Sakai

town in Sashima district, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan
Place town_of_japan Q1203337
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Sakai

Summary

Sakai is a town of Japan[1]. Sakai ranks in the top 7% of town_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sakai is located in Ibaraki Prefecture[3].
  • Sakai is located in Sashima district[4].
  • Sakai is in the country of Japan[5].
  • Sakai's image is recorded as SAKAI(Ibaraki-pref) town office01.JPG[6].
  • Sakai's instance of is recorded as town of Japan[7].
  • Sakai's flag image is recorded as Flag of Sakai, Ibaraki.svg[8].
  • Sakai's shares border with is recorded as Koga[9].
  • Sakai's shares border with is recorded as Bando[10].
  • Sakai's shares border with is recorded as Goka[11].
  • Sakai's shares border with is recorded as Noda[12].
  • Sakai's seal image is recorded as Emblem of Sakai, Ibaraki.svg[13].
  • Sakai's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kawamata[14].
  • Sakai's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 137200802[15].
  • Sakai's locator map image is recorded as Sakai in Ibaraki Prefecture Ja.svg[16].
  • Sakai's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80019281[17].
  • Sakai's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00376336[18].
  • Sakai's Commons category is recorded as Sakai, Ibaraki[19].
  • Sakai's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2682903[20].
  • Sakai's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+09:00[21].
  • Sakai's dantai code is recorded as 085464[22].
  • +1889-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Sakai[23].
  • Sakai's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 36.108472222222225, 'lon': 139.79494444444444}[24].
  • Sakai's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03knzj[25].
  • Sakai's official website is recorded as https://www.town.ibaraki-sakai.lg.jp/[26].
  • Sakai's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sakai, Ibaraki[27].

Body

Geography

Sakai is in the country of Japan[5]. Located in include Ibaraki Prefecture[3], a prefecture of Japan[28], in Japan[29] and Sashima district[4], a district of Japan[30], in Japan[31], founded in 1878[32].

Physical Characteristics

Sakai's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+46.59'}[33]. Population counts include {'amount': '+24035'}[34], {'amount': '+24517'}[35], and {'amount': '+25714'}[36].

Designation and Status

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

History and Context

+1889-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Sakai[23].

Why It Matters

Sakai ranks in the top 7% of town_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month).[2] Sakai has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . Q1194038. wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] . Q1194038. wikidata.org.
  10. [4] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . 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.ibaraki.jp. Retrieved . pref.ibaraki.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] . gsi.go.jp. gsi.go.jp. Provenance: 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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  1. 5w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception
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    Area {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+46.59'}
    Replaces Shizuka, Nagata, Sashima +1
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:ساکائی، ایباراکی]]"
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