Shioya

Summary

Shioya is a town of Japan^[1]. Shioya ranks in the top 9% of town_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Shioya is located in Tochigi Prefecture^[3].
• Shioya is located in Shioya district^[4].
• Shioya is in the country of Japan^[5].
• Shioya's image is recorded as Shioya Town Hall 1.JPG^[6].
• Shioya's instance of is recorded as town of Japan^[7].
• Shioya's flag image is recorded as Flag of Shioya, Tochigi.svg^[8].
• Shioya's shares border with is recorded as Utsunomiya^[9].
• Shioya's shares border with is recorded as Nikkō-shi^[10].
• Shioya's shares border with is recorded as Nasushiobara^[11].
• Shioya's shares border with is recorded as Yaita^[12].
• Shioya's shares border with is recorded as Sakura^[13].
• Shioya's seal image is recorded as Emblem of Shioya, Tochigi.svg^[14].
• Shioya's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 260511598^[15].
• Shioya's locator map image is recorded as Shioya in Tochigi Prefecture Ja.svg^[16].
• Shioya's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00372819^[17].
• Shioya's Commons category is recorded as Shioya, Tochigi^[18].
• Shioya's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 4846977^[19].
• Shioya's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+09:00^[20].
• Shioya's dantai code is recorded as 093840^[21].
• +1957-03-31T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Shioya^[22].
• +1965-02-11T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Shioya^[23].
• Shioya's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 36.778888888888886, 'lon': 139.85694444444445}^[24].
• Shioya's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03k83l^[25].
• Shioya's official website is recorded as https://www.town.shioya.tochigi.jp/^[26].
• Shioya's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shioya, Tochigi^[27].

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Geography

Shioya is in the country of Japan^[5]. Located in include Tochigi Prefecture^[3], a prefecture of Japan^[28], in Japan^[29] and Shioya district^[4], a district of Japan^[30], in Japan^[31], founded in 1878^[32].

Physical Characteristics

Shioya's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+176.06'}^[33]. Population counts include {'amount': '+10152'}^[34], {'amount': '+11495'}^[35], and {'amount': '+12560'}^[36].

Designation and Status

Shioya's instance of is recorded as town of Japan^[7].

History and Context

Recorded inception include +1957-03-31T00:00:00Z^[22] and +1965-02-11T00:00:00Z^[23].

Why It Matters

Shioya ranks in the top 9% of town_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).^[2] Shioya has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37]