Hikawa

Summary

Hikawa is a town of Japan^[1]. Hikawa ranks in the top 9% of town_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Hikawa is located in Kumamoto Prefecture^[3].
• Hikawa is located in Yatsushiro district^[4].
• Hikawa is in the country of Japan^[5].
• Hikawa's image is recorded as Hikawa town hall.jpg^[6].
• Hikawa's instance of is recorded as town of Japan^[7].
• Hikawa's flag image is recorded as Flag of Hikawa, Kumamoto.svg^[8].
• Hikawa's shares border with is recorded as Uki^[9].
• Hikawa's shares border with is recorded as Yatsushiro^[10].
• Hikawa's seal image is recorded as Emblem of Hikawa, Kumamoto.svg^[11].
• Hikawa's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 255967970^[12].
• Hikawa's locator map image is recorded as Hikawa in Kumamoto Prefecture Ja.svg^[13].
• Hikawa's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA15915396^[14].
• Hikawa's Commons category is recorded as Hikawa, Kumamoto^[15].
• Hikawa's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 4000408^[16].
• Hikawa's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+09:00^[17].
• Hikawa's dantai code is recorded as 434680^[18].
• +2005-10-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Hikawa^[19].
• Hikawa's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 32.58247222222222, 'lon': 130.6737222222222}^[20].
• Hikawa's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gz6qn^[21].
• Hikawa's official website is recorded as https://www.town.hikawa.kumamoto.jp/^[22].
• Hikawa's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hikawa, Kumamoto^[23].
• Hikawa's population is recorded as {'amount': '+11038'}^[24].
• Hikawa's population is recorded as {'amount': '+11994'}^[25].
• Hikawa's population is recorded as {'amount': '+12715'}^[26].
• Hikawa's OpenCorporates ID is recorded as jp/9000020434680^[27].

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Geography

Hikawa is in the country of Japan^[5]. Located in include Kumamoto Prefecture^[3], a prefecture of Japan^[28], in Japan^[29] and Yatsushiro district^[4], a district of Japan^[30], in Japan^[31], founded in 1879^[32].

Physical Characteristics

Hikawa's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+33.36'}^[33]. Population counts include {'amount': '+11038'}^[24], {'amount': '+11994'}^[25], and {'amount': '+12715'}^[26].

Designation and Status

Hikawa's instance of is recorded as town of Japan^[7].

History and Context

+2005-10-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Hikawa^[19].

Why It Matters

Hikawa ranks in the top 9% of town_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] Hikawa has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34]