Nikkō-shi
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Summary
Nikkō-shi is a city of Japan[1]. Nikkō-shi ranks in the top 0.58% of city of japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,401 views/month, #4 of 691).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Tochigi Prefecture[3]
- Country: Japan[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Kinu-gawa River[5], Daiya River[6], Tagawa River[7]
- Instance of: holy city[8], monzenmachi[9]
- Shares border with: Utsunomiya[10], Kanuma[11], Nasushiobara[12], Shioya[13], Numata[14], Midori[15], Katashina[16], Minamiaizu[17], Hinoemata[18]
- Founder: Shōdō[19]
- Named after: Mount Nikkō[20]
- Twinned administrative body: Tainan[21], Tomakomai[22], Hachiōji-shi[23], Odawara[24]
- Postal code: 321-1292[25]
- Commons category: Nikko, Tochigi[26]
- Located in time zone: UTC+09:00[27], Japan Standard Time[28]
- Local dialing code: 0288[29]
- Inception: 800[30]
- Start time: March 20, 2006[31], April 1, 1889[32]
- Highest point: Mount Nikkō-Shirane[33]
- Official website: https://www.city.nikko.lg.jp/[34]
- Topic's main category: Category:Nikkō, Tochigi[35]
- Commons gallery: 日光市[36]
- Population: 77,027[37], 92,181[38], 83,386[39], 90,066[40]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Nikkō[41]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[42], The New Student's Reference Work[43], New International Encyclopedia[44]
- Replaces: Imaichi[45], Ashio[46], Fujihara[47], Kuriyama[48], Okorogawa[49]
- Official name: 日光市[50]
- Legal form: ordinary local public entity[51]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Nikko, Tochigi[52]
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Physical Characteristics
Nikkō-shi covers an area of 1449.83 km²[53].
Cultural Significance
Things named for Nikkō-shi include Nikkō[54], a train service[55], in Japan[56], founded in 1956[57] and Nikkō Station[58], a railway station[59], in Japan[60], founded in 1890[61].
Why It Matters
Nikkō-shi has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[62] Nikkō-shi is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[63]
Entities named for Nikkō-shi include Nikkō[54], a train service[55], in Japan[56], founded in 1956[57] and Nikkō Station[58], a railway station[59], in Japan[60], founded in 1890[61].