Kaga Province

Summary

Kaga Province is a province of Japan^[1]. It draws 75 Wikipedia views per month (province_of_japan category, ranking #16 of 83).^[2]

Key Facts

• Kaga Province is located in Hokurikudō^[3].
• Kaga Province is in the country of Japan^[4].
• Kaga Province's image is recorded as 地図 令制国 加賀国.svg^[5].
• Kaga Province's instance of is recorded as province of Japan^[6].
• Kaga Province's shares border with is recorded as Echizen Province^[7].
• Kaga Province's shares border with is recorded as Hida Province^[8].
• Kaga Province's shares border with is recorded as Etchū Province^[9].
• Kaga Province's shares border with is recorded as Noto Province^[10].
• Kaga Province's Commons category is recorded as Kaga Province^[11].
• Kaga Province's has part is recorded as Shikinaisha^[12].
• Kaga Province's has part is recorded as Shikinai Shōsha^[13].
• Kaga Province's has part is recorded as Isobe Shrine^[14].
• Kaga Province's has part is recorded as Shirayama Hime Shrine^[15].
• Kaga Province's has part is recorded as Sugō Isobe Shrine^[16].
• Kaga Province's has part is recorded as Wohamano Shrine^[17].
• Kaga Province's has part is recorded as Isobe Shrine^[18].
• +0823-04-15T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Kaga Province^[19].
• Kaga Province's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 36.32611111, 'lon': 136.60805556}^[20].
• Kaga Province's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0238qy^[21].
• Kaga Province's separated from is recorded as Echizen Province^[22].
• Kaga Province's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kaga Province^[23].
• Kaga Province's name in kana is recorded as かがのくに^[24].
• Kaga Province's located in the present-day administrative territorial entity is recorded as Ishikawa Prefecture^[25].

Body

Geography

Kaga Province is in the country of Japan^[4]. It is located in Hokurikudō^[3].

Designation and Status

Kaga Province's instance of is recorded as province of Japan^[6].

History and Context

+0823-04-15T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Kaga Province^[19].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Kaga Province include Kaga^[26], an aircraft carrier^[27]; JS Kaga^[28], a helicopter carrier^[29]; Katō clan^[30], an uji^[31]; and Kagasaurus^[32], a fossil taxon^[33], in Japan^[34].

Why It Matters

Kaga Province draws 75 Wikipedia views per month (province_of_japan category, ranking #16 of 83).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

Entities named for it include Kaga^[26], an aircraft carrier^[27]; JS Kaga^[28], a helicopter carrier^[29]; Katō clan^[30], an uji^[31]; and Kagasaurus^[32], a fossil taxon^[33], in Japan^[34].