Kōra-chō

town in Inukami District, Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Place town_of_japan Q1354747
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Kōra-chō

Summary

Kōra-chō is a town of Japan[1]. Kōra-chō has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Kōra-chō is located in Shiga Prefecture[3].
  • Kōra-chō is located in Inukami district[4].
  • Kōra-chō is in the country of Japan[5].
  • Kōra-chō's instance of is recorded as town of Japan[6].
  • Kōra-chō's shares border with is recorded as Hikone[7].
  • Kōra-chō's shares border with is recorded as Taga[8].
  • Kōra-chō's shares border with is recorded as Toyosato[9].
  • Kōra-chō's shares border with is recorded as Aisho[10].
  • Kōra-chō's Commons category is recorded as Kora, Shiga[11].
  • Kōra-chō's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+09:00[12].
  • April 1, 1955 marks the founding of Kōra-chō[13].
  • Kōra-chō's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.20419444444445, 'lon': 136.26133333333334}[14].
  • Kōra-chō's official website is recorded as https://www.kouratown.jp/[15].
  • Kōra-chō's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kōra, Shiga[16].
  • Kōra-chō has a population of {'amount': '+6379'}[17].
  • Kōra-chō has a population of {'amount': '+7039'}[18].
  • Kōra-chō has a population of {'amount': '+7500'}[19].
  • Kōra-chō's replaces is recorded as Higashikōra[20].
  • Kōra-chō's replaces is recorded as Nishikōra[21].
  • Kōra-chō's legal form is recorded as ordinary local public entity[22].
  • Kōra-chō's name in kana is recorded as こうらちょう[23].
  • Kōra-chō covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+13.63'}[24].
  • Kōra-chō's transliteration or transcription is recorded as Kōra-chō[25].
  • Kōra-chō's associated electoral district is recorded as Shiga 2nd district[26].

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Geography

Kōra-chō is in the country of Japan[5]. Located in include Shiga Prefecture[3], a prefecture of Japan[27], in Japan[28] and Inukami district[4], a district of Japan[29], in Japan[30], founded in 1879[31].

Physical Characteristics

Kōra-chō covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+13.63'}[24]. Population counts include {'amount': '+6379'}[17], {'amount': '+7039'}[18], and {'amount': '+7500'}[19].

Designation and Status

Kōra-chō's instance of is recorded as town of Japan[6].

History and Context

April 1, 1955 marks the founding of Kōra-chō[13].

Why It Matters

Kōra-chō has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Kōra-chō is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

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] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . pref.shiga.lg.jp. Retrieved . pref.shiga.lg.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . e-stat.go.jp. Retrieved . e-stat.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . e-stat.go.jp. Retrieved . e-stat.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . BS 4812:1972. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone UTC+09:00
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46950|batch #46950]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 16w ago · Shuaib-bot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Replaces Higashikōra, Nishikōra
    Topic's main category Category:Kōra, Shiga
    Website
    Population
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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