Shika

town in Hakui district, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan
Place town_of_japan Q1349406
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Shika

Summary

Shika is a town of Japan[1]. Shika ranks in the top 8% of town_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shika is located in Ishikawa Prefecture[3].
  • Shika is located in Hakui district[4].
  • Shika is in the country of Japan[5].
  • Shika is on the body of water Sea of Japan[6].
  • Shika's image is recorded as Longest bench.jpg[7].
  • Shika's instance of is recorded as town of Japan[8].
  • Shika's flag image is recorded as Flag of Shika, Ishikawa.svg[9].
  • Shika's shares border with is recorded as Wajima[10].
  • Shika's shares border with is recorded as Nanao[11].
  • Shika's shares border with is recorded as Hakui[12].
  • Shika's shares border with is recorded as Anamizu[13].
  • Shika's shares border with is recorded as Nakanoto[14].
  • Shika's seal image is recorded as Emblem of Shika, Ishikawa.svg[15].
  • Shika's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 147757474[16].
  • Shika's locator map image is recorded as Shika in Ishikawa Prefecture Ja.svg[17].
  • Shika's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81084420[18].
  • Shika's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00363243[19].
  • Shika's Commons category is recorded as Shika, Ishikawa[20].
  • Shika's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 4800060[21].
  • Shika's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+09:00[22].
  • Shika's dantai code is recorded as 173843[23].
  • +1954-10-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Shika[24].
  • Shika's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.006194444444446, 'lon': 136.77802777777777}[25].
  • Shika's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03j400[26].
  • Shika's official website is recorded as https://www.town.shika.lg.jp/[27].

Body

Geography

Shika is in the country of Japan[5]. Located in include Ishikawa Prefecture[3], a prefecture of Japan[28], in Japan[29], founded in 1872[30] and Hakui district[4], a district of Japan[31], in Japan[32], founded in 1878[33]. Shika is on the body of water Sea of Japan[6].

Physical Characteristics

Shika's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+246.76'}[34]. Population counts include {'amount': '+18579'}[35], {'amount': '+20422'}[36], and {'amount': '+22216'}[37].

Designation and Status

Shika's instance of is recorded as town of Japan[8].

History and Context

+1954-10-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Shika[24].

Why It Matters

Shika ranks in the top 8% of town_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17 views/month).[2] Shika has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] . wikidata.org.
  11. [4] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [6] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . 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] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [35] . toukei.pref.ishikawa.lg.jp. toukei.pref.ishikawa.lg.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [36] . e-stat.go.jp. Retrieved . e-stat.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [37] . e-stat.go.jp. Retrieved . e-stat.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [34] . 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
  6. [33] . 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.

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  1. 20d ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category Category:Shika, Ishikawa
    Located in or next to body of water Sea of Japan
    Replaces
    Population {'amount': '+18579'}, {'amount': '+20422'}, {'amount': '+22216'}
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:شیکا، اشیکاوا]]"
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