Shimane

dissolved municipality in Yatsuka district, Shimane prefecture, Japan
Organization dissolved_municipality_of_japan Q7496828
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Shimane

Summary

Shimane is a dissolved municipality of Japan[1]. Shimane ranks in the top 6% of dissolved_municipality_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shimane is located in Yatsuka district[3].
  • Shimane is in the country of Japan[4].
  • Shimane's instance of is recorded as dissolved municipality of Japan[5].
  • Shimane's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 256566275[6].
  • Shimane's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00388111[7].
  • +1956-01-10T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Shimane[8].
  • +1969-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Shimane[9].
  • Shimane was dissolved in +2005-03-31T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Shimane's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 35.56375, 'longitude': 133.06266666667, 'precision': 2.7777777777778e-05}[11].
  • Shimane's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02nmpm[12].
  • Shimane's replaces is recorded as Oashimura[13].
  • Shimane's replaces is recorded as Kakamura[14].
  • Shimane's replaces is recorded as Nonamimura[15].
  • Shimane's replaced by is recorded as Matsue[16].
  • Shimane's official name is recorded as 島根村[17].
  • Shimane's official name is recorded as 島根町[18].
  • Shimane's name in kana is recorded as しまねちょう[19].
  • Shimane's located in the present-day administrative territorial entity is recorded as Matsue[20].
  • Shimane's GeoNLP ID is recorded as 0Uhnt3[21].
  • Shimane's associated electoral district is recorded as Shimane 1st district[22].
  • Shimane's WorldCat Entities ID is recorded as E39PBJmxWC43JF4twqFM7rckjC[23].
  • Shimane's GeoLOD ID is recorded as F26Ubf[24].

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Founding

Recorded inception include +1956-01-10T00:00:00Z[8] and +1969-04-01T00:00:00Z[9].

Identity

Official names include 島根村[17] and 島根町[18].

Dissolution

Shimane was dissolved in +2005-03-31T00:00:00Z[10].

Why It Matters

Shimane ranks in the top 6% of dissolved_municipality_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . geoshape.ex.nii.ac.jp. geoshape.ex.nii.ac.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . GeoLOD. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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