Shirako

town in Chōsei district, Chiba prefecture, Japan
Place town_of_japan Q1203293
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Shirako

Summary

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

Key Facts

  • Shirako is located in Chosei District[3].
  • Shirako is located in Chiba Prefecture[4].
  • Shirako is in the country of Japan[5].
  • Shirako is on the body of water Pacific Ocean[6].
  • Shirako's image is recorded as Shirako, Chiba1.jpg[7].
  • Shirako's instance of is recorded as town of Japan[8].
  • Shirako's flag image is recorded as Flag of Shirako, Chiba.svg[9].
  • Shirako's shares border with is recorded as Mobara[10].
  • Shirako's shares border with is recorded as Oamishirasato[11].
  • Shirako's shares border with is recorded as Chōsei-mura[12].
  • Shirako's seal image is recorded as Emblem of Shirako, Chiba.svg[13].
  • Shirako's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 251458408[14].
  • Shirako's locator map image is recorded as Shirako in Chiba Prefecture Ja.svg[15].
  • Shirako's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA17095136[16].
  • Shirako's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00367290[17].
  • Shirako's Commons category is recorded as Shirako, Chiba[18].
  • Shirako's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2679931[19].
  • Shirako's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+09:00[20].
  • Shirako's dantai code is recorded as 124249[21].
  • +1955-02-11T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Shirako[22].
  • Shirako's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.45433333333333, 'lon': 140.37425}[23].
  • Shirako's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03jfqm[24].
  • Shirako's official website is recorded as https://www.town.shirako.lg.jp/[25].
  • Shirako's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shirako[26].
  • Shirako's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 651edf34-2f7c-4c27-8347-861f9569f700[27].

Body

Geography

Shirako is in the country of Japan[5]. Located in include Chosei District[3], a district of Japan[28], in Japan[29], founded in 1897[30] and Chiba Prefecture[4], a prefecture of Japan[31], in Japan[32], founded in 1873[33]. Shirako is on the body of water Pacific Ocean[6].

Physical Characteristics

Shirako's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+27.50'}[34]. Population counts include {'amount': '+10280'}[35], {'amount': '+11149'}[36], and {'amount': '+12151'}[37].

Designation and Status

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

History and Context

+1955-02-11T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Shirako[22].

Why It Matters

Shirako ranks in the top 8% of town_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20 views/month).[2] Shirako has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38]

References

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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. [3] . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [6] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . CiNii Research. 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] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  26. [35] . pref.chiba.lg.jp. Retrieved . pref.chiba.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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