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Toyama

city in Toyama Prefecture, Japan
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Summary

Toyama is a core city of Japan[1]. Toyama draws 8,063 Wikipedia views per month (core city of japan category, ranking #9 of 47).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Toyama Prefecture[3]
  • Country: Japan[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Toyama Bay[5], Jinzū River[6], Jōganji River[7], Ida River[8]
  • Head of government: Masashi Mori[9]
  • Continent: Eurasia[10]
  • Instance of: prefectural capital of Japan[11], big city[12], city[13], city for international conferences and tourism[14], second-level administrative division[15]
  • Shares border with: Imizu[16], Namerikawa[17], Tonami[18], Nanto[19], Kamiichi[20], Tateyama[21], Funahashi[22], Hida[23], Takayama[24], Ōmachi-shi[25]
  • Twinned administrative body: Qinhuangdao[26], Durham[27], Mogi das Cruzes[28]
  • Legislative body: 富山市議会[29]
  • Part of: Toyama metropolitan area[30]
  • Commons category: Toyama, Toyama[31]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+09:00[32]
  • Inception: April 1, 1889[33], April 1, 2005[34]
  • Highest point: Mount Suishō[35]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Toyama Plain[36]
  • Pseudonym: 薬都[37]
  • Official website: https://www.city.toyama.toyama.jp/[38], https://www.city.toyama.toyama.jp/english/English.html[39], https://www.city.toyama.toyama.jp/chinese/chinese.html[40], https://www.city.toyama.toyama.jp/korean/korean.html[41], https://www.city.toyama.toyama.jp/portuguese/portuguese.html[42], https://www.city.toyama.toyama.jp/vietnamese/VietNam.html[43]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Toyama (city)[44]
  • Population: 417,324[45], 413,028[46], 418,686[47], 421,953[48], 350,000[49], 276,200[50], 314,000[51]
  • Time of earliest written record: June 17, 1398[52]
  • Office held by head of government: mayor of Toyama[53]
  • External data available at URL: http://opdt.city.toyama.lg.jp/[54]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[55], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[56]
  • Replaces: Okuda[57], Horikawa[58], Yamamuro[59]

Why It Matters

Toyama has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[60] Toyama is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[61]

Related Entities

city Institute of Natural Medicine University of Toyama Japan Kamo no Chōmei Kazurō Morita Koichi Tanaka Rui Hachimura Toyama University of International Studies

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . GEOnet Names Server. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . GEOnet Names Server. wikidata.org.
  9. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [3] ↑ . GEOnet Names Server. wikidata.org.
  20. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  27. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . pref.toyama.jp. Retrieved . pref.toyama.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . e-stat.go.jp. Retrieved . e-stat.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . e-stat.go.jp. Retrieved . e-stat.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . Belarusian encyclopedia (vol. 15). wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978). wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . Q120475222. wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . linkdata.org. Retrieved . linkdata.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  54. [56] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  55. [57] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  56. [58] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  57. [59] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [60] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [61] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Bhousel · 2026-07-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Osm name suggestion index id → 9b4e1e-1db813
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  2. 19w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → core city of Japan, prefectural capital of Japan, big city +3
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Instance of: second-level administrative division, разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect second-level administrative division → second-level administrative division "
  3. 21w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Otto's encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
    Museum digital place id → —
    Commons category → Toyama, Toyama
    Japan search name id → —
    + 189 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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