Hino

town in Gamō district, Shiga prefecture, Japan
Place town_of_japan Q1208020
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Hino

Summary

Hino is a town of Japan[1]. Hino ranks in the top 9% of town_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hino is located in Shiga Prefecture[3].
  • Hino is located in Gamo district[4].
  • Hino is in the country of Japan[5].
  • Hino's image is recorded as Hino Town Office, Shiga01.JPG[6].
  • Hino's instance of is recorded as town of Japan[7].
  • Hino's flag image is recorded as Flag of Hino Shiga.svg[8].
  • Hino's shares border with is recorded as Higashiōmi-shi[9].
  • Hino's shares border with is recorded as Kōka-shi[10].
  • Hino's seal image is recorded as Emblem of Hino, Shiga.svg[11].
  • Hino's twinned administrative body is recorded as Neustadt an der Aisch[12].
  • Hino's twinned administrative body is recorded as Embu das Artes[13].
  • Hino's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 257512281[14].
  • Hino's locator map image is recorded as Hino in Shiga Prefecture.png[15].
  • Hino's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00315576[16].
  • Hino's Commons category is recorded as Hino, Shiga[17].
  • Hino's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 812415[18].
  • Hino's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+09:00[19].
  • Hino's dantai code is recorded as 253839[20].
  • +1889-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Hino[21].
  • +1955-03-16T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Hino[22].
  • Hino's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.01797222222222, 'lon': 136.246}[23].
  • Hino's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02rjl_[24].
  • Hino's official website is recorded as https://www.town.shiga-hino.lg.jp/[25].
  • Hino's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hino, Shiga[26].
  • Hino's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 141b72a6-23f8-46e6-8e91-2849d9f2bd2b[27].

Body

Geography

Hino is in the country of Japan[5]. Located in include Shiga Prefecture[3], a prefecture of Japan[28], in Japan[29] and Gamo district[4], a district of Japan[30], in Japan[31], founded in 1879[32].

Physical Characteristics

Hino's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+117.60'}[33]. Population counts include {'amount': '+20945'}[34], {'amount': '+21873'}[35], and {'amount': '+22870'}[36].

Designation and Status

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

History and Context

Recorded inception include +1889-04-01T00:00:00Z[21] and +1955-03-16T00:00:00Z[22].

Why It Matters

Hino ranks in the top 9% of town_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).[2] Hino has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . 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] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  26. [34] . pref.shiga.lg.jp. Retrieved . pref.shiga.lg.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [35] . e-stat.go.jp. Retrieved . e-stat.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [36] . e-stat.go.jp. Retrieved . e-stat.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [33] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . 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. [37] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Shuaib-bot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Replaces Higashisakuradani, Nishisakuradani, Nishiōji +3
    Topic's main category Category:Hino, Shiga
    Website
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