Nagaoka

city in Niigata Prefecture, Japan
Place special_city_of_japan Q540312
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Nagaoka

Summary

Nagaoka is a special city of Japan[1]. Nagaoka draws 173 Wikipedia views per month (special_city_of_japan category, ranking #13 of 33).[2]

Key Facts

  • Nagaoka is located in Niigata Prefecture[3].
  • Nagaoka is in the country of Japan[4].
  • Nagaoka is on the body of water Shinano River[5].
  • Nagaoka is on the body of water Sea of Japan[6].
  • Nagaoka's video is recorded as Nagaoka Festival Fireworks 2012 Extra Large Wide Starmine.webm[7].
  • Nagaoka's image is recorded as Blick-auf-Nagaoka.JPG[8].
  • Nagaoka's image is recorded as Ao-re Nagaoka 20140430 02.jpg[9].
  • Nagaoka's instance of is recorded as special city of Japan[10].
  • Nagaoka's instance of is recorded as big city[11].
  • Nagaoka's instance of is recorded as second-level administrative division[12].
  • Nagaoka's flag image is recorded as Flag of Nagaoka, Niigata.svg[13].
  • Nagaoka's shares border with is recorded as Niigata[14].
  • Nagaoka's shares border with is recorded as Tsubame[15].
  • Nagaoka's shares border with is recorded as Sanjō-shi[16].
  • Nagaoka's shares border with is recorded as Mitsuke[17].
  • Nagaoka's shares border with is recorded as Uonuma[18].
  • Nagaoka's shares border with is recorded as Ojiya[19].
  • Nagaoka's shares border with is recorded as Tōkamachi-shi[20].
  • Nagaoka's shares border with is recorded as Kashiwazaki[21].
  • Nagaoka's shares border with is recorded as Izumozaki[22].
  • Nagaoka's shares border with is recorded as Kariwa[23].
  • Nagaoka's shares border with is recorded as Yahiko[24].
  • Nagaoka's shares border with is recorded as Sado[25].
  • Nagaoka's coat of arms image is recorded as Emblem of Nagaoka, Niigata.svg[26].
  • Nagaoka's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bamberg[27].

Body

Geography

Nagaoka is in the country of Japan[4]. Nagaoka is located in Niigata Prefecture[3]. Adjacent water bodies include Shinano River[5], a river[28], in Japan[29] and Sea of Japan[6], a marginal sea[30], in Russia[31].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+265868'}[32], {'amount': '+275133'}[33], and {'amount': '+282674'}[34].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include special city of Japan[10], big city[11], and second-level administrative division[12].

History and Context

Recorded inception include +1906-04-01T00:00:00Z[35] and +1889-04-01T00:00:00Z[36].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Nagaoka include Nagaoka Station[37], a railway station[38], in Japan[39], founded in 1898[40].

Why It Matters

Nagaoka draws 173 Wikipedia views per month (special_city_of_japan category, ranking #13 of 33).[2] Nagaoka has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] Nagaoka is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

Entities named for Nagaoka include Nagaoka Station[37], a railway station[38], in Japan[39], founded in 1898[40].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Q1194038. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] . Q1194038. wikidata.org.
  8. [13] . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] . wikidata.org.
  11. [16] . wikidata.org.
  12. [17] . wikidata.org.
  13. [18] . wikidata.org.
  14. [19] . wikidata.org.
  15. [20] . wikidata.org.
  16. [21] . wikidata.org.
  17. [22] . wikidata.org.
  18. [23] . wikidata.org.
  19. [24] . wikidata.org.
  20. [25] . wikidata.org.
  21. [26] . wikidata.org.
  22. [3] . Q1194038. wikidata.org.
  23. [27] . wikidata.org.
  24. [5] . wikidata.org.
  25. [6] . wikidata.org.
  26. [35] . wikidata.org.
  27. [36] . wikidata.org.
  28. [32] . pref.niigata.lg.jp. pref.niigata.lg.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [33] . e-stat.go.jp. Retrieved . e-stat.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [34] . e-stat.go.jp. Retrieved . e-stat.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [37] . wikidata.org. → on this site

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. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [40] . 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. [41] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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