Tsuruoka

city in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
Place city_of_japan Q734416
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Tsuruoka

Summary

Tsuruoka is a city of Japan[1]. Tsuruoka draws 39 Wikipedia views per month (city_of_japan category, ranking #94 of 691).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tsuruoka was a member of Creative Cities Network[3].
  • Tsuruoka is located in Yamagata Prefecture[4].
  • Tsuruoka is in the country of Japan[5].
  • Tsuruoka is on the body of water Sea of Japan[6].
  • Tsuruoka's image is recorded as Moat of Tsurugaoka Castle.jpg[7].
  • Tsuruoka's instance of is recorded as city of Japan[8].
  • Tsuruoka's instance of is recorded as big city[9].
  • Tsuruoka's instance of is recorded as second-level administrative division[10].
  • Tsuruoka's flag image is recorded as Flag of Tsuruoka, Yamagata.svg[11].
  • Tsuruoka's shares border with is recorded as Sakata[12].
  • Tsuruoka's shares border with is recorded as Shōnai-machi[13].
  • Tsuruoka's shares border with is recorded as Mikawa[14].
  • Tsuruoka's shares border with is recorded as Nishikawa[15].
  • Tsuruoka's shares border with is recorded as Murakami[16].
  • Tsuruoka's seal image is recorded as Emblem of Tsuruoka, Yamagata.svg[17].
  • Tsuruoka's twinned administrative body is recorded as La Foa[18].
  • Tsuruoka's twinned administrative body is recorded as New Brunswick[19].
  • Tsuruoka's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kagoshima[20].
  • Tsuruoka's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kikonai[21].
  • Tsuruoka's twinned administrative body is recorded as Nayoro[22].
  • Tsuruoka's twinned administrative body is recorded as Edogawa[23].
  • Tsuruoka's twinned administrative body is recorded as Niijima[24].
  • Tsuruoka's twinned administrative body is recorded as Sumida[25].
  • Tsuruoka's twinned administrative body is recorded as Sō[26].
  • Tsuruoka's twinned administrative body is recorded as Shangzhi[27].

Body

Geography

Tsuruoka is in the country of Japan[5]. Tsuruoka is located in Yamagata Prefecture[4]. Tsuruoka is on the body of water Sea of Japan[6].

Physical Characteristics

Tsuruoka's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1311.53'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+121371'}[29], {'amount': '+129652'}[30], and {'amount': '+136623'}[31].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city of Japan[8], big city[9], and second-level administrative division[10].

History and Context

+1889-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Tsuruoka[32].

Why It Matters

Tsuruoka draws 39 Wikipedia views per month (city_of_japan category, ranking #94 of 691).[2] Tsuruoka has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Tsuruoka is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . Q1194038. wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . Q1194038. wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] . wikidata.org.
  11. [16] . wikidata.org.
  12. [4] . Q1194038. wikidata.org.
  13. [17] . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] . wikidata.org.
  15. [19] . newbrunswicksistercities.org. newbrunswicksistercities.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [20] . wikidata.org.
  17. [21] . wikidata.org.
  18. [22] . wikidata.org.
  19. [23] . wikidata.org.
  20. [24] . wikidata.org.
  21. [25] . wikidata.org.
  22. [26] . wikidata.org.
  23. [27] . wikidata.org.
  24. [6] . wikidata.org.
  25. [3] . wikidata.org.
  26. [32] . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . pref.yamagata.jp. Retrieved . pref.yamagata.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] . e-stat.go.jp. Retrieved . e-stat.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] . e-stat.go.jp. Retrieved . e-stat.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . gsi.go.jp. gsi.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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