Keihanshin

metropolitan region in the Kansai region of Japan
Place metropolitan_area Q1149484
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Keihanshin

Summary

Keihanshin is a metropolitan area[1]. Keihanshin draws 356 Wikipedia views per month (metropolitan_area category, ranking #11 of 105).[2]

Key Facts

  • Keihanshin is located in Osaka Prefecture[3].
  • Keihanshin is located in Kyoto Prefecture[4].
  • Keihanshin is located in Hyōgo Prefecture[5].
  • Keihanshin is in the country of Japan[6].
  • Keihanshin is on the body of water Osaka Bay[7].
  • Keihanshin's image is recorded as Kyoto higashiyama01.jpg[8].
  • Keihanshin's instance of is recorded as metropolitan area[9].
  • Kyoto is named after Keihanshin[10].
  • Osaka is named after Keihanshin[11].
  • Kobe is named after Keihanshin[12].
  • Keihanshin's locator map image is recorded as Keihanshin MEAs 2015.png[13].
  • Keihanshin's location is recorded as Kansai region[14].
  • Keihanshin's part of is recorded as three major metropolitan areas in Japan[15].
  • Keihanshin's Commons category is recorded as Keihanshin[16].
  • Keihanshin's has part is recorded as Kyoto[17].
  • Keihanshin's has part is recorded as Osaka[18].
  • Keihanshin's has part is recorded as Kobe[19].
  • Keihanshin's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 34.83333333, 'lon': 135.5}[20].
  • Keihanshin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02ptpy[21].
  • Keihanshin's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Keihanshin[22].
  • Keihanshin's population is recorded as {'amount': '+17075000'}[23].
  • Keihanshin's population is recorded as {'amount': '+10726295'}[24].
  • Keihanshin's population is recorded as {'amount': '+13202883'}[25].
  • Keihanshin's population is recorded as {'amount': '+15389971'}[26].
  • Keihanshin's population is recorded as {'amount': '+16347806'}[27].

Body

Geography

Keihanshin is in the country of Japan[6]. Located in include Osaka Prefecture[3], a prefecture of Japan[28], in Japan[29], founded in 1868[30]; Kyoto Prefecture[4], a prefecture of Japan[31], in Japan[32], founded in 1868[33]; and Hyōgo Prefecture[5], a prefecture of Japan[34], in Japan[35], founded in 1868[36]. Keihanshin is on the body of water Osaka Bay[7]. Keihanshin's part of is recorded as three major metropolitan areas in Japan[15].

Physical Characteristics

Keihanshin's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+13033'}[37]. Population counts include {'amount': '+17075000'}[23], {'amount': '+10726295'}[24], {'amount': '+13202883'}[25], {'amount': '+15389971'}[26], {'amount': '+16347806'}[27], and {'amount': '+17064301'}[38].

Designation and Status

Keihanshin's instance of is recorded as metropolitan area[9].

History and Context

Things named after include Kyoto[10], a city designated by government ordinance[39], in Japan[40], founded in 1889[41]; Osaka[11], a city designated by government ordinance[42], in Japan[43], founded in 1889[44], headquartered in Kita-ku[45]; and Kobe[12], a city designated by government ordinance[46], in Japan[47], founded in 1889[48], headquartered in Kobe City Hall[49].

Why It Matters

Keihanshin draws 356 Wikipedia views per month (metropolitan_area category, ranking #11 of 105).[2] Keihanshin has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] Keihanshin is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

References

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  21. [23] . demographia.com. demographia.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Japanese Wikipedia. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Japanese Wikipedia. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Japanese Wikipedia. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Japanese Wikipedia. wikidata.org.
  26. [38] . Japanese Wikipedia. wikidata.org.
  27. [37] . wikidata.org.

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  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  20. [49] . 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. [50] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21d ago · Narenko · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category Category:Keihanshin
    Located in or next to body of water Osaka Bay
    Named after Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe
    Located in the administrative territorial entity Osaka Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture, Hyōgo Prefecture
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P242]]: Keihanshin MEAs 2020.png"
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