Shirakawa

Summary

Shirakawa is a town of Japan^[1]. Shirakawa ranks in the top 8% of town_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Shirakawa is located in Kamo district^[3].
• Shirakawa is in the country of Japan^[4].
• Shirakawa's image is recorded as Shirakawa in Gifu.JPG^[5].
• Shirakawa's instance of is recorded as town of Japan^[6].
• Shirakawa's flag image is recorded as Flag of Shirakawa Town, Gifu.svg^[7].
• Shirakawa's shares border with is recorded as Nakatsugawa^[8].
• Shirakawa's shares border with is recorded as Ena^[9].
• Shirakawa's shares border with is recorded as Gero^[10].
• Shirakawa's shares border with is recorded as Hichisō-chō^[11].
• Shirakawa's shares border with is recorded as Yaotsu^[12].
• Shirakawa's shares border with is recorded as Higashishirakawa^[13].
• Shirakawa's seal image is recorded as Emblem of Shirakawa Town, Gifu.svg^[14].
• Shirakawa's twinned administrative body is recorded as Pistoia^[15].
• Shirakawa's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 152497265^[16].
• Shirakawa's locator map image is recorded as Shirakawa town in Gifu Prefecture Ja.svg^[17].
• Shirakawa's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n84154402^[18].
• Shirakawa's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00388032^[19].
• Shirakawa's Commons category is recorded as Shirakawa, Gifu (town)^[20].
• Shirakawa's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 4716944^[21].
• Shirakawa's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+09:00^[22].
• Shirakawa's dantai code is recorded as 215066^[23].
• +1889-07-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Shirakawa^[24].
• +1953-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Shirakawa^[25].
• +1956-09-30T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Shirakawa^[26].
• Shirakawa's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.58186111111111, 'lon': 137.18783333333334}^[27].

Body

Geography

Shirakawa is in the country of Japan^[4]. Shirakawa is located in Kamo district^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Shirakawa's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+237.90'}^[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+7273'}^[29], {'amount': '+8392'}^[30], and {'amount': '+9530'}^[31].

Designation and Status

Shirakawa's instance of is recorded as town of Japan^[6].

History and Context

Recorded inception include +1889-07-01T00:00:00Z^[24], +1953-04-01T00:00:00Z^[25], and +1956-09-30T00:00:00Z^[26].

Why It Matters

Shirakawa ranks in the top 8% of town_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20 views/month).^[2] Shirakawa has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] Shirakawa is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]