Nishinomiya
city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
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Summary
Nishinomiya is a core city of Japan[1]. Nishinomiya draws 4,029 Wikipedia views per month (core city of japan category, ranking #14 of 47).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Hyōgo Prefecture[3]
- Country: Japan[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Osaka Bay[5], Muko River[6]
- Head of government: Toshirō Ishii[7]
- Instance of: big city[8]
- Shares border with: Ashiya[9], Amagasaki[10], Itami[11], Takarazuka[12], Kobe[13]
- Anthem: Nishinomiya Shika[14]
- Named after: Hirota Shrine[15]
- Twinned administrative body: Agen[16], Spokane[17], Amami[18], Yusuhara[19], Burlington[20], Shaoxing[21], Londrina[22]
- Legislative body: 西宮市議会[23]
- Postal code: 662-8567[24]
- Commons category: Nishinomiya[25]
- Located in time zone: UTC+09:00[26]
- Inception: April 1, 1889[27], April 1, 1925[28], 1200[29]
- Highest point: Mount Ushirohachimaki[30]
- Located in/on physical feature: Osaka Plain[31]
- Official website: https://www.nishi.or.jp/[32], https://www.nishi.or.jp/multilingual/[33]
- Topic's main category: Category:Nishinomiya[34]
- Population: 487,010[35], 487,850[36], 482,640[37], 60,311[38], 98,777[39], 169,770[40], 168,319[41], 262,608[42], 377,043[43], 410,329[44], 426,909[45], 438,105[46]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Nishinomiya[47]
- Replaces: Imazu[48], Shiba[49], Taisha[50], Kōtō[51], Kawaragi[52], Naruo[53], Yamaguchi[54], Shiose[55]
- Official name: 西宮市[56]
- Legal form: ordinary local public entity[57]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Nishinomiya, Hyogo[58]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Nishinomiya[59]
Why It Matters
Nishinomiya has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[60] Nishinomiya is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[61]