Shiwa District

Summary

Shiwa District is a district of Japan^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of district_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Shiwa District is located in Iwate Prefecture^[3].
• Shiwa District is in the country of Japan^[4].
• Shiwa District's instance of is recorded as district of Japan^[5].
• Shiwa District's shares border with is recorded as Morioka^[6].
• Shiwa District's shares border with is recorded as Hanamaki^[7].
• Shiwa District's shares border with is recorded as Shiwa^[8].
• Shiwa District's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Shiwa^[9].
• Shiwa District's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Yahaba^[10].
• Shiwa District's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 253874086^[11].
• Shiwa District's locator map image is recorded as Iwate Shiwa-gun 1889.png^[12].
• Shiwa District's locator map image is recorded as Shiwa District in Iwate Prefecture.svg^[13].
• Shiwa District's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00636084^[14].
• +1878-11-26T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Shiwa District^[15].
• Shiwa District's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 39.567, 'lon': 141.133}^[16].
• Shiwa District's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03qgtn^[17].
• Shiwa District's topic's main category is recorded as Q18728608^[18].
• Shiwa District's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+306.30'}^[19].
• Shiwa District's GeoNLP ID is recorded as KMDPje^[20].
• Shiwa District's Japan Search name ID is recorded as 紫波郡^[21].
• Shiwa District's WorldCat Entities ID is recorded as E39PBJvCV7qTxC9TvqbFJcrcyd^[22].
• Shiwa District's Yale LUX ID is recorded as place/3c2853e7-364c-4fc5-967e-51659b6ef2d6^[23].

Body

Geography

Shiwa District is in the country of Japan^[4]. It is located in Iwate Prefecture^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Shiwa District's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+306.30'}^[19].

Designation and Status

Shiwa District's instance of is recorded as district of Japan^[5].

History and Context

+1878-11-26T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Shiwa District^[15].

Why It Matters

Shiwa District ranks in the top 5% of district_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[24]