Kōsa-machi

town in Kamimashiki District, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Place town_of_japan Q1184749
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Kōsa-machi

Summary

Kōsa-machi is a town of Japan[1]. Kōsa-machi ranks in the top 9% of town_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kōsa-machi is located in Kumamoto Prefecture[3].
  • Kōsa-machi is located in Kamimashiki district[4].
  • Kōsa-machi is in the country of Japan[5].
  • Kōsa-machi's instance of is recorded as town of Japan[6].
  • Kōsa-machi's flag image is recorded as Flag of Kōsa, Kumamoto.svg[7].
  • Kōsa-machi's shares border with is recorded as Kumamoto[8].
  • Kōsa-machi's shares border with is recorded as Uki[9].
  • Kōsa-machi's shares border with is recorded as Mifune[10].
  • Kōsa-machi's shares border with is recorded as Misato[11].
  • Kōsa-machi's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 258446592[12].
  • Kōsa-machi's locator map image is recorded as Kosa in Kumamoto Prefecture.png[13].
  • Kōsa-machi's locator map image is recorded as Kosa in Kumamoto Prefecture Ja.svg[14].
  • Kōsa-machi's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00424685[15].
  • Kōsa-machi's Commons category is recorded as Kosa, Kumamoto[16].
  • Kōsa-machi's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 3994390[17].
  • Kōsa-machi's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+09:00[18].
  • Kōsa-machi's dantai code is recorded as 434442[19].
  • +1889-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Kōsa-machi[20].
  • +1955-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Kōsa-machi[21].
  • Kōsa-machi's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 32.651555555555554, 'lon': 130.8113888888889}[22].
  • Kōsa-machi's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02d33_[23].
  • Kōsa-machi's official website is recorded as https://www.town.kosa.lg.jp/[24].
  • Kōsa-machi's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kosa, Kumamoto[25].
  • Kōsa-machi's population is recorded as {'amount': '+9963'}[26].
  • Kōsa-machi's population is recorded as {'amount': '+10717'}[27].

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Geography

Kōsa-machi is in the country of Japan[5]. Located in include Kumamoto Prefecture[3], a prefecture of Japan[28], in Japan[29] and Kamimashiki district[4], a district of Japan[30], in Japan[31], founded in 1879[32].

Physical Characteristics

Kōsa-machi's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+57.93'}[33]. Population counts include {'amount': '+9963'}[26], {'amount': '+10717'}[27], and {'amount': '+11181'}[34].

Designation and Status

Kōsa-machi's instance of is recorded as town of Japan[6].

History and Context

Recorded inception include +1889-04-01T00:00:00Z[20] and +1955-01-01T00:00:00Z[21].

Why It Matters

Kōsa-machi ranks in the top 9% of town_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).[2] Kōsa-machi has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Kōsa-machi is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  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.
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  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . pref.kumamoto.jp. Retrieved . pref.kumamoto.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . e-stat.go.jp. Retrieved . e-stat.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [34] . e-stat.go.jp. Retrieved . e-stat.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [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. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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