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Shiwa District

district in Iwate prefecture, Japan
AdministrativeArea district_of_japan Q1131886
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Summary

Shiwa District is a district of Japan[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of district_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shiwa District is located in Iwate Prefecture[3].
  • Shiwa District is in the country of Japan[4].
  • Shiwa District's instance of is recorded as district of Japan[5].
  • Shiwa District's shares border with is recorded as Morioka[6].
  • Shiwa District's shares border with is recorded as Hanamaki[7].
  • Shiwa District's shares border with is recorded as Shiwa[8].
  • Shiwa District's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Shiwa[9].
  • Shiwa District's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Yahaba[10].
  • Shiwa District's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 253874086[11].
  • Shiwa District's locator map image is recorded as Iwate Shiwa-gun 1889.png[12].
  • Shiwa District's locator map image is recorded as Shiwa District in Iwate Prefecture.svg[13].
  • Shiwa District's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00636084[14].
  • +1878-11-26T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Shiwa District[15].
  • Shiwa District's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 39.567, 'lon': 141.133}[16].
  • Shiwa District's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03qgtn[17].
  • Shiwa District's topic's main category is recorded as Q18728608[18].
  • Shiwa District's area is recorded as {'unit': 'square kilometre', 'amount': '+306.30'}[19].
  • Shiwa District's GeoNLP ID is recorded as KMDPje[20].
  • Shiwa District's Japan Search name ID is recorded as 紫波郡[21].
  • Shiwa District's WorldCat Entities ID is recorded as E39PBJvCV7qTxC9TvqbFJcrcyd[22].
  • Shiwa District's Yale LUX ID is recorded as place/3c2853e7-364c-4fc5-967e-51659b6ef2d6[23].

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Geography

Shiwa District is in the country of Japan[4]. It is located in Iwate Prefecture[3].

Physical Characteristics

Shiwa District's area is recorded as {'unit': 'square kilometre', 'amount': '+306.30'}[19].

Designation and Status

Shiwa District's instance of is recorded as district of Japan[5].

History and Context

+1878-11-26T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Shiwa District[15].

Why It Matters

Shiwa District ranks in the top 5% of district_of_japan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24]

Related Entities

Japan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . gsi.go.jp. gsi.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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