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Chūō-ku

one of the ten wards of Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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Summary

Chūō-ku is a ward of Japan[1]. Chūō-ku draws 777 Wikipedia views per month (ward of japan category, ranking #22 of 174).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Sapporo[3]
  • Country: Japan[4]
  • Shares border with: Kita-ku[5], Higashi-ku[6], Nishi-ku[7], Toyohira-ku[8], Minami-ku[9], Shiroishi-ku[10]
  • Postal code: 060-0000[11]
  • Commons category: Chuo-ku, Sapporo[12]
  • Inception: April 1, 1972[13]
  • Official website: https://www.city.sapporo.jp/chuo/[14]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Chūō-ku, Sapporo[15]
  • Population: 239,982[16], 237,627[17], 220,189[18]
  • Capital of: Sapporo[19]
  • Official name: 中央区[20]
  • Name in kana: ちゅうおうく[21]
  • Area: 46.42 km²[22]
  • Transliteration or transcription: Chūō-ku[23], Chuo-ku[24], Chuuou-ku[25]
  • Associated electoral district: Hokkaido 1st district[26]
  • P14812: 01101A1972[27]

Why It Matters

Chūō-ku has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Chūō-ku is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . post.japanpost.jp. Retrieved . post.japanpost.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . pref.hokkaido.lg.jp. Retrieved . pref.hokkaido.lg.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . e-stat.go.jp. Retrieved . e-stat.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . e-stat.go.jp. Retrieved . e-stat.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . gsi.go.jp. gsi.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . BS 4812:1972. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Q137536838. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    Postal code → 060-0000
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'ceb', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'id', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'pt', 'th',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58662|batch #58662]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 6w ago · 惑星矮星 · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Located in time zone: Japan Standard Time"
  3. 6w ago · 惑星矮星 · 2026-08-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 43.05536111111111, 'lon': 141.34097222222223}
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Commons category: Chuo-ku, Sapporo"
  4. 6w ago · 惑星矮星 · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14812 → 01101A1972
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Instance of: ward of Japan"
  5. 22w ago · Hirho · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Country → —
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Sapporo
    Coordinates → —
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Transliteration or transcription: Chuuou-ku"
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