Shibukawa

city in Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Place city_of_japan Q851492
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Shibukawa

Summary

Shibukawa is a city of Japan[1]. Shibukawa draws 37 Wikipedia views per month (city_of_japan category, ranking #100 of 691).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shibukawa is located in Gunma Prefecture[3].
  • Shibukawa is in the country of Japan[4].
  • Shibukawa's image is recorded as Shibukawa City Hall.JPG[5].
  • Shibukawa's instance of is recorded as city of Japan[6].
  • Shibukawa's flag image is recorded as Flag of Shibukawa, Gunma.svg[7].
  • Shibukawa's shares border with is recorded as Maebashi[8].
  • Shibukawa's shares border with is recorded as Takasaki[9].
  • Shibukawa's shares border with is recorded as Numata[10].
  • Shibukawa's shares border with is recorded as Nakanojō[11].
  • Shibukawa's shares border with is recorded as Higashiagatsuma[12].
  • Shibukawa's shares border with is recorded as Takayama[13].
  • Shibukawa's shares border with is recorded as Yoshioka[14].
  • Shibukawa's shares border with is recorded as Shintō-mura[15].
  • Shibukawa's shares border with is recorded as Shōwa-mura[16].
  • Shibukawa's seal image is recorded as Emblem of Shibukawa, Gunma.svg[17].
  • Shibukawa's twinned administrative body is recorded as Foligno[18].
  • Shibukawa's twinned administrative body is recorded as Abano Terme[19].
  • Shibukawa's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 258411886[20].
  • Shibukawa's GND ID is recorded as 4739663-5[21].
  • Shibukawa's locator map image is recorded as Shibukawa in Gunma Prefecture Ja.svg[22].
  • Shibukawa's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81096356[23].
  • Shibukawa's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00299900[24].
  • Shibukawa's Commons category is recorded as Shibukawa, Gunma[25].
  • Shibukawa's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 3562367[26].
  • Shibukawa's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+09:00[27].

Body

Geography

Shibukawa is in the country of Japan[4]. Shibukawa is located in Gunma Prefecture[3].

Physical Characteristics

Shibukawa's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+240.27'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+73064'}[29], {'amount': '+78391'}[30], and {'amount': '+83330'}[31].

Designation and Status

Shibukawa's instance of is recorded as city of Japan[6].

History and Context

Recorded inception include +1954-04-01T00:00:00Z[32] and +2006-02-20T00:00:00Z[33].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Shibukawa include Shibukawa Station[34], a railway station[35], in Japan[36], founded in 1921[37].

Why It Matters

Shibukawa draws 37 Wikipedia views per month (city_of_japan category, ranking #100 of 691).[2] Shibukawa has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] Shibukawa is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Entities named for Shibukawa include Shibukawa Station[34], a railway station[35], in Japan[36], founded in 1921[37].

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. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] . 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] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [32] . wikidata.org.
  27. [33] . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] . toukei.pref.gunma.jp. Retrieved . toukei.pref.gunma.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [30] . e-stat.go.jp. Retrieved . e-stat.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [31] . e-stat.go.jp. Retrieved . e-stat.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [28] . gsi.go.jp. gsi.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [34] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [37] . 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. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Population {'amount': '+73064'}, {'amount': '+78391'}, {'amount': '+83330'}
    Located in time zone UTC+09:00, Japan Standard Time
    Category for people who died here Category:Deaths in Shibukawa
    Area {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+240.27'}
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