Wakkanai

Summary

Wakkanai is a city of Japan^[1]. Wakkanai ranks in the top 1% of city_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (216 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Wakkanai is located in Soya Subprefecture^[3].
• Wakkanai is located in Hokkaido^[4].
• Wakkanai is in the country of Japan^[5].
• Wakkanai's image is recorded as Wakkanai harbor.JPG^[6].
• Wakkanai's instance of is recorded as city of Japan^[7].
• Wakkanai's instance of is recorded as second-level administrative division^[8].
• Wakkanai's flag image is recorded as Flag of Wakkanai, Hokkaido.svg^[9].
• Wakkanai's shares border with is recorded as Sarufutsu^[10].
• Wakkanai's shares border with is recorded as Toyotomi^[11].
• Wakkanai's coat of arms image is recorded as Emblem of Wakkanai, Hokkaido.svg^[12].
• Wakkanai's twinned administrative body is recorded as Q1822^[13].
• Wakkanai's twinned administrative body is recorded as Nevelsk^[14].
• Wakkanai's twinned administrative body is recorded as Korsakov^[15].
• Wakkanai's twinned administrative body is recorded as Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk^[16].
• Wakkanai's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ishigaki^[17].
• Wakkanai's twinned administrative body is recorded as Makurazaki^[18].
• Wakkanai's legislative body is recorded as Q28688725^[19].
• Wakkanai's ISNI is recorded as 0000000404067739^[20].
• Wakkanai's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 260213476^[21].
• Wakkanai's locator map image is recorded as Wakkanai in Hokkaido Prefecture Ja.svg^[22].
• Wakkanai's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n85307637^[23].
• Wakkanai's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00366736^[24].
• Wakkanai's Commons category is recorded as Wakkanai, Hokkaido^[25].
• Wakkanai's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 4053915^[26].
• Wakkanai's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+09:00^[27].

Body

Geography

Wakkanai is in the country of Japan^[5]. Located in include Soya Subprefecture^[3], a subprefecture of Japan^[28], in Japan^[29], founded in 2010^[30] and Hokkaido^[4], a prefecture of Japan^[31], in Japan^[32].

Physical Characteristics

Wakkanai's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+761.47'}^[33]. Population counts include {'amount': '+33036'}^[34], {'amount': '+36380'}^[35], and {'amount': '+39595'}^[36].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city of Japan^[7] and second-level administrative division^[8].

History and Context

Recorded inception include +1900-07-01T00:00:00Z^[37] and +1949-04-01T00:00:00Z^[38].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Wakkanai include Wakkanai Airport^[39], an airport^[40], in Japan^[41]; Wakkanai Station^[42], a dead-end railway station^[43], in Japan^[44], founded in 1928^[45]; and 5960 Wakkanai^[46], an asteroid^[47].

Why It Matters

Wakkanai ranks in the top 1% of city_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (216 views/month).^[2] Wakkanai has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[48] Wakkanai is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[49]

Entities named for Wakkanai include Wakkanai Airport^[39], an airport^[40], in Japan^[41]; Wakkanai Station^[42], a dead-end railway station^[43], in Japan^[44], founded in 1928^[45]; and 5960 Wakkanai^[46], an asteroid^[47].