Shigaraki

dissolved municipality in Kōka district, Shiga prefecture, Japan
Organization dissolved_municipality_of_japan Q3482045
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Shigaraki

Summary

Shigaraki is a dissolved municipality of Japan[1]. Shigaraki ranks in the top 2% of dissolved_municipality_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (32 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shigaraki is located in Kōka district[3].
  • Shigaraki is in the country of Japan[4].
  • Shigaraki's instance of is recorded as dissolved municipality of Japan[5].
  • Shigaraki's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 252030505[6].
  • Shigaraki's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00300053[7].
  • +1889-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Shigaraki[8].
  • +1921-08-15T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Shigaraki[9].
  • Shigaraki was dissolved in +2004-10-01T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Shigaraki's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 34.878, 'lon': 136.05858333333333}[11].
  • Shigaraki's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02rjkf[12].
  • Shigaraki's replaces is recorded as Kumoi[13].
  • Shigaraki's replaces is recorded as Kohara[14].
  • Shigaraki's replaces is recorded as Asamiya[15].
  • Shigaraki's replaces is recorded as Tarao[16].
  • Shigaraki's replaced by is recorded as Kōka-shi[17].
  • Shigaraki's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Shigaraki[18].
  • Shigaraki's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '長野村'}[19].
  • Shigaraki's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '長野町'}[20].
  • Shigaraki's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '信楽町'}[21].
  • Shigaraki's name in kana is recorded as しがらきちょう[22].
  • Shigaraki's located in the present-day administrative territorial entity is recorded as Kōka-shi[23].
  • Shigaraki's GeoNLP ID is recorded as TzVhna[24].
  • Shigaraki's associated electoral district is recorded as Shiga 3rd district[25].
  • Shigaraki's associated electoral district is recorded as Shiga 4th district[26].
  • Shigaraki's WorldCat Entities ID is recorded as E39PBJvtbbDjWkVmwKb4kHdG73[27].

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include +1889-04-01T00:00:00Z[8] and +1921-08-15T00:00:00Z[9].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '長野村'}[19], {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '長野町'}[20], and {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '信楽町'}[21].

Dissolution

Shigaraki was dissolved in +2004-10-01T00:00:00Z[10].

Why It Matters

Shigaraki ranks in the top 2% of dissolved_municipality_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (32 views/month).[2] Shigaraki has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . geoshape.ex.nii.ac.jp. geoshape.ex.nii.ac.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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