Hikone
city in Shiga Prefecture, Japan
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Summary
Hikone is a city of Japan[1]. Hikone draws 2,035 Wikipedia views per month (city of japan category, ranking #76 of 691).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Shiga Prefecture[3]
- Country: Japan[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Lake Biwa[5]
- Instance of: big city[6]
- Shares border with: Maihara[7], Higashiōmi-shi[8], Taga[9], Kōra-chō[10], Toyosato[11], Aisho[12]
- Named after: Ikutsuhikone[13]
- Twinned administrative body: Ann Arbor[14], Xiangtan[15], Takamatsu[16]
- Postal code: 522-8501[17]
- Commons category: Hikone, Shiga[18]
- Inception: February 11, 1937[19]
- Located in/on physical feature: Ōmi Basin[20]
- Mascot: Hikonyan[21]
- Official website: https://www.city.hikone.lg.jp/[22], https://www.city.hikone.lg.jp/eng/[23], https://www.city.hikone.lg.jp/ch/[24], https://www.city.hikone.lg.jp/po/[25], https://www.city.hikone.lg.jp/ja/[26]
- Topic's main category: Category:Hikone, Shiga[27]
- Population: 113,191[28], 113,679[29], 112,156[30]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Hikone[31]
- External data available at URL: https://www.city.hikone.lg.jp/opendata/[32]
- Replaces: Hikone[33], Kitaaoyagi[34], Matsubara[35], Aonami[36], Fukumitsu[37], Chimoto[38], Isoda[39], Minamiaoyagi[40], Hinatsu[41], Toriimoto[42], Kawase[43], Kameyama[44], Takamiya[45], Inae[46]
- Capital of: Hikone Domain[47]
- Legal form: ordinary local public entity[48]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Hikone[49]
- Native label: 彦根市[50]
- Name in kana: ひこねし[51]
- Area: 196.87 km²[52]
- Official symbol: Citrus tachibana[53], Iris ensata var. ensata[54]
Why It Matters
Hikone has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] Hikone is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]