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Kikonai

town in Kamiiso district, Hokkaido, Japan
Place town_of_japan Q1354308

Facts

16 properties

Identity

Instance of
town of Japan
Inception
April 1, 1902, October 1, 1942[10][11]
Official website
www.town.kikonai.hokkaido.jp[12]
Official name
木古内村, 木古内町[16]

Location

Country
Japan[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 41.678°, 140.438°
Located in or next to body of water
Tsugaru Strait[3]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Kamiiso district[1]
Shares border with
Hokuto, Shiriuchi, Assabu, Kaminokuni[4][5][6][7]

Population and size

Area
+221.87[19]
Population
5.3k (4.0k–5.3k, n=3)[13][14][15]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 3,956 · 4,547 · 5,341 GeoNames 4,448 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
More facts +5
Associated electoral district
Hokkaido 8th district[20]
Legal form
ordinary local public entity[17]
Name in kana
きこないちょう[18]
P14812
01334A1968[21]
Twinned administrative body
Tsuruoka, Edogawa[8][9]
🏷️ Also known as
en Kikonai ar كيكوناي fa کیکونای، هوکایدو ja 木古内村 ja 木古内町 ko 기코나이정 ru Киконай th คิโกไน uk Кіконай zh 木古內町
🔖 Identifiers · 15
VIAF cluster ID
257827273
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Board about Kanrinmaru sank in Saraki Point.jpg ↗
Corporate Number (Japan)
5000020013340
Dantai code
013340
Freebase ID
/m/0512yp
GNS Unique Feature ID
-233374
GeoLOD ID
OoYXe6
GeoNLP ID (obsolete)
cGaVcn
GeoNames ID
2129562
INaturalist place ID
33771
NDL Authority ID
00366685
OpenCorporates ID
jp/5000020013340
Show all 15 identifiers +3
OpenStreetMap relation ID
4088021
Topic's main category
Category:Kikonai, Hokkaido
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJdmpC9RMmjgQXGFm7GbVC

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🔗 Connections
Contained subdivisions 5
Kikonai Station, Izumisawa Station, Kamaya Station, Satsukari Station, Hakodate-Esashi Expressway
Shares border with 4
Hokuto, Kaminokuni, Shiriuchi, Assabu
← Shares border with 4
Hokuto, Kaminokuni, Shiriuchi, Assabu
Twinned administrative body 2
Edogawa, Tsuruoka
← Twinned administrative body 2
Edogawa, Tsuruoka
Associated electoral district 1
Hokkaido 8th district
Country 1
Japan
Instance of 1
town of Japan
Located in or next to body of water 1
Tsugaru Strait
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Kamiiso district
Located in time zone 1
UTC+09:00
People born here 1
Seiichi Kaneta
Topic's main category 1
Category:Kikonai, Hokkaido
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Kikonai, Hokkaido
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Kamiiso district
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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . pref.hokkaido.lg.jp. Retrieved . pref.hokkaido.lg.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . e-stat.go.jp. Retrieved . e-stat.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . e-stat.go.jp. Retrieved . e-stat.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . gsi.go.jp. gsi.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · Kugelschreibers · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14812 → 01334A1968
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14812: 01334A1968"
  2. 12w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46950|batch #46950]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  3. 24w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Twinned administrative body → Tsuruoka, Edogawa
    Instance of → —
    Official website → https://www.town.kikonai.hokkaido.jp/
    Aliases → —
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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