Hirao

town in Kumage district, Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan
Place town_of_japan Q1205194
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Hirao

Summary

Hirao is a town of Japan[1]. Hirao ranks in the top 8% of town_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hirao is located in Yamaguchi Prefecture[3].
  • Hirao is located in Kumage district[4].
  • Hirao is in the country of Japan[5].
  • Hirao's image is recorded as Hirao town hall.JPG[6].
  • Hirao's instance of is recorded as town of Japan[7].
  • Hirao's shares border with is recorded as Yanai[8].
  • Hirao's shares border with is recorded as Tabuse[9].
  • Hirao's shares border with is recorded as Kaminoseki[10].
  • Hirao's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 158259816[11].
  • Hirao's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79002621[12].
  • Hirao's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00362737[13].
  • Hirao's Commons category is recorded as Hirao, Yamaguchi[14].
  • Hirao's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 4083623[15].
  • Hirao's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+09:00[16].
  • Hirao's dantai code is recorded as 353442[17].
  • +1889-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Hirao[18].
  • +1955-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Hirao[19].
  • Hirao's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 33.937916666666666, 'lon': 132.07322222222223}[20].
  • Hirao's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02j5w4[21].
  • Hirao's official website is recorded as https://www.town.hirao.lg.jp/[22].
  • Hirao's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hirao, Yamaguchi[23].
  • Hirao's population is recorded as {'amount': '+11831'}[24].
  • Hirao's population is recorded as {'amount': '+12798'}[25].
  • Hirao's population is recorded as {'amount': '+13491'}[26].
  • Hirao's OpenCorporates ID is recorded as jp/1000020353442[27].

Body

Geography

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

Physical Characteristics

Hirao's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+34.58'}[33]. Population counts include {'amount': '+11831'}[24], {'amount': '+12798'}[25], and {'amount': '+13491'}[26].

Designation and Status

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

History and Context

Recorded inception include +1889-04-01T00:00:00Z[18] and +1955-01-01T00:00:00Z[19].

Why It Matters

Hirao ranks in the top 8% of town_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).[2] Hirao has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . 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] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . pref.yamaguchi.lg.jp. Retrieved . pref.yamaguchi.lg.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . e-stat.go.jp. Retrieved . e-stat.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . e-stat.go.jp. Retrieved . e-stat.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [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. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · Shuaib-bot bot · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website https://www.town.hirao.lg.jp/
    Coordinate location {'lat': 33.937916666666666, 'lon': 132.07322222222223}
    Located in the administrative territorial entity Yamaguchi Prefecture, Kumage district
    Shares border with Yanai, Tabuse, Kaminoseki
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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