Rikuzentakata

Summary

Rikuzentakata is a city of Japan^[1]. Rikuzentakata ranks in the top 5% of city_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (102 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Rikuzentakata is located in Iwate Prefecture^[3].
• Rikuzentakata is in the country of Japan^[4].
• Rikuzentakata is on the body of water Pacific Ocean^[5].
• Rikuzentakata's head of government is recorded as Futoshi Toba^[6].
• Rikuzentakata's video is recorded as Rikuzentakata, City, Iwate, Japan.webm^[7].
• Rikuzentakata's image is recorded as Rikuzentakata City New Municipal Office.jpg^[8].
• Rikuzentakata's instance of is recorded as city of Japan^[9].
• Rikuzentakata's flag image is recorded as Flag of Rikuzentakata, Iwate.svg^[10].
• Rikuzentakata's shares border with is recorded as Ōfunato^[11].
• Rikuzentakata's shares border with is recorded as Ichinoseki^[12].
• Rikuzentakata's shares border with is recorded as Sumita^[13].
• Rikuzentakata's shares border with is recorded as Kesennuma^[14].
• Rikuzentakata's coat of arms image is recorded as Emblem of Rikuzentakata, Iwate.svg^[15].
• Rikuzentakata's twinned administrative body is recorded as Crescent City^[16].
• Rikuzentakata's twinned administrative body is recorded as Nagoya^[17].
• Rikuzentakata's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 251758095^[18].
• Rikuzentakata's locator map image is recorded as Rikuzentakata in Iwate Prefecture Ja.svg^[19].
• Rikuzentakata's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00377689^[20].
• Rikuzentakata's Commons category is recorded as Rikuzentakata, Iwate^[21].
• Rikuzentakata's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 963788^[22].
• Rikuzentakata's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+09:00^[23].
• Rikuzentakata's located in time zone is recorded as Japan Standard Time^[24].
• Rikuzentakata's dantai code is recorded as 032107^[25].
• +1955-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Rikuzentakata^[26].
• Rikuzentakata's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 39.02041666666667, 'lon': 141.63305555555556}^[27].

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Geography

Rikuzentakata is in the country of Japan^[4]. Rikuzentakata is located in Iwate Prefecture^[3]. Rikuzentakata is on the body of water Pacific Ocean^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Rikuzentakata's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+231.94'}^[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+18182'}^[29], {'amount': '+19758'}^[30], and {'amount': '+23300'}^[31].

Designation and Status

Rikuzentakata's instance of is recorded as city of Japan^[9].

History and Context

+1955-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Rikuzentakata^[26].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Rikuzentakata include 22745 Rikuzentakata^[32], an asteroid^[33].

Why It Matters

Rikuzentakata ranks in the top 5% of city_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (102 views/month).^[2] Rikuzentakata has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] Rikuzentakata is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]

Entities named for Rikuzentakata include 22745 Rikuzentakata^[32], an asteroid^[33].