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 159 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 image is recorded as 140531 Heijo-kyo Nara Japan01bs.jpg[5].
  • Heijō-kyō's instance of is recorded as capital of Japan[6].
  • Heijō-kyō's instance of is recorded as capital city wall[7].
  • Heijō-kyō's instance of is recorded as planned community[8].
  • Heijō-kyō's founder is recorded as Genmei[9].
  • Heijō-kyō's follows is recorded as Fujiwara-kyō[10].
  • Heijō-kyō's followed by is recorded as Nagaoka-kyō[11].
  • Heijō-kyō's followed by is recorded as Kuni-kyō[12].
  • Heijō-kyō's Commons category is recorded as Heijō-kyō[13].
  • +0710-04-13T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Heijō-kyō[14].
  • Heijō-kyō was dissolved in +0784-12-27T00:00:00Z[15].
  • Heijō-kyō's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 34.69111111, 'lon': 135.79472222}[16].
  • Heijō-kyō's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02pxv0s[17].
  • Heijō-kyō's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Nara Basin[18].
  • Heijō-kyō's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Heijō-kyō[19].
  • Heijō-kyō's replaced by is recorded as Nara[20].
  • Heijō-kyō's capital of is recorded as Q132869361[21].
  • Heijō-kyō's capital of is recorded as Q132869361[22].
  • Heijō-kyō's capital of is recorded as Imperial Court of Japan[23].
  • Heijō-kyō's detail map is recorded as Heijokyo.jpg[24].
  • Heijō-kyō's time period is recorded as Nara period[25].
  • Heijō-kyō's located in the present-day administrative territorial entity is recorded as Nara[26].
  • Heijō-kyō's located in the present-day administrative territorial entity is recorded as Yamatokōriyama[27].

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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[6], capital city wall[7], and planned community[8].

History and Context

+0710-04-13T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Heijō-kyō[14].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Heijō-kyō include Emperor Heizei[28], a Buddhist monk[29], 0773–0824[30], of Japan[31].

Why It Matters

Heijō-kyō draws 159 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.[32] Heijō-kyō is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for Heijō-kyō include Emperor Heizei[28], a Buddhist monk[29], 0773–0824[30], of Japan[31].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. 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] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . 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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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