Nishikawa

town in Nishimurayama district, Yamagata prefecture, Japan
Place town_of_japan Q1348988
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Nishikawa

Summary

Nishikawa is a town of Japan[1]. Nishikawa ranks in the top 9% of town_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Nishikawa is located in Nishimurayama district[3].
  • Nishikawa is in the country of Japan[4].
  • Nishikawa's image is recorded as Nishikawa town office.jpg[5].
  • Nishikawa's instance of is recorded as town of Japan[6].
  • Nishikawa's flag image is recorded as Flag of Nishikawa, Yamagata.svg[7].
  • Nishikawa's shares border with is recorded as Sagae[8].
  • Nishikawa's shares border with is recorded as Tsuruoka[9].
  • Nishikawa's shares border with is recorded as Oe[10].
  • Nishikawa's shares border with is recorded as Asahi[11].
  • Nishikawa's shares border with is recorded as Oguni[12].
  • Nishikawa's shares border with is recorded as Shōnai-machi[13].
  • Nishikawa's shares border with is recorded as Okura[14].
  • Nishikawa's shares border with is recorded as Murakami[15].
  • Nishikawa's seal image is recorded as Emblem of Nishikawa, Yamagata.svg[16].
  • Nishikawa's twinned administrative body is recorded as Frisco[17].
  • Nishikawa's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 260221275[18].
  • Nishikawa's locator map image is recorded as Nishikawa in Yamagata Prefecture Ja.svg[19].
  • Nishikawa's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00394236[20].
  • Nishikawa's Commons category is recorded as Nishikawa, Yamagata[21].
  • Nishikawa's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 4134849[22].
  • Nishikawa's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+09:00[23].
  • Nishikawa's dantai code is recorded as 063223[24].
  • +1954-10-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Nishikawa[25].
  • Nishikawa's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 38.4265, 'lon': 140.1476111111111}[26].
  • Nishikawa's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03l2j5[27].

Body

Geography

Nishikawa is in the country of Japan[4]. Nishikawa is located in Nishimurayama district[3].

Physical Characteristics

Nishikawa's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+393.19'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+4815'}[29], {'amount': '+5636'}[30], and {'amount': '+6270'}[31].

Designation and Status

Nishikawa's instance of is recorded as town of Japan[6].

History and Context

+1954-10-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Nishikawa[25].

Why It Matters

Nishikawa ranks in the top 9% of town_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).[2] Nishikawa has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . 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] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  26. [29] . pref.yamagata.jp. Retrieved . pref.yamagata.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [30] . e-stat.go.jp. Retrieved . e-stat.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [31] . e-stat.go.jp. Retrieved . e-stat.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [28] . gsi.go.jp. gsi.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 26d ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Area {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+393.19'}
    Replaces Kawadoi, Nishiyama, Hondōji +1
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