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Shikotan district

district in Hokkaido, Japan
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Shikotan district

Summary

Shikotan district is a district of Japan[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of district_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shikotan district is located in Hokkaido[3].
  • Shikotan district is in the country of Japan[4].
  • Shikotan district's instance of is recorded as district of Japan[5].
  • Shikotan district's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Shikotan[6].
  • +1886-01-06T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Shikotan district[7].
  • Shikotan district's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05kn3l[8].
  • Shikotan district's replaces is recorded as Hanasaki district[9].
  • Shikotan district's name in kana is recorded as しこたんぐん[10].

Body

Geography

Shikotan district is in the country of Japan[4]. It is located in Hokkaido[3].

Designation and Status

Shikotan district's instance of is recorded as district of Japan[5].

History and Context

+1886-01-06T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Shikotan district[7].

Why It Matters

Shikotan district ranks in the top 6% of district_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11]

Related Entities

Japan

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] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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