Takasaki
city in Gunma prefecture, Japan
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Summary
Takasaki is a core city of Japan[1]. Takasaki draws 3,593 Wikipedia views per month (core city of japan category, ranking #32 of 47).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Gunma Prefecture[3]
- Country: Japan[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Tone River[5], Karasu River[6]
- Head of government: Kenji Tomioka[7]
- Continent: Asia[8]
- Instance of: big city[9]
- Shares border with: Maebashi[10], Fujioka[11], Annaka[12], Shibukawa[13], Tomioka[14], Shintō-mura[15], Tamamura[16], Higashiagatsuma[17], Naganohara[18], Kanra[19], Kamisato[20], Karuizawa[21]
- Postal code: 370-8501[22]
- Commons category: Takasaki, Gunma[23]
- Located in time zone: UTC+09:00[24]
- Local dialing code: 27[25]
- Inception: April 1, 1889[26], April 1, 1900[27]
- Located in/on physical feature: Kantō Plain[28]
- Official website: https://www.city.takasaki.gunma.jp/[29]
- Topic's main category: Category:Takasaki, Gunma[30]
- Population: 372,639[31], 370,884[32], 371,302[33]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Takasaki[34]
- Described by source: Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[35]
- Replaces: Tsukasawa[36], Kataoka[37], Sano[38], Rokugō[39], Shintakao[40], Nakagawa[41], Yawata[42], Toyooka[43], Nagano[44], Ōrui[45], Iwahana[46], Kuragano[47], Gunnan[48], Kurabuchi[49]
- Official name: 高崎市[50]
- Legal form: ordinary local public entity[51]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Takasaki, Gunma[52]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Takasaki include Takasaki Station[53], a railway station[54], in Japan[55], founded in 1884[56] and City of Takasaki Japanese Garden[57], a garden[58], in Brazil[59], founded in 1978[60].
Why It Matters
Takasaki has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] Takasaki is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]
Entities named for Takasaki include Takasaki Station[53], a railway station[54], in Japan[55], founded in 1884[56] and City of Takasaki Japanese Garden[57], a garden[58], in Brazil[59], founded in 1978[60].