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Hikawa district

former district in Shimane prefecture, Japan
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Hikawa district

Summary

Hikawa district is a former district of Japan[1]. It draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (former_district_of_japan category, ranking #9 of 87).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hikawa district is located in Shimane Prefecture[3].
  • Hikawa district is in the country of Japan[4].
  • Hikawa district's image is recorded as Shimane Hikawa-gun 1889.png[5].
  • Hikawa district's instance of is recorded as former district of Japan[6].
  • Hikawa district's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 254435304[7].
  • Hikawa district's locator map image is recorded as Hikawa in Shimane Prefecture.png[8].
  • Hikawa district's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00391648[9].
  • +1896-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Hikawa district[10].
  • Hikawa district was dissolved in +2011-10-01T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Hikawa district's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.39, 'lon': 132.83}[12].
  • Hikawa district's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02nn16[13].
  • Hikawa district's topic's main category is recorded as Q24594324[14].
  • Hikawa district's replaces is recorded as Izumo district[15].
  • Hikawa district's replaces is recorded as Tatenui district[16].
  • Hikawa district's replaces is recorded as Kando district[17].
  • Hikawa district's GeoNames ID is recorded as 7392546[18].
  • Hikawa district's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as 10703607[19].
  • Hikawa district's GeoNLP ID is recorded as JhPreg[20].
  • Hikawa district's archINFORM location ID is recorded as 17339[21].
  • Hikawa district's WorldCat Entities ID is recorded as E39PBJqbmbvgHgFvmhFb3fvCQq[22].

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Geography

Hikawa district is in the country of Japan[4]. It is located in Shimane Prefecture[3].

Designation and Status

Hikawa district's instance of is recorded as former district of Japan[6].

History and Context

+1896-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Hikawa district[10].

Why It Matters

Hikawa district draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (former_district_of_japan category, ranking #9 of 87).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

Related Entities

Japan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . archinform.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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