Minami-Echizen

town in Nanjō district, Fukui prefecture, Japan
Place town_of_japan Q1347526
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Minami-Echizen

Summary

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

Key Facts

  • Minami-Echizen is located in Fukui Prefecture[3].
  • Minami-Echizen is located in Nanjo District[4].
  • Minami-Echizen is in the country of Japan[5].
  • Minami-Echizen is on the body of water Sea of Japan[6].
  • Minami-Echizen's instance of is recorded as town of Japan[7].
  • Minami-Echizen's shares border with is recorded as Tsuruga[8].
  • Minami-Echizen's shares border with is recorded as Echizen[9].
  • Minami-Echizen's shares border with is recorded as Echizen[10].
  • Minami-Echizen's shares border with is recorded as Ikeda[11].
  • Minami-Echizen's shares border with is recorded as Ibigawa[12].
  • Minami-Echizen's shares border with is recorded as Nagahama[13].
  • Minami-Echizen's postal code is recorded as 919-0292[14].
  • Minami-Echizen's Commons category is recorded as Minamiechizen, Fukui[15].
  • Minami-Echizen's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+09:00[16].
  • January 1, 2005 marks the founding of Minami-Echizen[17].
  • Minami-Echizen's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.83508333333333, 'lon': 136.19444444444446}[18].
  • Minami-Echizen's official website is recorded as https://www.town.minamiechizen.lg.jp/[19].
  • Minami-Echizen's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Minamiechizen, Fukui[20].
  • Minami-Echizen has a population of {'amount': '+9814'}[21].
  • Minami-Echizen has a population of {'amount': '+10799'}[22].
  • Minami-Echizen has a population of {'amount': '+11551'}[23].
  • Minami-Echizen's replaces is recorded as Imajō[24].
  • Minami-Echizen's replaces is recorded as Nanjō[25].
  • Minami-Echizen's replaces is recorded as Kōno[26].
  • Minami-Echizen's legal form is recorded as ordinary local public entity[27].

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Geography

Minami-Echizen is in the country of Japan[5]. Located in include Fukui Prefecture[3], a prefecture of Japan[28], in Japan[29], founded in 1881[30] and Nanjo District[4], a district of Japan[31], in Japan[32], founded in 1878[33]. Minami-Echizen is on the body of water Sea of Japan[6].

Physical Characteristics

Minami-Echizen covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+343.69'}[34]. Population counts include {'amount': '+9814'}[21], {'amount': '+10799'}[22], and {'amount': '+11551'}[23].

Designation and Status

Minami-Echizen's instance of is recorded as town of Japan[7].

History and Context

January 1, 2005 marks the founding of Minami-Echizen[17].

Why It Matters

Minami-Echizen ranks in the top 9% of town_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month).[2] Minami-Echizen has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Minami-Echizen is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [11] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [13] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [6] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . pref.fukui.lg.jp. Retrieved . pref.fukui.lg.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . e-stat.go.jp. Retrieved . e-stat.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . e-stat.go.jp. Retrieved . e-stat.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [34] . 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
  6. [33] . 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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