13].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Heijō-kyō include Emperor Heizei[26], a Buddhist monk[27], 0773–0824[28], of Japan[29].

Why It Matters

Heijō-kyō draws 2,331 Wikipedia views per month (capital_of_japan category, ranking #3 of 10).[2] Heijō-kyō has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Heijō-kyō is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for Heijō-kyō include Emperor Heizei[26], a Buddhist monk[27], 0773–0824[28], of Japan[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . zgbk.com. zgbk.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] ↑ . 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. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Immanuelle · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → shinto:Heijō-kyō
    Wikipedia languages → ['cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'gor', 'hu', 'id', 'it', 'ja',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P6262]]: shinto:Heijō-kyō, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1791182916249"
  2. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dissolved, abolished or demolished date → +0784-12-27T00:00:00Z
    Followed by → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Heijō-kyō
    Followed by → Nagaoka-kyō, Kuni-kyō
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/37444|batch #37444]]: Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) ([[Property:P14541]]) 2"
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