Shirakawa

Summary

Shirakawa is a village of Japan^[1]. Shirakawa ranks in the top 0.55% of village_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (390 views/month, #1 of 181).^[2]

Key Facts

• Shirakawa is located in Ono district^[3].
• Shirakawa is located in Gifu Prefecture^[4].
• Shirakawa is in the country of Japan^[5].
• Shirakawa's instance of is recorded as village of Japan^[6].
• Shirakawa's shares border with is recorded as Nanto^[7].
• Shirakawa's shares border with is recorded as Takayama^[8].
• Shirakawa's shares border with is recorded as Hida^[9].
• Shirakawa's shares border with is recorded as Hakusan^[10].
• Shirakawa's twinned administrative body is recorded as Alberobello^[11].
• Shirakawa's postal code is recorded as 501-5692^[12].
• Shirakawa's Commons category is recorded as Shirakawa, Gifu (village)^[13].
• Shirakawa's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+09:00^[14].
• July 1, 1889 marks the founding of Shirakawa^[15].
• Shirakawa's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 36.270944444444446, 'lon': 136.89855555555556}^[16].
• Shirakawa's official website is recorded as https://www.shirakawa-go.org/^[17].
• Shirakawa's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shirakawa, Gifu (village)^[18].
• Shirakawa has a population of {'amount': '+1487'}^[19].
• Shirakawa has a population of {'amount': '+1609'}^[20].
• Shirakawa has a population of {'amount': '+1733'}^[21].
• Shirakawa's office held by head of government is recorded as mayor of Shirakawa^[22].
• Shirakawa's contains settlement is recorded as Shirakawa-gō^[23].
• Shirakawa's legal form is recorded as ordinary local public entity^[24].
• Shirakawa's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja-hani', 'text': '白川村'}^[25].
• Shirakawa's name in kana is recorded as しらかわむら^[26].
• Shirakawa's different from is recorded as Shirakawa^[27].

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Geography

Shirakawa is in the country of Japan^[5]. Located in include Ono district^[3], a district of Japan^[28], in Japan^[29], founded in 1879^[30] and Gifu Prefecture^[4], a prefecture of Japan^[31], in Japan^[32], founded in 1872^[33].

Physical Characteristics

Shirakawa covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+356.64'}^[34]. Population counts include {'amount': '+1487'}^[19], {'amount': '+1609'}^[20], and {'amount': '+1733'}^[21].

Designation and Status

Shirakawa's instance of is recorded as village of Japan^[6].

History and Context

July 1, 1889 marks the founding of Shirakawa^[15].

Why It Matters

Shirakawa ranks in the top 0.55% of village_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (390 views/month, #1 of 181).^[2] Shirakawa has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] Shirakawa is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]