Shiga

Summary

Shiga is a dissolved municipality of Japan^[1]. Shiga ranks in the top 6% of dissolved_municipality_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Shiga is located in Shiga district^[3].
• Shiga is in the country of Japan^[4].
• Shiga's instance of is recorded as dissolved municipality of Japan^[5].
• Shiga's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 251153943^[6].
• Shiga's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00338985^[7].
• +1955-10-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Shiga^[8].
• Shiga was dissolved in +2006-03-20T00:00:00Z^[9].
• Shiga's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.20633333333333, 'lon': 135.92116666666666}^[10].
• Shiga's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02rjgb^[11].
• Shiga's replaces is recorded as Wani^[12].
• Shiga's replaces is recorded as Kido^[13].
• Shiga's replaces is recorded as Komatsu^[14].
• Shiga's replaced by is recorded as Takashima^[15].
• Shiga's replaced by is recorded as Otsu^[16].
• Shiga's capital of is recorded as Shiga district^[17].
• Shiga's name in kana is recorded as しがちょう^[18].
• Shiga's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+71.73'}^[19].
• Shiga's located in the present-day administrative territorial entity is recorded as Takashima^[20].
• Shiga's located in the present-day administrative territorial entity is recorded as Otsu^[21].
• Shiga's GeoNLP ID is recorded as YuaVqu^[22].
• Shiga's associated electoral district is recorded as Shiga 1st district^[23].
• Shiga's WorldCat Entities ID is recorded as E39PBJpV9ChW7qJxgPjvkYvfv3^[24].
• Shiga's GeoLOD ID is recorded as s80ssV^[25].

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Founding

+1955-10-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Shiga^[8].

Dissolution

Shiga was dissolved in +2006-03-20T00:00:00Z^[9].

Why It Matters

Shiga ranks in the top 6% of dissolved_municipality_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] Shiga has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[26]