Nankan

town in Tamana district, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan
Place town_of_japan Q1156398
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Nankan

Summary

Nankan is a town of Japan[1]. Nankan ranks in the top 9% of town_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Nankan is located in Kumamoto Prefecture[3].
  • Nankan is located in Tamana district[4].
  • Nankan is in the country of Japan[5].
  • Nankan's image is recorded as Nankan town office.JPG[6].
  • Nankan's instance of is recorded as town of Japan[7].
  • Nankan's shares border with is recorded as Tamana[8].
  • Nankan's shares border with is recorded as Arao[9].
  • Nankan's shares border with is recorded as Nagomi[10].
  • Nankan's shares border with is recorded as Ōmuta-shi[11].
  • Nankan's shares border with is recorded as Miyama[12].
  • Nankan's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 252323787[13].
  • Nankan's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 210243098[14].
  • Nankan's locator map image is recorded as Nankan in Kumamoto Prefecture Ja.svg[15].
  • Nankan's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nr92003732[16].
  • Nankan's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA15364281[17].
  • Nankan's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00292982[18].
  • Nankan's Commons category is recorded as Nankan, Kumamoto[19].
  • Nankan's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 4000282[20].
  • Nankan's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+09:00[21].
  • Nankan's dantai code is recorded as 433675[22].
  • +1889-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Nankan[23].
  • +1955-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Nankan[24].
  • Nankan's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 33.059805555555556, 'lon': 130.54380555555556}[25].
  • Nankan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02d2kg[26].
  • Nankan's official website is recorded as https://www.town.nankan.lg.jp/[27].

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Geography

Nankan is in the country of Japan[5]. Located in include Kumamoto Prefecture[3], a prefecture of Japan[28], in Japan[29] and Tamana district[4], a district of Japan[30], in Japan[31], founded in 1879[32].

Physical Characteristics

Nankan's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+68.92'}[33]. Population counts include {'amount': '+8821'}[34], {'amount': '+9786'}[35], and {'amount': '+10564'}[36].

Designation and Status

Nankan's instance of is recorded as town of Japan[7].

History and Context

Recorded inception include +1889-04-01T00:00:00Z[23] and +1955-04-01T00:00:00Z[24].

Why It Matters

Nankan ranks in the top 9% of town_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).[2] Nankan has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . CiNii Research. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . CiNii Research. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [34] . pref.kumamoto.jp. Retrieved . pref.kumamoto.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [35] . e-stat.go.jp. Retrieved . e-stat.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [36] . e-stat.go.jp. Retrieved . e-stat.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [33] . 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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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