Yamato Province

Summary

Yamato Province is a province of Japan^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of province_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (329 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Yamato Province is located in Kinai^[3].
• Yamato Province is in the country of Japan^[4].
• Yamato Province's image is recorded as 地図 令制国 大和国.svg^[5].
• Yamato Province's instance of is recorded as province of Japan^[6].
• Yamato Province's capital is recorded as Wakigami^[7].
• Yamato Province's shares border with is recorded as Ise Province^[8].
• Yamato Province's shares border with is recorded as Kii Province^[9].
• Yamato Province's shares border with is recorded as Iga Province^[10].
• Yamato Province's shares border with is recorded as Kawachi Province^[11].
• Yamato Province's shares border with is recorded as Yamashiro Province^[12].
• Yamato is named after Yamato Province^[13].
• Yamato Province's followed by is recorded as Nara Prefecture^[14].
• Yamato Province's locator map image is recorded as Provinces of Japan-Yamato.svg^[15].
• Yamato Province's part of is recorded as Taikoku^[16].
• Yamato Province's part of is recorded as Kinai^[17].
• Yamato Province's Commons category is recorded as Yamato Province^[18].
• Yamato Province's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 9450051^[19].
• Yamato Province's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+09:00^[20].
• Yamato Province's has part is recorded as Shikinaisha^[21].
• Yamato Province's has part is recorded as Shikinai Taisha^[22].
• Yamato Province's has part is recorded as Shikinai Shōsha^[23].
• Yamato Province's has part is recorded as Ōmiwa Shrine^[24].
• Yamato Province's has part is recorded as Kokufu Shrine^[25].
• +0716-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Yamato Province^[26].
• Yamato Province was dissolved in +1868-00-00T00:00:00Z^[27].

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Geography

Yamato Province is in the country of Japan^[4]. It is located in Kinai^[3]. Part of include Taikoku^[16] and Kinai^[17], a capital district or territory^[28], in Japan^[29].

Designation and Status

Yamato Province's instance of is recorded as province of Japan^[6].

History and Context

+0716-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Yamato Province^[26]. Yamato is named after it^[13].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Yamato Province include Japanese battleship Yamato^[30], a super battleship^[31]; Yamato-Saidaiji Station^[32], a railway station^[33], in Japan^[34], founded in 1914^[35]; Yamato River^[36], a river^[37], in Japan^[38]; and Yamato Sanzan^[39], a group of mountains^[40], in Japan^[41].

Why It Matters

Yamato Province ranks in the top 1% of province_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (329 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[42] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[43]

Entities named for it include Japanese battleship Yamato^[30], a super battleship^[31]; Yamato-Saidaiji Station^[32], a railway station^[33], in Japan^[34], founded in 1914^[35]; Yamato River^[36], a river^[37], in Japan^[38]; and Yamato Sanzan^[39], a group of mountains^[40], in Japan^[41].