Matsumae

Summary

Matsumae is a town of Japan^[1]. Matsumae ranks in the top 5% of town_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (35 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Matsumae is located in Matsumae district^[3].
• Matsumae is in the country of Japan^[4].
• Matsumae is on the body of water Tsugaru Strait^[5].
• Matsumae is on the body of water Sea of Japan^[6].
• Matsumae's image is recorded as MatsumaeJo.jpg^[7].
• Matsumae's instance of is recorded as town of Japan^[8].
• Matsumae's flag image is recorded as Flag of Matsumae, Hokkaido.svg^[9].
• Matsumae's shares border with is recorded as Fukushima^[10].
• Matsumae's shares border with is recorded as Kaminokuni^[11].
• Matsumae's coat of arms image is recorded as Emblem of Matsumae, Hokkaido.svg^[12].
• Matsumae's twinned administrative body is recorded as Date^[13].
• Matsumae's twinned administrative body is recorded as Omihachiman^[14].
• Matsumae's twinned administrative body is recorded as Masaki^[15].
• Matsumae's twinned administrative body is recorded as Besançon^[16].
• Matsumae's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 255813639^[17].
• Matsumae's locator map image is recorded as Matsumae in Hokkaido Prefecture Ja.svg^[18].
• Matsumae's postal code is recorded as 049-1592^[19].
• Matsumae's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00290704^[20].
• Matsumae's Commons category is recorded as Matsumae, Hokkaido^[21].
• Matsumae's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+09:00^[22].
• Matsumae's dantai code is recorded as 013315^[23].
• +1900-07-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Matsumae^[24].
• +1954-07-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Matsumae^[25].
• Matsumae's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 41.429944444444445, 'lon': 140.11033333333333}^[26].
• Matsumae's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03dc3g^[27].

Body

Geography

Matsumae is in the country of Japan^[4]. Matsumae is located in Matsumae district^[3]. Adjacent water bodies include Tsugaru Strait^[5], a strait^[28], in Japan^[29] and Sea of Japan^[6], a marginal sea^[30], in Russia^[31].

Physical Characteristics

Matsumae's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+293.25'}^[32]. Population counts include {'amount': '+6754'}^[33], {'amount': '+8331'}^[34], {'amount': '+7337'}^[35], and {'amount': '+8748'}^[36].

Designation and Status

Matsumae's instance of is recorded as town of Japan^[8].

History and Context

Recorded inception include +1900-07-01T00:00:00Z^[24] and +1954-07-01T00:00:00Z^[25].

Why It Matters

Matsumae ranks in the top 5% of town_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (35 views/month).^[2] Matsumae has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37]