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Nishikawa

town in Nishimurayama district, Yamagata prefecture, Japan
Place town_of_japan Q1348988

Facts

14 properties

Identity

Instance of
town of Japan
Inception
October 1, 1954[13]
Official website
www.town.nishikawa.yamagata.jp[14]

Location

Country
Japan[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 38.426°, 140.148°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Nishimurayama district[2]
Shares border with
Sagae, Tsuruoka, Ōe-machi, Asahi, Oguni, Shōnai-machi, Okura, Murakami[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Population and size

Area
+393.19[24]
Population
6.3k (4.8k–6.3k, n=3)[15][16][17]
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Associated electoral district
Yamagata 2nd district[25]
Legal form
ordinary local public entity[22]
Name in kana
にしかわまち[23]
Replaces
Kawadoi, Nishiyama, Hondōji, Ōisawa[18][19][20][21]
Twinned administrative body
Frisco[12]
🏷️ Also known as
en Nishikawa ar نيشيكاوا cs Nišikawa fa نیشی‌کاوا، یاماگاتا hu Nisikava id Nishikawa, Yamagata ja 西川町 ko 니시카와정 ru Нисикава th นิชิกาวะ uk Нісікава uk Нішікава
🔖 Identifiers · 17
VIAF cluster ID
260221275
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Nishikawa town office.jpg ↗
Corporate Number (Japan)
2000020063223
Dantai code
063223
Freebase ID
/m/03l2j5
GNS Unique Feature ID
-238946
GeoLOD ID
vkC2vd
GeoNLP ID (obsolete)
NdKXQl
GeoNames ID
2111627
INaturalist place ID
35004
Instagram username
nishikawa_town_official
LINE official account ID
nishikawa_town
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NDL Authority ID
00394236
OpenCorporates ID
jp/2000020063223
OpenStreetMap relation ID
4134849
Topic's main category
Category:Nishikawa, Yamagata
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJk8XffDrQCQ7KTYKFHKVC

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🔗 Connections
Shares border with 8
Tsuruoka, Sagae, Murakami, Shōnai-machi, Ōe-machi, Asahi, Okura, Oguni
← Shares border with 8
Tsuruoka, Sagae, Murakami, Shōnai-machi, Ōe-machi, Asahi, Okura, Oguni
Contained subdivisions 3
Mount Gassan, Mount Yudono, Yamagata Expressway
Associated electoral district 1
Yamagata 2nd district
Country 1
Japan
Instance of 1
town of Japan
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Nishimurayama district
Located in time zone 1
UTC+09:00
Topic's main category 1
Category:Nishikawa, Yamagata
Twinned administrative body 1
Frisco
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Nishikawa, Yamagata
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Nishimurayama district
← FactGrid item ID 1
Epse
← Twinned administrative body 1
Frisco
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Summary

Nishikawa is a town of Japan[1].

Related Entities

Japan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . pref.yamagata.jp. Retrieved . pref.yamagata.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . e-stat.go.jp. Retrieved . e-stat.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . e-stat.go.jp. Retrieved . e-stat.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . gsi.go.jp. gsi.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 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"
  2. 27w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Replaces → —
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+393.19'}
    Replaces → Kawadoi, Nishiyama, Hondōji +1
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:نیشیکاوا، یاماگاٹا]]"
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