Hikawa

dissolved municipality in Hikawa district, Shimane prefecture, Japan
Organization dissolved_municipality_of_japan Q1132034
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Hikawa

Summary

Hikawa is a dissolved municipality of Japan[1]. Hikawa ranks in the top 5% of dissolved_municipality_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hikawa is located in Hikawa district[3].
  • Hikawa is in the country of Japan[4].
  • Hikawa's image is recorded as Hikawa town-office, Shimane.jpg[5].
  • Hikawa's instance of is recorded as dissolved municipality of Japan[6].
  • Hikawa's flag image is recorded as Flag of Hikawa, Shimane (1956–2011).svg[7].
  • Hikawa's seal image is recorded as Emblem of Hikawa, Shimane (1956–2011).svg[8].
  • Hikawa's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 251732704[9].
  • Hikawa's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00282123[10].
  • Hikawa's Commons category is recorded as Hikawa, Shimane[11].
  • Hikawa's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+09:00[12].
  • +1955-04-15T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Hikawa[13].
  • +1965-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Hikawa[14].
  • Hikawa was dissolved in +2011-10-01T00:00:00Z[15].
  • Hikawa's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.39286111111111, 'lon': 132.84319444444444}[16].
  • Hikawa's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02nm_f[17].
  • Hikawa's population is recorded as {'amount': '+27641'}[18].
  • Hikawa's replaces is recorded as Shōbaramura[19].
  • Hikawa's replaces is recorded as Shussaimura[20].
  • Hikawa's replaces is recorded as Iwanomura[21].
  • Hikawa's replaces is recorded as Naoemura[22].
  • Hikawa's replaces is recorded as Hisagimura[23].
  • Hikawa's replaces is recorded as Shuttōmura[24].
  • Hikawa's replaced by is recorded as Izumo[25].
  • Hikawa's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '斐川村'}[26].
  • Hikawa's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '斐川町'}[27].

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include +1955-04-15T00:00:00Z[13] and +1965-04-01T00:00:00Z[14].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '斐川村'}[26] and {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '斐川町'}[27].

Dissolution

Hikawa was dissolved in +2011-10-01T00:00:00Z[15].

Why It Matters

Hikawa ranks in the top 5% of dissolved_municipality_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).[2] Hikawa has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

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. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . 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] . geoshape.ex.nii.ac.jp. geoshape.ex.nii.ac.jp. Provenance: 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.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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