Nishiki

town in Kuma district, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan
Place town_of_japan Q1184741
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Nishiki

Summary

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

Key Facts

  • Nishiki is located in Kumamoto Prefecture[3].
  • Nishiki is located in Kuma district[4].
  • Nishiki is in the country of Japan[5].
  • Nishiki's image is recorded as Higo-nishinomura station front 1.jpg[6].
  • Nishiki's instance of is recorded as town of Japan[7].
  • Nishiki's shares border with is recorded as Hitoyoshi[8].
  • Nishiki's shares border with is recorded as Sagara[9].
  • Nishiki's shares border with is recorded as Asagiri[10].
  • Nishiki's shares border with is recorded as Ebino[11].
  • Nishiki's twinned administrative body is recorded as Iwakuni[12].
  • Nishiki's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 125483850[13].
  • Nishiki's locator map image is recorded as Nishiki in Kumamoto Prefecture Ja.svg[14].
  • Nishiki's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80019252[15].
  • Nishiki's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00424695[16].
  • Nishiki's part of is recorded as Kyūshū region[17].
  • Nishiki's Commons category is recorded as Nishiki, Kumamoto[18].
  • Nishiki's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 3994311[19].
  • Nishiki's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+09:00[20].
  • Nishiki's dantai code is recorded as 435015[21].
  • +1955-07-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Nishiki[22].
  • +1965-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Nishiki[23].
  • Nishiki's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 32.201111111111, 'lon': 130.84111111111}[24].
  • Nishiki's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02d39s[25].
  • Nishiki's official website is recorded as https://www.town.kumamoto-nishiki.lg.jp/[26].
  • Nishiki's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Nishiki, Kumamoto[27].

Body

Geography

Nishiki is in the country of Japan[5]. Located in include Kumamoto Prefecture[3], a prefecture of Japan[28], in Japan[29] and Kuma district[4], a district of Japan[30], in Japan[31], founded in 1879[32]. Nishiki's part of is recorded as Kyūshū region[17].

Physical Characteristics

Nishiki's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+85.04'}[33]. Population counts include {'amount': '+10121'}[34], {'amount': '+10766'}[35], and {'amount': '+11075'}[36].

Designation and Status

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

History and Context

Recorded inception include +1955-07-01T00:00:00Z[22] and +1965-04-01T00:00:00Z[23].

Why It Matters

Nishiki ranks in the top 9% of town_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2] Nishiki has Wikipedia articles in 13 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. [3] . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . 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] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . 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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